CIO

AUGUST 29, 2024

Text messages can be intercepted via malware such as SMS trojan , SIM swapping (an account breaching technique in which fraudsters pay wireless carrier employees to swap a customer’s SIM for one controlled by the threat actor), and OTP interception bots , which can access customers’ one-time-passwords.

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Palo Alto Networks

JUNE 7, 2021

The Unit 42 cybersecurity consulting group published research on the first known malware targeting Windows containers, which was discovered by Unit 42 researcher Daniel Prizmant and named Siloscape. The post Unit 42 Discovers First Known Malware Targeting Windows Containers appeared first on Palo Alto Networks Blog.

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Tenable

AUGUST 2, 2024

IBM’s latest “Cost of a Data Breach Report” finds these data-theft incidents getting more expensive. Plus, the IT-ISAC says that ransomware attacks fell in Q2 due to law-enforcement disruptions of ransomware groups. Meanwhile, check out a Carnegie Mellon comp sci professor’s take on AI system security. Business runs on data.

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CIO

JULY 17, 2023

Companies that have embraced the cloud need to understand the Shared Responsibility Model: a security and compliance framework that explains what shared infrastructure and systems the cloud provider is responsible for maintaining and how a customer is responsible for operating systems, data, and applications utilizing the cloud.

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CIO

JULY 25, 2024

Threats have evolved from malware and denial-of-service attacks in the early days of ecommerce bad actors, to ransomware attacks that threaten the ability of a business to operate. In another, “Over half of organizations report cybersecurity posture to the board of directors at least quarterly.” ( IDC Worldwide CEO Survey , February 2024).

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xmatters

JULY 2, 2024

Incident response is a crucial process for any organization, addressing situations where services are disrupted, systems fail, or security incidents occur. Common security incidents include: Unauthorized Access Unauthorized access occurs when someone gains access to a system, network, or data without permission.

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Ivanti

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Insider threats The risk from insider threats is a major concern in app security, due to the difficulty of detecting malicious insiders who already have legitimate access to systems and data. A recent report found that 48% of cybersecurity professionals agree that insider attacks are tougher to detect and prevent than external attacks.

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Tenable

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Department of Defense’s building management systems (BMS) have grown exponentially due to the DoD's adoption of smart technologies such as IoT. These smart technologies are designed to improve the monitoring and maintenance of these systems, but they also create new attack surfaces. The cyberthreats to the U.S.

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Palo Alto Networks

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The Unit 42 Incident Response Report analyzed thousands of incidents to learn what tools and vulnerabilities attackers are focusing on. This system is popular across highly regulated industries and government agencies, such as critical infrastructure providers, healthcare institutions and even government bodies.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2022

All this started just a week after she applied for a small loan of around $100 that she needed due to a severe financial crisis earlier this year. Some are reportedly even taking their lives due to the immense pressure they get from these loan apps’ unregulated agents.

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Tenable

MARCH 3, 2023

Toward the end of 2022, the Royal ransomware group surged to the top of the monthly charts to overtake LockBit in November 2022, likely due to a sharp rise in attacks against organizations ahead of the holidays. Royal uses Cobalt Strike and malware such as Ursnif/Gozi to exfiltrate data.

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CIO

DECEMBER 26, 2023

And because the incumbent companies have been around for so long, many are running IT systems with some elements that are years or decades old. Honestly, it’s a wonder the system works at all. Probably the worst IT airline disaster of 2023 came on the government side, however.

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Tenable

DECEMBER 29, 2023

In March 2023 , we announced new capabilities within Tenable OT Security, providing broader protection for critical infrastructure and industrial control systems, regardless of the size or configuration of the environment. Our OT capabilities were among the many Tenable product offerings highlighted in several analyst reports.

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CIO

JANUARY 20, 2023

In August 2022, the French hospital Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien (CHSF) was the victim of a ransomware attack that disabled medical imaging and patient admission systems. 3 Unit 42 research also found that 83% of ultrasound, MRI, and CT scanners run on an end-of-life operating system. But ransomware isn’t the only risk.

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Kaseya

MARCH 18, 2020

In today’s digital world, businesses cannot afford system downtime. According to the Statista Research Department , in 2019, 25 percent of respondents worldwide reported that the average hourly downtime cost of their servers was between 301,000 and 400,000 U.S. Perform routine maintenance activities to keep your systems up and running.

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Tenable

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Researchers including Kevin Beaumont, who has been instrumental in sounding the alarm around CitrixBleed , have observed the theft of session tokens from vulnerable systems that have been leveraged post patch. Identifying affected systems Customers can utilize the plugins available for CVE-2023-4966 to identify vulnerable devices.

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Tenable

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

According to multiple reports, Volt Typhoon operates by pre-positioning themselves, actively working to maintain persistence in anticipation of conducting future attacks targeting U.S Targeted sectors include communications , energy, transportation systems and water and wastewater systems.

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Tenable

AUGUST 23, 2024

Event logging supports the continued delivery of operations and improves the security and resilience of critical systems by enabling network visibility,” reads the guide, which was developed by the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC). Whether this increase reflects the start of an upward trend remains to be seen,” the report reads.

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CIO

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Finally, Foote notes, there’s a hard-to-shake feeling among some employers that book learning, and test results don’t always translate to sufficient real-world expertise to do the job — although certification organizations are working to counter this with laboratory tests and peer reviews for some of the skills they certify.

