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Are Your SaaS Backups as Secure as Your Production Data? [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Conversations about data security tend to diverge into three main threads: How can we protect the data we store on our on-premises or cloud infrastructure? What strategies and tools or platforms can reliably backup and restore data? What would losing all this data cost us, and how quickly could we get it back? All are…
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Inside Operation Diplomatic Specter: Chinese APT Group’s Stealthy Tactics Exposed [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Governmental entities in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia are the target of a Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) group as part of an ongoing cyber espionage campaign dubbed Operation Diplomatic Specter since at least late 2022. “An analysis of this threat actor’s activity reveals long-term espionage operations against at least seven governmental entities,” Palo Alto NetworksRead…
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Zero-Day Attacks and Supply Chain Compromises Surge, MFA Remains Underutilized: Rapid7 Report Kevin Townsend
Attackers are getting more sophisticated, better armed, and faster. Nothing in Rapid7’s 2024 Attack Intelligence Report suggests that this will change. The post Zero-Day Attacks and Supply Chain Compromises Surge, MFA Remains Underutilized: Rapid7 Report appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Why We Need to Get a Handle on AI Marc Solomon
It will be interesting to see how AI continues to evolve and how it is used by defenders as they attempt to leapfrog attackers and protect the organization against new forms of AI attacks. The post Why We Need to Get a Handle on AI appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Newly Detected Chinese Group Targeting Military, Government Entities Ionut Arghire
Unfading Sea Haze has been targeting military and government entities in South China Sea countries since 2018. The post Newly Detected Chinese Group Targeting Military, Government Entities appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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400,000 Impacted by CentroMed Data Breach Ionut Arghire
The personal information of 400,000 individuals was compromised in a data breach at El Centro Del Barrio (CentroMed). The post 400,000 Impacted by CentroMed Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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NYSE Operator Intercontinental Exchange Gets $10M SEC Fine Over 2021 Hack Eduard Kovacs
Intercontinental Exchange, the company that operates NYSE and other exchanges, has agreed to pay a $10 million fine related to a 2021 hack. The post NYSE Operator Intercontinental Exchange Gets $10M SEC Fine Over 2021 Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Using AI, Mastercard Expects to Find Compromised Cards Quicker, Before They Get Used by Criminals Associated Press
Mastercard is integrating AI into its fraud-prediction technology that it expects will be able to see patterns in stolen cards faster and allow banks to replace them before they are used by criminals. The post Using AI, Mastercard Expects to Find Compromised Cards Quicker, Before They Get Used by Criminals appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read…
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Ivanti Patches Critical Remote Code Execution Flaws in Endpoint Manager [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Ivanti on Tuesday rolled out fixes to address multiple critical security flaws in Endpoint Manager (EPM) that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution under certain circumstances. Six of the 10 vulnerabilities – from CVE-2024-29822 through CVE-2024-29827 (CVSS scores: 9.6) – relate to SQL injection flaws that allow an unauthenticated attacker within the same network toRead…
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The End of an Era: Microsoft Phases Out VBScript for JavaScript and PowerShell [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Microsoft on Wednesday outlined its plans to deprecate Visual Basic Script (VBScript) in the second half of 2024 in favor of more advanced alternatives such as JavaScript and PowerShell. “Technology has advanced over the years, giving rise to more powerful and versatile scripting languages such as JavaScript and PowerShell,” Microsoft Program Manager Naveen Shankar said. “These…