Tag: business
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How to turn around a toxic cybersecurity culture
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Tags: access, advisory, attack, authentication, awareness, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, governance, group, guide, healthcare, jobs, password, phishing, risk, sans, service, strategy, technology, threat, training, vulnerability, zero-trustA toxic cybersecurity culture affects team turnover, productivity, and morale. Worse yet, it places enterprise systems and data at risk.In a toxic cybersecurity culture, everybody believes that cybersecurity is somebody else’s job, says Keri Pearlson, executive director for Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan (CAMS), a research consortium focusing on cybersecurity leadership and governance issues. “They don’t…
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ISC2 Survey Reveals Critical Gaps in Cybersecurity Leadership Skills
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in SecurityNewsISC2 research has found that cybersecurity leaders have limited skills and training in areas like communication, strategic mindset and business acumen First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/isc2-gaps-cybersecurity-leadership/
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7 Must-Have Salesforce Security Practices
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Tags: businessExplore the Salesforce security practices that are essential to your business and understand how AppOmni can empower Salesforce customers across industries. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2024/12/7-must-have-salesforce-security-practices-2/
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Bitdefender adds business applications sensor to GravityZone XDR
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in SecurityNewsFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/bitdefender-adds-business-applications-sensor-to-gravityzone-xdr
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Security researchers find deep flaws in CVSS vulnerability scoring system
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in SecurityNewsThe industrywide method for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and hardware needs to be revised because it provides potential misleading severity assessment, delegates at Black Hat Europe were told Thursday.The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) makes use of various metrics to quantify vulnerability severity. A presentation at Black Hat by cybersecurity experts from…
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Cohesity CEO On Closing The Veritas Acquisition, Competing With Veeam, Rubrik, And More
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in SecurityNewsCohesity plans to take advantage of the new Veritas business it just purchased to out-innovate and out-grow what Poonen calls its “honorable competitors.” First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/storage/2024/cohesity-ceo-on-closing-the-veritas-acquisition-competing-with-veeam-rubrik-more
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PEC “invoice scam” Stealing time, money, and trust from businesses
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in SecurityNewsPEC stands for “Posta Elettronica Certificata” – a type of legally binding “certified email” used in Italy. It’s also a hub of abuse targeting business owners. In this article, we share a real-life case of criminals stealing PEC credentials to send malicious emails, causing significant loss of time and money, and explore the risks of…
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How Much Will Cybercrime Cost Your E-Commerce Business This Season?
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in SecurityNewsThe 2024 holiday season has seen explosive growth in e-commerce, with transaction volumes more than doubling from 5.1 billion in 2023 to 10.4 billion this year. While this highlights the strength of online shopping, it also points to a parallel increase in malicious activity. Reports indicate that 34.62% of transactions in 2024 were flagged as……
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Notorious Nigerian cybercriminal tied to BEC scams extradited to U.S.
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in SecurityNewsAbiola Kayode, a 37-year-old Nigerian national, has been extradited from Ghana to the United States to face charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Kayode, who was on the FBI’s Most Wanted cybercriminal list, is charged with participating in a business email compromise (BEC) scheme and romance fraud from January 2015 to September 2016, defrauding…
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We must adjust expectations for the CISO role
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in SecurityNewsCybersecurity has become one of the most high-stakes facets of business operations in the past few years. The chief information security officer (CISO) role, once a … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/12/12/ciso-role-expectations/
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Operation Digital Eye: Chinese APT Exploits Visual Studio Code Tunnels in High-Stakes Espionage Campaign
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in SecurityNewsIn a sophisticated cyberespionage campaign dubbed Operation Digital Eye, SentinelOne and Tinexta Cyber uncovered activities linked to a Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group targeting large business-to-business IT service providers... First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/operation-digital-eye-chinese-apt-exploits-visual-studio-code-tunnels-in-high-stakes-espionage-campaign/
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Cardiac surgery device manufacturer falls prey to ransomware
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Tags: attack, breach, business, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, data, group, hacker, healthcare, ransom, ransomware, service, supply-chainThe healthcare industry has been increasingly in the crosshairs of cyberattackers this year, with ransomware near the top of the sector’s biggest cyber threats. Hackers are attacking IT systems and personal data, among other things, with the aim of manipulation or theft. But it’s not just hospitals that are affected by cyberattacks; their suppliers are under attack as well.…
