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Week in review: VirusTotal data leak, Citrix NetScaler zero-day exploitation

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Citrix ADC zero-day exploitatation: CISA releases details about attack on CI organization (CVE-2023-3519) The exploitation of the Citrix ...

Crossing the road

Last week I spoke for Jersey Cyber Security Centre ( CERT.JE) about the changing threats facing us — from the very active offensive cyber campaign forming part of the war in Ukraine, to the emerging threat from AI tools that can be used for ...

BSides Sofia 2023 – Victor Bonev – Secure Distroless OCI Images Via YAML

Our thanks to BSides Sofia for publishing their presenter’s tremendous BSides Sofia 2023 content on the organizations’ YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSides Sofia 2023 – Victor Bonev – Secure Distroless OCI Images Via YAML ...

Review: Can We Trust the Waterfox Browser? (Updated 2023)

Waterfox came into the browser scene in 2011, coming right out the box with official x64 support (a rarity among browsers at the time) and promoted itself as an "ethical browser." However, many things have changed in the browser landscape, and ...

2023 OWASP Top-10 Series: Introduction

In early June 2023, OWASP released the final version of the OWASP API Security Top-10 list update. At that time we published a “hot take” on this final version and followed that up with an in-depth look at the new risk ratings for 2023. Today ...

GitHub Developers Targeted by North Korea’s Lazarus Group

The Lazarus Group is behind a social engineering campaign that uses repository invitations and malicious npm packages to target developers on GitHub. The post GitHub Developers Targeted by North Korea’s Lazarus Group appeared first on Security ...

Few Fortune 100 Firms List Security Pros in Their Executive Ranks

Many things have changed since 2018, such as the names of the companies in the Fortune 100 list. But one aspect of that vaunted list that hasn't shifted much since is that very few of these companies list any security professionals within their ...

BSides Sofia 2023 – Georgi Gerganov – Keytap Acoustic Keyboard Eavesdropping

Our thanks to BSides Sofia for publishing their presenter’s tremendous BSides Sofia 2023 content on the organizations’ YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSides Sofia 2023 – Georgi Gerganov – Keytap Acoustic Keyboard ...

How to use Repository Health Check 2.0

This is a quick tutorial on how to get started with Repository Health Check (RHC) 2.0, available in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.3. The post How to use Repository Health Check 2.0 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Startups’ Guide to Security Questionnaires

For startups looking to win business and build trust with potential clients, a robust security program and effective response to security questionnaires are essential. Whether you’re new to security questionnaires or just need a refresher, we ...

Dell Adds Orchestration Capabilities to Data Protection Platform

Dell Technologies added orchestration capabilities to its data protection software that makes it simpler for IT teams to schedule backup. The post Dell Adds Orchestration Capabilities to Data Protection Platform appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Daniel Stori’s ‘Annoying Software’

via the inimitable Daniel Stori, crafting superb comics at turnoff.us! Permalink The post Daniel Stori’s ‘Annoying Software’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

3 Essential Elements of an Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) Strategy

Identity threat detection and response (IDTR) equips enterprises to protect digital identities along with the identity systems that manage them. Digital identity data is a cybercriminal's favorite target. The 2023 ForgeRock Identity Breach Report ...

Microsoft Cloud Hack Exposed More than Exchange, Outlook Emails

Cloud security researcher warns that stolen Microsoft signing key was more powerful and not limited to Outlook.com and Exchange Online. The post Microsoft Cloud Hack Exposed More than Exchange, Outlook Emails appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Ransom Monetization Rates Fall to Record Low Despite Jump In Average Ransom Payments

As ransomware affiliates are paid less frequently, they have adapted their strategies to compensate for the shifting dynamics of cyber extortion. The post Ransom Monetization Rates Fall to Record Low Despite Jump In Average Ransom Payments ...

Software Supply Chain Attackers Targeting Banks, Checkmarx Says

Two banks earlier this year were the targets of open source supply chain attacks, the first of their kind in the industry. The post Software Supply Chain Attackers Targeting Banks, Checkmarx Says appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 7/21

Insight #1 WormGPT is a thing. The tool — being sold on hacker forums and considered “ChatGPT’s evil cousin” — shows that cybercriminals are taking advantage of Large Language Models (LLMs) to produce detection-resilient cyberattacks ...

Digging Into An Interesting New CVE

CVE-2023-38408, discovered by the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU), describes an RCE (remote code execution) vulnerability made possible by an unwanted interaction between OpenSSH’s ssh-agent executable, the dlopen() and dlclose() functions ...

IGEL appoints Klaus Oestermann as CEO

IGEL has announced the appointment of Klaus Oestermann as CEO. A proven leader in growing global software businesses, Oestermann succeeds Jed Ayres who will continue on as IGEL Company Advisor. Oestermann, who brings a track record for scaling ...

BSides Sofia 2023 – Alexander Nedelchev – Unencrypted Malware, The Invisible Threat

Our thanks to BSides Sofia for publishing their presenter’s tremendous BSides Sofia 2023 content on the organizations’ YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSides Sofia 2023 – Alexander Nedelchev – Unencrypted Malware, The ...