vCISO Shares Most Common Risks Faced by Companies With Small Security Teams

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Most companies with small security teams face the same issues. They have inadequate budgets, inadequate staff, and inadequate skills to face today’s onslaught of sophisticated cyberthreats. Many of these companies turn to virtual CISOs (vCISOs) to provide security expertise and …

N. Korean Hackers Targeting Security Experts to Steal Undisclosed Researches

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Google on Monday disclosed details about an ongoing campaign carried out by a government-backed threat actor from North Korea that has targeted security researchers working on vulnerability research and development. The internet giant’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said the adversary …

Enhancing Email Security with MTA-STS and SMTP TLS Reporting

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In 1982, when SMTP was first specified, it did not contain any mechanism for providing security at the transport level to secure communications between mail transfer agents. Later, in 1999, the STARTTLS command was added to SMTP that in turn …

Pen Testing By Numbers: Tracking Pen Testing Trends and Challenges

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Over the years, penetration testing has had to change and adapt alongside the IT environments and technology that need to be assessed. Broad cybersecurity issues often influence the strategy and growth of pen-testing. In such a fast-paced field, organizations get real value …

Beware — A New Wormable Android Malware Spreading Through WhatsApp

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A newly discovered Android malware has been found to propagate itself through WhatsApp messages to other contacts in order to expand what appears to be an adware campaign. “This malware spreads via victim’s WhatsApp by automatically replying to any received …

Experts Detail A Recent Remotely Exploitable Windows Vulnerability

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More details have emerged about a security feature bypass vulnerability in Windows NT LAN Manager (NTLM) that was addressed by Microsoft as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday updates earlier this month. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-1678 (CVSS score 4.3), was described as a …

Exclusive: SonicWall Hacked Using 0-Day Bugs In Its Own VPN Product

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SonicWall, a popular internet security provider of firewall and VPN products, on late Friday disclosed that it fell victim to a coordinated attack on its internal systems. The San Jose-based company said the attacks leveraged zero-day vulnerabilities in SonicWall secure …

Beware! Fully-Functional Exploit Released Online for SAP Solution Manager Flaw

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Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a publicly available fully-functional exploit that could be used to target SAP enterprise software. The exploit leverages a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-6207, that stems from a missing authentication check in SAP Solution Manager (SolMan) version 7.2 …

MrbMiner Crypto-Mining Malware Links to Iranian Software Company

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A relatively new crypto-mining malware that surfaced last year and infected thousands of Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) databases has now been linked to a small software development company based in Iran. The attribution was made possible due to an operational …

Missing Link in a ‘Zero Trust’ Security Model—The Device You’re Connecting With!

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Like it or not, 2020 was the year that proved that teams could work from literally anywhere. While terms like “flex work” and “WFH” were thrown around before COVID-19 came around, thanks to the pandemic, remote working has become the …