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The Essential Guide to Evaluating Competitive Identity Verification Solutions

Amid customer and regulatory pressure and intensifying cyberattacks, organizations must ensure their identity verification strategies match up against AI-powered fraud techniques. The post The Essential Guide to Evaluating Competitive Identity ...

Mandatory MFA for Azure sign-ins is coming

Microsoft is making multi-factor authentication (MFA) – “one of the most effective security measures available” – mandatory for all Azure sign-ins. Preparing for mandatory MFA for Azure The plan is for the shift to happen ...

0.0.0.0 Day: 18-Year-Old Browser Flaw Affects Linux and macOS

Oligo Security’s research team recently uncovered a critical vulnerability dubbed the “0.0.0.0 Day” affecting Chromium, Firefox, and Safari browsers on macOS and Linux systems. This vulnerability allows malicious websites to bypass standard ...

Group-IB partners with SecurityHQ to enhance SOC capabilities

Group-IB announced the signing of a global partnership agreement with SecurityHQ, a global independent Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP). With this partnership, SecurityHQ will leverage Group-IB’s Threat Intelligence, Attack Surface ...

Mitigating Risk in Linux: Strategies for IT Compliance

Implementing robust Linux security measures is fundamental to achieving IT compliance. Adherence to compliance frameworks and standards is essential for meeting industry requirements. Utilizing appropriate tools and technologies can streamline ...

The Unparalleled Impact of Automated Security Control Assessment (ASCA) and Veriti is Recognized in the three 2024 Gartner® Hype Cycle™ reports

In a time where cyber threats are as complex as the infrastructures they target, one overlooked misconfiguration can mean the difference between security and vulnerability. The stakes are higher than ever, with organizations juggling an average ...

Cisco Vulnerability: CISA Alerts Of Smart Install Exploits

In light of recent cybercrime incidents, the United States (US) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an alert pertaining to a Cisco vulnerability. As per recent reports, the Cisco vulnerability prevails within the ...

DORA’s Third-Party Risk Standards in 2024: A Comprehensive Guide

The digital age has revolutionized the financial sector, making it more efficient and interconnected. However, this transformation has also introduced new risks, particularly from third-party ICT (Information and Communication Technology) ...

To improve your cybersecurity posture, focus on the data

Effectively converging, managing and using enterprise data is a huge undertaking. Enterprises have vast hoards of data, but those hoards exist within siloed systems and applications, and it requires a lot of manual effort by highly skilled data ...

x64dbg: Open-source binary debugger for Windows

x64dbg is an open-source binary debugger for Windows, designed for malware analysis and reverse engineering of executables without access to the source code. It offers a wide range of features and a plugin system, allowing you to customize and ...

The Inefficiency of People-Search Removal Tools, Massive Data Breach Impacting U.S. Citizens

In episode 342, we discuss the effectiveness of people-search removal tools like DeleteMe and Reputation Defender, based on a study by Consumer Reports. We also cover how almost every American’s social security number has potentially been ...

CMIYC2024: Wifi Cracking Challenge

"It is never too late to be who you might have been." - George Elliot Introduction: This is a continuation of my write-up about this year's Crack Me If You Can challenges. You can view my previous two write-ups using the following links. Each one ...

Protecting academic assets: How higher education can enhance cybersecurity

Cyber attacks against higher education institutions increased by 70% in 2023. This is largely due to legacy endpoint security management and practices, limited IT support staff, and overwhelming amounts of data, much of which is PII (personally ...

Common API security issues: From exposed secrets to unauthorized access

Despite their role in connecting applications and driving innovation, APIs often suffer from serious security vulnerabilities. Recent investigations reveal that many organizations are struggling with exposed secrets such as passwords and API ...

USENIX Security ’23 – NVLeak: Off-Chip Side-Channel Attacks via Non-Volatile Memory Systems

Authors/Presenters:Zixuan Wang, Mohammadkazem Taram, Daniel Moghimi, Steven Swanson, Dean Tullsen, Jishen Zhao Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong ...

CVE-2024-7646: Ingress-NGINX Annotation Validation Bypass – A Deep Dive

Introduction Attention: a new Kubernetes vulnerability was uncovered by André Storfjord Kristiansen (@dev-bio on GitHub) and it demands The post CVE-2024-7646: Ingress-NGINX Annotation Validation Bypass – A Deep Dive appeared first on ...

Week in review: MS Office flaw may leak NTLM hashes, malicious Chrome, Edge browser extensions

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Unpatched MS Office flaw may leak NTLM hashes to attackers (CVE-2024-38200) A new MS Office zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2024-38200) can be ...

USENIX Security ’23 – PROVIDENCE: a Flexible Round-by-Round Risk-Limiting Audit

Authors/Presenters:Oliver Broadrick, Poorvi Vora, Filip Zagórski Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open Access. Originating from the ...

News alert: Implementing AI-powered ‘Cisco HyperShield’ requires proper cybersecurity training

Cary, NC, Aug. 16, 2024, CyberNewsWire — The imminent release of Cisco HyperShield this month marks a pivotal evolution in the cybersecurity landscape. As an “AI-native” security architecture, HyperShield promises to redefine traditional ...

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