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Thoma Bravo to Buy Cybersecurity Firm Darktrace for $5.3 Billion

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo is adding to its already significant portfolio of cybersecurity companies after an agreement reached with Darktrace’s directors to buy the British AI-based security firm for more than $5.3 billion and take it ...

Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Earth Formation Site’

via the comic artistry and dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD Permalink The post Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Earth Formation Site’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Slay the Monster that is Decelerating Your Innovation

In every organization, there lurks a subtle yet formidable adversary that threatens to undermine the progress and innovation essential for staying ahead in today’s fast-paced...Read More The post Slay the Monster that is Decelerating Your ...

South Korean iPhone Ban: MDM DMZ PDQ

MDM Hindered: Android phones are still OK; this is Samsung’s home, after all. The post South Korean iPhone Ban: MDM DMZ PDQ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

What is MFA bombing? Apple users were targeted using this phishing technique

You notice a system prompt on your iPhone about your password. You click “Don’t allow.” Then it happens again and again, one after the other. At some point, you might get annoyed or start to panic and click “Allow.”   The post What is ...

USENIX Security ’23 – Instructions Unclear: Undefined Behaviour in Cellular Network Specifications

Authors/Presenters: Daniel Klischies, Moritz Schloegel, Tobias Scharnowski, Mikhail Bogodukhov, David Rupprecht, Veelasha Moonsamy Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the ...

Managing Generative AI Risk and Meeting M-24-10 Mandates on Monitoring & Evaluation

OMB’s memo M-24-10 (5c. Minimum Practices for Safety-Impacting and Rights-Impacting Artificial Intelligence) is prescriptive (and timebound): No later than December 1, 2024 and on an ongoing basis while using new or existing covered ...

UK enacts IoT cybersecurity law

The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Act has come into effect today, requiring manufacturers of consumer-grade IoT products sold in the UK to stop using guessable default passwords and have a vulnerability disclosure ...

Silobreaker empowers users with timely insight into key cybersecurity incident filings

Silobreaker announced the addition of automatic collection, AI-enhanced analysis, and alerting on 8-K cybersecurity incident filings made to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This enhancement to the Silobreaker platform empowers ...

Everything you need to know about network penetration testing [+checklist to follow]

Network penetration testing is an essential element of a business penetration testing strategy. It focused on the infrastructure assets such as networks, segmentation, network devices, and configuration. This post focuses on network penetration ...

Product Update | Cloud Monitor Gets New Navigation, Google Folder Management Capabilities & More

NEW! In Cloud Monitor: Google & Microsoft Security, Safety & Compliance for Education ManagedMethods’ engineering team is hard at work developing new capabilities and improving platform user interface to create better experiences for ...

Okta warns customers about credential stuffing onslaught

Credential stuffing attacks have exploded this April, Okta warns, and advises its customers to use available tools to block access requests originating from residential proxies before authentication takes place. Abuse of proxy networks “In ...

Researchers unveil novel attack methods targeting Intel’s conditional branch predictor

Researchers have found two novel types of attacks that target the conditional branch predictor found in high-end Intel processors, which could be exploited to compromise billions of processors currently in use. The multi-university and industry ...

Jailbreaking Artificial Intelligence LLMs

In the realm of artificial intelligence, particularly in large language models (LLM) like GPT-3, the technique known as “jailbreaking” has begun to gain attention. Traditionally associated with modifying electronic devices to remove ...

DHS establishes AI Safety and Security Board to protect critical infrastructure

The Department of Homeland Security announced the establishment of the Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board (the Board). The Board will advise the Secretary, the critical infrastructure community, other private sector stakeholders, ...

Multiple PHP 7.4 Vulnerabilities Addressed in Debian 11

Debian 11 was first released on August 14th, 2021 with PHP version 7.4, which has already reached the end of life. This means PHP 7.4 will no longer receive official updates and security fixes from the PHP development team. However, the Debian ...

Compounded Crisis: Change Healthcare’s Breach Escalates with New Threats

Two months ago, Change Healthcare, a linchpin in the U.S. healthcare system, fell victim to a sophisticated cyberattack by the infamous BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware group. The breach not only paralyzed numerous healthcare services but also exposed ...

OfflRouter Malware Ukraine: Govt Network Breach Since 2015

As per recent media reports, certain government networks in Ukraine have been infected with the Offlrouter malware since 2015. The Offlrouter malware Ukraine has managed to escape detection for nearly a decade now. However, VBA macro malware has ...

Exploring the Key Sections of a SOC 2 Report (In Under 4 Minutes)

What are the key sections of a SOC 2 report, and what do they mean? Here’s what you need to know (in just under 4 minutes). The post Exploring the Key Sections of a SOC 2 Report (In Under 4 Minutes) appeared first on Scytale. The post ...

Prompt Fuzzer: Open-source tool for strengthening GenAI apps

Prompt Fuzzer is an open-source tool that evaluates the security of your GenAI application’s system prompt against dynamic LLM-based threats. Prompt Fuzzer features Simulation of over a dozen types of GenAI attacks The tool contextualizes ...