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10 Cybersecurity Questions You Must Pose To Your CISO

10 Cybersecurity Questions You Must Pose To Your CISO In an increasingly connected world, cybersecurity is paramount. Cyber threats are constantly evolving, becoming more sophisticated, and targeting individuals and organizations alike. To safeguard your digital assets and maintain the trust of your customers, it’s crucial to have a robust cybersecurity strategy in place. Central to […]

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Simplify Your Cyber Security Risk Assessments

Simplify Your Cyber Security Risk Assessments In an era where the digital landscape is constantly evolving, ensuring the safety of your digital assets has become paramount. Cybersecurity risk assessments are a crucial tool in this endeavor. These assessments help organizations identify vulnerabilities, assess potential threats, and develop strategies to protect sensitive data and systems from […]

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  • December 4, 2023

New BLUFFS Bluetooth Attack Expose Devices to Adversary-in-the-Middle Attacks

New research has unearthed multiple novel attacks that break Bluetooth Classic’s forward secrecy and future secrecy guarantees, resulting in adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) scenarios between two already connected peers. The issues, collectively named BLUFFS, impact Bluetooth Core Specification 4.2 through 5.4. They are tracked under the identifier CVE-2023-24023 (CVSS score: 6.8) and were responsibly disclosed in October […]

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  • December 4, 2023

AI and Trust

I trusted a lot today. I trusted my phone to wake me on time. I trusted Uber to arrange a taxi for me, and the driver to get me to the airport safely. I trusted thousands of other drivers on the road not to ram my car on the way. At the airport, I trusted […]

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  • December 4, 2023

Make a Fresh Start for 2024: Clean Out Your User Inventory to Reduce SaaS Risk

As work ebbs with the typical end-of-year slowdown, now is a good time to review user roles and privileges and remove anyone who shouldn’t have access as well as trim unnecessary permissions. In addition to saving some unnecessary license fees, a clean user inventory significantly enhances the security of your SaaS applications. From reducing risk […]

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  • December 4, 2023

New P2PInfect Botnet MIPS Variant Targeting Routers and IoT Devices

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of an emerging botnet called P2PInfect that’s capable of targeting routers and IoT devices. The latest version, per Cado Security Labs, is compiled for Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipelined Stages (MIPS) architecture, broadening its capabilities and reach. “It’s highly likely that by targeting MIPS, the P2PInfect developers intend to […]

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A Comprehensive Guide to Cyber Security Risk Assessments

A Comprehensive Guide to Cyber Security Risk Assessments In an increasingly interconnected world, where businesses and individuals alike rely heavily on digital technologies, the importance of cybersecurity cannot be overstated. Cyber threats, ranging from data breaches to ransomware attacks, have become more sophisticated and prevalent, posing significant risks to organizations of all sizes. To effectively […]

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  • December 4, 2023

LogoFAIL: UEFI Vulnerabilities Expose Devices to Stealth Malware Attacks

The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) code from various independent firmware/BIOS vendors (IBVs) has been found vulnerable to potential attacks through high-impact flaws in image parsing libraries embedded into the firmware. The shortcomings, collectively labeled LogoFAIL by Binarly, “can be used by threat actors to deliver a malicious payload and bypass Secure Boot, Intel Boot […]

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  • December 4, 2023

Microsoft Warns of Malvertising Scheme Spreading CACTUS Ransomware

Microsoft has warned of a new wave of CACTUS ransomware attacks that leverage malvertising lures to deploy DanaBot as an initial access vector. The DanaBot infections led to “hands-on-keyboard activity by ransomware operator Storm-0216 (Twisted Spider, UNC2198), culminating in the deployment of CACTUS ransomware,” the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said in a series of posts […]

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