“Cyber warfare is as much about psychological strategy as technical prowess.”
― James Scott
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Top 10 Best Practices for Effective Data Protection [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Data is the lifeblood of productivity, and protecting sensitive data is more critical than ever. With cyber threats evolving rapidly and data privacy regulations tightening, organizations must stay vigilant and proactive to safeguard their most valuable assets. But how do you build an effective data protection framework? In this article, we’ll explore data protection best…
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Researchers Expose New Intel CPU Flaws Enabling Memory Leaks and Spectre v2 Attacks [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Researchers at ETH Zürich have discovered yet another security flaw that they say impacts all modern Intel CPUs and causes them to leak sensitive data from memory, showing that the vulnerability known as Spectre continues to haunt computer systems after more than seven years. The vulnerability, referred to as Branch Privilege Injection (BPI), “can be…
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Fileless Remcos RAT Delivered via LNK Files and MSHTA in PowerShell-Based Attacks [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new malware campaign that makes use of a PowerShell-based shellcode loader to deploy a remote access trojan called Remcos RAT. “Threat actors delivered malicious LNK files embedded within ZIP archives, often disguised as Office documents,” Qualys security researcher Akshay Thorve said in a technical report. “The attack chain…
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[Webinar] From Code to Cloud to SOC: Learn a Smarter Way to Defend Modern Applications [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Modern apps move fast—faster than most security teams can keep up. As businesses rush to build in the cloud, security often lags behind. Teams scan code in isolation, react late to cloud threats, and monitor SOC alerts only after damage is done. Attackers don’t wait. They exploit vulnerabilities within hours. Yet most organizations take days…
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What is risk appetite?
Risk appetite is the amount of risk an organization or investor is willing to take in pursuit of objectives it deems have value.Read More
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Meta to Train AI on E.U. User Data From May 27 Without Consent; Noyb Threatens Lawsuit [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Austrian privacy non-profit noyb (none of your business) has sent Meta’s Irish headquarters a cease-and-desist letter, threatening the company with a class action lawsuit if it proceeds with its plans to train users’ data for training its artificial intelligence (AI) models without an explicit opt-in. The move comes weeks after the social media behemoth announced…
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Coinbase Agents Bribed, Data of ~1% Users Leaked; $20M Extortion Attempt Fails [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has disclosed that unknown cyber actors broke into its systems and stole account data for a small subset of its customers. “Criminals targeted our customer support agents overseas,” the company said in a statement. “They used cash offers to convince a small group of insiders to copy data in our customer support…
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Pen Testing for Compliance Only? It’s Time to Change Your Approach [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Imagine this: Your organization completed its annual penetration test in January, earning high marks for security compliance. In February, your development team deployed a routine software update. By April, attackers had already exploited a vulnerability introduced in that February update, gaining access to customer data weeks before being finally detected. This situation isn’t theoretical: itRead…
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5 BCDR Essentials for Effective Ransomware Defense [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Ransomware has evolved into a deceptive, highly coordinated and dangerously sophisticated threat capable of crippling organizations of any size. Cybercriminals now exploit even legitimate IT tools to infiltrate networks and launch ransomware attacks. In a chilling example, Microsoft recently disclosed how threat actors misused its Quick Assist remote assistance tool to deploy the destructiveRead More
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Russia-Linked APT28 Exploited MDaemon Zero-Day to Hack Government Webmail Servers [email protected] (The Hacker News)
A Russia-linked threat actor has been attributed to a cyber espionage operation targeting webmail servers such as Roundcube, Horde, MDaemon, and Zimbra via cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, including a then-zero-day in MDaemon, according to new findings from ESET. The activity, which commenced in 2023, has been codenamed Operation RoundPress by the Slovak cybersecurity company. It…
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