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Palo Alto Networks

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Organizations must be diligent and deliberate when preparing for these changes. Traditional, siloed cybersecurity systems can no longer keep pace with the sophistication and frequency of modern threats. Although quantum attacks on current encryption systems aren’t yet viable, the push for quantum supremacy is accelerating.

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Palo Alto Networks

MARCH 17, 2021

Five years ago, our Unit 42 global threat intelligence team released a threat report warning that ransomware was quickly becoming one of the greatest cyberthreats facing organizations. Today, we released the 2021 Unit 42 Ransomware Threat Report. Sadly, we were right. Healthcare emerged as the most popular target. In October, the U.S.

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Tenable

MAY 18, 2023

The advisory details the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with the group and its corresponding malware. This technique was pioneered by the Maze ransomware group in 2019, a phenomenon we discuss in our Ransomware Ecosystem report. and Australia.

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Firemon

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Retailers face unique challenges due to the sensitive nature of customer data, payment systems, and supply chains. Phishing is one of the most common attack vectors in the retail industry, often leading to compromised systems and data breaches. Cybersecurity for retail is more critical than ever.

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Tenable

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Get the latest on the anniversary of the Log4j crisis; OWASP’s top CI/CD risks; a surge of infostealer malware; the fund transfer fraud — business email compromise connection; and more! . Insecure System Configuration. 3 - Attackers boost use of infostealer malware. 1 - One year after Log4j crisis, what have we learned?

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Tenable

JANUARY 19, 2024

In addition, the latest on the Androxgh0st malware. That’s according to the “ State of the CISO, 2023–2024 Benchmark Report ” from IANS Research and Artico Search, which was announced this week and is based on a survey of 660 CISOs and on unstructured interviews with 100 CISOs. And much more! The upside?

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Kaseya

APRIL 15, 2020

Just like the coronavirus spreads from person to person, cybersecurity malware too can spread rapidly from computer to computer and network to network. Cloud Jacking is likely to emerge as one of the most prominent cybersecurity threats in 2020 due to the increasing reliance of businesses on cloud computing. Mobile Malware.

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Palo Alto Networks

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The Unit 42 Incident Response Report analyzed thousands of incidents to learn what tools and vulnerabilities attackers are focusing on. This system is popular across highly regulated industries and government agencies, such as critical infrastructure providers, healthcare institutions and even government bodies.

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ProtectWise

MAY 15, 2017

News outlets and social media have been busy reporting on this outbreak, sometimes with inaccurate information. Any network with hosts running a version of the Windows operating system missing the MS17-010 patches is vulnerable to WannaCry's infection mechanism. Who Created The Malware? What Networks are Vulnerable?

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Palo Alto Networks

APRIL 19, 2024

Further, we explored workarounds and threat prevention signatures and determined the exact combination of configurations that made the system vulnerable to a compromise. The second bug (trusting that the files were system-generated) used the filenames as part of a command. How Was It Exploited?

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CIO

AUGUST 2, 2023

It’s a reminder that without a clear view of our data and systems, we’re leaving ourselves vulnerable to all sorts of risks. And when it comes to incident response, a large percentage of organizations find it difficult to act swiftly due to limited visibility into cloud activities. That’s where centralized visibility comes in.

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Lacework

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Techniques with no data sources As Detection Engineers, our job is to review logs to find anomalous behaviors. The attacker can review a number of publicly available sources to collect this information without generating any reliable trace (or logs) to be used for detection.

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Tenable

AUGUST 30, 2023

Analysis CVE-2023-2868 is a remote command injection vulnerability in Barracuda ESG appliances due to improper handling of emails with attachments. In these attacks, UNC4841 leveraged multiple backdoor malware families, dubbed SALTWATER , SEASPY , SEASIDE , SUBMARINE (DEPTHCHARGE), and WHIRLPOOL.

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AlienVault

DECEMBER 17, 2018

In part 1 of this blog series, we analyzed malware behaviour, and, in part 2 , we learned how to detect persistence tricks used in malware attacks. Root certificates are usually pre-installed in a system by the manufacturer or by the software supply chain. System and applications trust certificates installed in the root.

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Tenable

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Yes, cyberattackers quickly leveraged GenAI for malicious purposes, such as to craft better phishing messages , build smarter malware and quickly create and spread misinformation. The “ State of Cybersecurity 2024 ” report from the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), which polled 511 U.S.

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Tenable

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Plus, malware used in fake browser-update attacks ballooned in Q3. Specifically, the program now offers CISA’s “ Protective Domain Name System (DNS) Resolver ” service, which is designed to help prevent systems from connecting to malicious domains. And much more! 1 - CISA: Adopt memory safe programming languages, pronto!

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The model aims to answer natural language questions about system status and performance based on telemetry data. Google is open-sourcing SynthID, a system for watermarking text so AI-generated documents can be traced to the LLM that generated them. These are small models, designed to work on resource-limited “edge” systems.

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Kaseya

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Due to its ability to detect new-age threats, like zero-day and fileless malware, that are stealthy enough to bypass conventional AV and AM solutions, EDR is a must-have in today’s increasingly dangerous cybersecurity environment. Does an EDR really make a difference? What happens during multiple alerts?

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