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Understanding the Cyber Kill Chain: A Comprehensive Guide to Cybersecurity

In today’s interconnected digital world, cyberattacks have become an ever-present threat to individuals, businesses, and governments. To defend against these threats effectively, cybersecurity experts have developed various frameworks and ...

Sample Breach Forums Personally Identifiable Cybercriminal Email Address Accounts

Dear blog readers, The following is a personally identifiable email address compilation known to belong to known members of the Breach Forums cybercrime-friendly forum community which I've decided to share with the idea to assist researchers ...

Cyber Week 2023 & The Israel National Cyber Directorate Presents – FraudCON In-Person

Many thanks to Israel’s Tel Aviv University for publishing their presenter’s tremendous Cyber Week 2023 security content on the Tel Aviv University’s TAUVOD YouTube channel. Permalink The post Cyber Week 2023 & The Israel National ...

Week in review: 17 free AWS cybersecurity courses, exploited Chrome zero-day

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: The blueprint for a highly effective EASM solution In this Help Net Security interview, Adrien Petit, CEO at Uncovery, discusses the benefits ...

Code obfuscation is a valuable tool in the arsenal of software developers, helping protect their…

Code obfuscation is a technique used by software developers to make software code more difficult to understand and analyze to unauthorized…Continue reading on Medium »

Cyber Week 2023 & The Israel National Cyber Directorate Presents – CSA Israel Event: Deep Dive Into Cloud Security Operations

Many thanks to Israel’s Tel Aviv University for publishing their presenter’s tremendous Cyber Week 2023 security content on the Tel Aviv University’s TAUVOD YouTube channel. Permalink The post Cyber Week 2023 & The Israel National ...

Imagine Making Shadowy Data Brokers Erase Your Personal Info. Californians May Soon Live the Dream

California state Legislature has passed the Delete Act to allow individuals to order data brokers to delete their personal data — and to cease acquiring and selling it in the future. The post Imagine Making Shadowy Data Brokers Erase Your ...

2023 OWASP Top-10 Series: API8:2023 Security Misconfiguration

Welcome to the 9th post in our weekly series on the new 2023 OWASP API Security Top-10 list, with a particular focus on security practitioners. This post will focus on API8:2023 Security Misconfiguration. In this series we are taking an in-depth ...

When Ransomware Attacks Seem Inevitable, What Can IT Teams Do?

The possibility of their business falling victim to a cyberattack has always kept IT teams up at night, but today’s threat landscape is reaching new levels of sophistication. For example, new acoustic-based attack methods listen to the ...

LLM Summary of My Book Beyond Fear

Claude (Anthropic’s LLM) was given this prompt: Please summarize the themes and arguments of Bruce Schneier’s book Beyond Fear. I’m particularly interested in a taxonomy of his ethical arguments—please expand on that. Then lay out the ...

Attackers Target Crypto Companies in Retool Data Breach

A data breach late last month of software development platform firm Retool led to the accelerated acquisition of one of its users and put a spotlight on an account synchronization feature that Google introduced earlier this year. Retool, the ...

Cyber Week 2023 & The Israel National Cyber Directorate Presents – The Israel Healthcare Cybersecurity Summit (IHCS)

Many thanks to Israel’s Tel Aviv University for publishing their presenter’s tremendous Cyber Week 2023 security content on the Tel Aviv University’s TAUVOD YouTube channel. Permalink The post Cyber Week 2023 & The Israel National ...

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 9/15

Insight #1 Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) are nothing more than a data point for determining risk. They shouldn’t be treated as gospel. The post Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 9/15 appeared first on Security ...

Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Exoplanet Observation’

via the comic artistry and dry wit of Randall Munroe, maker of XKCD! Permalink The post Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Exoplanet Observation’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Extradited Russian Hacker Behind ‘NLBrute’ Malware Pleads Guilty

Russian hacker Dariy Pankov has pleaded guilty to computer fraud and now faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. The post Extradited Russian Hacker Behind ‘NLBrute’ Malware Pleads Guilty appeared first on SecurityWeek.

The Hidden Dangers of Remote Code Execution (RCE) Exploits in Word Documents

Remote code execution (RCE) attacks within Word documents have long been a part of the attacker’s arsenal. Their prevalence stems from a widespread misconception: many users perceive Word documents as inherently safe. This assumption is ...

The CISO’s Three-Point Checklist for Maximizing Cybersecurity ROI

In this blog, we present the CISO’s Checklist for Maximizing Cybersecurity ROI, providing essential criteria to navigate this complex terrain effectively. Explore how aligning security strategies with business objectives, adopting continuous ...

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BSides Buffalo 2023 – Richard Smith – Enriching Your SOC Investigations With Insights From Active Directory

Many thanks to BSides Buffalo for publishing their presenter’s outstanding BSides Buffalo security content on the organizations’ YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSides Buffalo 2023 – Richard Smith – Enriching Your SOC ...

Pentagon’s 2023 Cyber Strategy Focuses on Helping Allies

The Pentagon has published an unclassified summary of its 2023 Cyber Strategy, outlining both offensive and defensive plans.  The post Pentagon’s 2023 Cyber Strategy Focuses on Helping Allies appeared first on SecurityWeek.