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Comcast Business To Acquire Nitel For Network-as-a-Service, Security Push
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in SecurityNewsComcast Business announced its planned acquisition of network-as-a-service vendor Nitel for undisclosed terms. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2024/comcast-business-to-acquire-nitel-for-network-as-a-service-security-push
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Unfinished business for Trump: Ending the Cyber Command and NSA ‘dual hat’
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in SecurityNewsU.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency are jointly led by a single four-star officer. Donald Trump made moves to end that arrangement in 2020, and sources say the idea is circulating again as the president-elect transitions into a new administration.]]> First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/cyber-command-nsa-dual-hat-trump
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GRC is a business enabler and now you can prove it
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in SecurityNewsFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/native/grc-is-a-business-enabler-and-now-you-can-prove-it
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Scam Kit Maker Rebuilding Business After Telegram Channel Shut Down
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in SecurityNewsSpartanWarrioz, whose prolific phishing kit business took a hit when the group’s Telegram channel was shut down in November, is rebounding quickly, creating a new channel and courting former subscribers as it rebuilds its operations, Forta researchers say. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2024/12/scam-kit-maker-rebuilding-business-after-telegram-channel-shut-down/
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Cohesity completes its merger with Veritas; here’s how they’ll integrate
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in SecurityNewsData protection startup Cohesity completed its merger with Veritas’ enterprise data protection business, creating one entity with 12,000 customers that is valued at $7 billion. The deal was originally announced in February 2024. Cohesity valued Carlyle-owned Veritas’ data protection business at $3 billion at the time, according to CRN reporting. Cohesity declined to comment on…
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RedLine Malware Weaponizing Pirated Corporate Softwares To Steal Logins
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in SecurityNewsAttackers are distributing a malicious .NET-based HPDxLIB activator disguised as a new version, which is signed with a self-signed certificate, and targets entrepreneurs automating business processes and aims to compromise their systems. They are distributing malicious activators on forums targeting business owners and accountants, deceptively promoting them as legitimate license bypass tools with update functionality…
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Visual Studio Tunnels Abused For Stealthy Remote Access
In an attack campaign dubbed >>Operation Digital Eye,
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Hackers Weaponize Visual Studio Code Remote Tunnels for Cyber Espionage
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in SecurityNewsA suspected China-nexus cyber espionage group has been attributed to an attacks targeting large business-to-business IT service providers in Southern Europe as part of a campaign codenamed Operation Digital Eye.The intrusions took place from late June to mid-July 2024, cybersecurity companies SentinelOne SentinelLabs and Tinexta Cyber said in a joint report shared with The Hacker…
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Top tips for CISOs running red teams
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in SecurityNewsRed team is the de facto standard in offensive security testing when you want to know how all security investments, from technological controls to user training to response procedures, work together when subjected to a targeted attack. Unlike penetration testing, which aims to comprehensively assess a system, or purple team, which assesses detection and response…
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U.S. Subsidiary of a Japanese water Treatment Company Hit By Ransomware Attack
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in SecurityNewsKurita America Inc. (KAI), the North American subsidiary of Tokyo-based Kurita Water Industries Ltd., has confirmed it was the victim of a ransomware attack that compromised multiple servers and potentially leaked sensitive data. The attack was detected on Friday, November 29, 2024, and has raised concerns worldwide among customers and business partners. Incident Overview KAI’s security…
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How Secrets Security Boosts Business Value
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in SecurityNewsAre You Maximizing Your Organization’s Cybersecurity? Cybersecurity is not only a means of information protection but also a valuable strategic asset that can drive business growth and stability. Central to achieving such a valuable level of security is managing Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and their corresponding secrets”, a technique known as Secrets Security Management. So, how…
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Bug bounty programs: Why companies need them now more than ever
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Tags: attack, best-practice, bug-bounty, business, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, defense, exploit, finance, guide, hacker, hacking, jobs, malicious, ransom, strategy, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-dayIn the fast-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, the need for proactive measures has become more pressing than ever.When I first entered the cybersecurity field, the primary threats were largely opportunistic hackers exploiting known vulnerabilities and multi-million-dollar ransoms were unheard of. Today, the stakes are significantly higher. According to Cybersecurity Ventures, cybercrime is expected to cost the…