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Teleport BlogLet's expand on these ideas, presenting additional metrics that can be used to detect suspicious behavior among employees, along with some options for expanding detection capabilities beyond what Teleport natively offers. Since compromised users possess legitimate privileges within the system, administrators we need heuristic methods to identify abnormal behavioral patterns. By increasing the granularity to one hour, we can more easily single out peaks of abnormal activity:....
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Crowdstrike Blog“Falcon Complete offers a unique flat analyst operating model for MDR by eliminating analyst tiers and forming interchangeable “Fire Teams” — with each respective Fire Team capable of operating independently and delivering MDR services to customers 24×7. In this approach, every MDR security analyst is an experienced incident response expert capable of investigating and responding to any endpoint, cloud, identity, or multidomain threat they encounter. These integrations are powered by more than ....
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Crowdstrike BlogIt’s no wonder 76% of breaches in 2023 were due to unknown and unmanaged internet-facing assets. Against this backdrop, it’s more critical than ever for organizations to maintain a continuous and comprehensive understanding of their entire attack surface. “The tool gives critical insight into your attack surface helping to show what you don’t know.”....
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TechCrunchEMIS Health provides software that connects doctors with patients, allowing them to book appointments, order repeat prescriptions, and more. Its patient database was exposed to the open internet, including unencrypted sensitive data such as contact information, social security numbers, and therapist notes. This account enabled unbridled database access from any IP address, and the server had no firewall in place.....
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BleepingComputerMicrosoft announced that Windows users can now log into their Microsoft consumer accounts using a passkey, allowing users to authenticate using password-less methods such as Windows Hello, FIDO2 security keys, biometric data (facial scans or fingerprints), or device PINs. Microsoft had already added passkey support to Windows for logging into websites and applications, but with the additional support for Microsoft accounts, consumers can now easily log in without entering a password. Finally, p....
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Help Net SecurityGoogle has drastically increased the rewards bug hunters can get for reporting vulnerabilities in Android apps it develops and maintains. Google is also ready to pay more for high-quality reports, so that the Mobile Vulnerability Reward Program team can make faster decisions. A year ago, Google has similarly announced big rewards for reporters of security bugs that can be chained together to fully exploit Chrome.....
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Security IntelligenceThe reality is, compromise happens, things break, mistakes are made, systems do not always operate as intended. Being able to detect, adapt and deal with those failures is a major differentiator. What happens if the Linux system has an apk based package manager instead of yum?....
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Security WeekThe US government warns of a North Korean threat actor abusing weak email DMARC settings to hide spear-phishing attacks. Spoofed emails are sent from an actor-controlled email address and domain, but the exploitation of improperly configured DMARC policies, which are meant to ensure that emails have been sent from an organization’s legitimate domain, help the adversary deceive their targets. The changing nature of what we still generally call ransomware will continue through 2023, driven by thr....
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Security AffairsMicrosoft is warning Android users about a new attack technique, named Dirty Stream, that can allow threat actors to take control of apps and steal sensitive data. The IT giant describes Dirty Stream as an attack pattern, linked to path traversal, that affects various popular Android apps. “The implications of this vulnerability pattern include arbitrary code execution and token theft, depending on an application’s implementation.....
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GBHackers On SecurityClicking initiates a malicious redirect, exposing users to scams or malware exploiting user familiarity with CAPTCHAs, bypassing suspicion, and increasing the click-through rate for fraudulent purposes. Mal.Metrica, a large malware campaign, injects malicious scripts into vulnerable WordPress plugins masquerading as legitimate CDN or web analytics services to avoid detection. Some common scams include malware downloads disguised as essential software updates, phishing attempts that lure users i....
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The Record by Recorded FutureANNE NEUBERGER: So traditionally we would think about cyber risk with questions like: How quickly has a network patched critical vulnerabilities? CH: So what does success look like for the federal government's role in artificial intelligence — which is obviously another one of your portfolios — short-term and long-term? This initiative seems to get at the bigger picture you discussed — that cybersecurity is becoming a broader interest and getting other sectors involved.....
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SOC Radar BlogHowever, this is not the case for companies that have suffered major data breaches, such as Equifax and ADP. As a result of this attack, NZX took its services offline for three days on the exchange, where every second counts. It also monitors different categories of malicious activity, which protects against threats ranging from botnets to malware and data leaks.....
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Dark Reading:These attacks disrupt business operations that result in significant downtime. The company claimed its software-as-a-service platform is capable of restoring the organization’s environment and data back to an uninfected state within 24 hours without needing to pay a ransom. Keep up with the latest cybersecurity threats, newly discovered vulnerabilities, data breach information, and emerging trends.....
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GBHackers On SecurityIt excludes cases of malicious privilege misuse to focus on incidents that could potentially be mitigated through improved security awareness and training. Approximately one-third of all breaches involved these tactics, with pure extortion attacks marking a significant rise over the past year. This shift indicates a strategic evolution among cybercriminals, who are increasingly leveraging ransomware and extortion to capitalize on their attacks.....
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GBHackers On SecurityHowever, Apache ActiveMQ has been discovered with a critical flaw in its authentication that could allow literally anyone to perform malicious actions on the vulnerable instance. Real-time Detection Interactive Malware Analysis Easy to Learn by New Security Team members Get detailed reports with maximum data Set Up Virtual Machine in Linux & all Windows OS Versions Interact with Malware Safely This arises specifically because the API web request does not require authentication, allowing access ....
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GBHackers On SecurityWhile masquerading as legitimate software, the malware’s core functionality reveals an evolving technique that leverages trusted cloud services for malicious purposes by threat actors of unknown motivation and attribution. GraphStrike is a penetration testing toolkit—one of many examples that illustrates how attackers are abusing legitimate cloud integration capabilities for malicious communication purposes, which helps them hide within trusted services. Accordingly, given its increased adoptio....
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McAfee BlogsWe’ll look at the challenges of managing multiple passwords and how a password manager solves these problems. A password manager can protect you from such threats by generating strong, unique passwords for all your accounts. There are different types of password managers available, so it’s important to choose the one that best fits your needs.....
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Help Net SecuritySecurity Operations teams, largely understaffed, are looking for solutions to help alleviate stresses and strengthen operational resilience against threats. It delivers real time operational threat intelligence leveraging 68 billion queries a day on malicious activity from more than 100 million endpoints. Fast detection: Alert mining enables customers to focus on what matters most, removing the obstacle of choosing between speed and accuracy.....
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CSO Online“Software manufacturers continue to put customers at risk by developing products that allow for path traversal exploits.” “A core tenet of security by design software development is that manufacturers create safe and secure behavior in the products they provide to customers,” CISA added. Directory traversal vulnerabilities are a strain of menacing flaws plaguing the software ecosystem with at least 350 added this year alone.....
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Security WeekScroll to continue reading.“In fact, any Linux-based internet facing router could be affected, especially those that were shipped with default credentials. Commercial VPN services and commercially available residential proxy networks are popular options for these types of activities,” Trend Micro notes. * Per Malpedia, APT28 is also known as APT-C-20, ATK5, Blue Athena, Fancy Bear, FrozenLake, Fighting Ursa, Forest Blizzard, G0007, Grey-Cloud, Grizzly Steppe, Group 74, Group-4127, Iron Twilight....