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Kolide can help you nail audits and compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet

Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Kolide. Thanks to the great team there for their support! Do you know the old thought experiment about the AI designed to make paper clips that quickly decides that it will have to eliminate all the humans to maximize paper clips? Many security […]

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  • October 27, 2022

Secure Your Hybrid Workforce Using These SOC Best Practices

Hybrid Workforce is here to stay Just a few years ago when the topic of supporting offsite workers arose, some of the key conversation topics were related to purchase, logistics, deployment, maintenance and similar issues. The discussions back then were more like “special cases” vs. today’s environment where supporting workers offsite (now known as the […]

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  • October 27, 2022

LOCKING THE BACK DOOR (Pt. 4 of “Why Don’t You Go Dox Yourself?”)

With passwords and MFA out of the way, let’s next look at connected apps or services that are tied to our priority accounts. When you log into other sites on the web through Facebook, Google, or another social account, as well as when you install social media apps or games, you are sharing information about […]

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11 Cybersecurity investments you can make right now

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. The average cost of a data breach will continue to rise, which means companies need to start planning accordingly. To protect your business, you need to invest in cybersecurity. Here are 11 areas you should focus on. Cyber insurance Cyber insurance is designed to protect businesses […]

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  • October 27, 2022

Apple iOS and macOS Flaw Could’ve Let Apps Eavesdrop on Your Conversations with Siri

A now-patched security flaw in Apple’s iOS and macOS operating systems could have potentially enabled apps with Bluetooth access to eavesdrop on conversations with Siri. Apple said “an app may be able to record audio using a pair of connected AirPods,” adding it addressed the Core Bluetooth issue in iOS 16.1 with improved entitlements. Credited […]

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  • October 27, 2022

Attack Surface Management 2022 Midyear Review Part 2

In our 2022 midyear roundup, we examine the most significant trends and incidents that influenced the cybersecurity landscape in the first half of the year.

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  • October 27, 2022

New Cryptojacking Campaign Targeting Vulnerable Docker and Kubernetes Instances

A new cryptojacking campaign has been uncovered targeting vulnerable Docker and Kubernetes infrastructures as part of opportunistic attacks designed to illicitly mine cryptocurrency. Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike dubbed the activity Kiss-a-dog, with its command-and-control infrastructure overlapping with those associated with other groups like TeamTNT, which are known to strike misconfigured

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  • October 27, 2022

Australian Health Insurer Medibank Suffers Breach Exposing 3.9 Million Customers’ Data

Australian health insurance firm Medibank on Wednesday disclosed that the personal information of all of its customers had been unauthorizedly accessed following a recent ransomware attack. In an update to its ongoing investigation into the incident, the firm said the attackers had access to “significant amounts of health claims data” as well as personal data belonging to […]

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