How Salvation Army Australia’s CISO moved away from ‘extreme risk’

11 stakeholder strategies for red team success

Tips to prevent RDP and other remote attacks on Microsoft networks

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New exploits can bypass Secure Boot and modern UEFI security protections

Two research groups demonstrate PC firmware vulnerabilities that are difficult to mitigate and likely to be exploited in the wild.

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The CSO guide to top security conferences, 2022

Tracking postponements, cancellations, and conferences gone virtual — CSO Online’s calendar of upcoming security conferences makes it easy to find the events that matter the most to you.

Top cybersecurity products unveiled at Black Hat 2022

Here are some of the most interesting new products launched at Black Hat USA 2022, including zero trust, extended detection and response (XDR), and a host of other threat and vulnerability management offerings.

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Network mistakes, misconfigurations cost companies millions

Titania research pegs losses from misconfigurations at average of 9% of annual revenue.

Delivering frictionless customer experiences while safeguarding data security

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During this roundtable, you will have the opportunity to discuss how to enhance your customers’ experience across all channels while keeping their personal data as secure. We will focus on customer identity and access management (CIAM) and the avenues available to create frictionless experiences. The discussion will include but not be limited to: Why CIOs, CISOs, and technology leaders are taking on a heightened role in shaping the digital customer experience > Effectively managing the relationship between data security and the Consumer Data Right (CDR) > Effective techniques for leveraging customer identity and orchestration to foster collaboration > How to optimise security for users without sacrificing the convenience they expect > Best practices for streamlining the digital experience to deliver business impact and effective ways to measure success > The pursuit of passwordless authentication methods

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Cisco admits hack on IT network, links attacker to LAPSUS$ threat group

Cisco says an employee’s credentials were compromised after an attacker gained control of a personal Google account.

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How a Venezuelan disinformation campaign swayed voters in Colombia

A Black Hat presentation explains how Russia-aligned Venezuela influenced the presidential election in Columbia to its political benefit.

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Black Basta: New ransomware threat aiming for the big league

The Black Basta ransomware gang has reached a high level of success in a short time and is possibly an offshoot of Conti and REvil.

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37 hardware and firmware vulnerabilities: A guide to the threats

Meltdown and Spectre raised the alarm over vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit in popular hardware and its firmware. This list, though not comprehensive, presents the most significant threats.

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Sensitive data in the cloud gets new automated remediation tool from BigID

An automated watchdog designed to keep private files in cloud storage secure is now available for Google Drive users, from data intelligence and management company BigID.

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Microsoft urges Windows users to run patch for DogWalk zero-day exploit

Despite previously claiming the DogWalk vulnerability did not constitute a security issue, Microsoft has now released a patch to stop attackers from actively exploiting the vulnerability.

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CrowdStrike adds AI-powered indicators of attack to Falcon platform

The new feature leverages millions of examples of malicious activity to more accurately identify signs of an attack.

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Chinese APT group uses multiple backdoors in attacks on military and research organizations

The TA428 group has been successful by targeting known vulnerabilities and using known detection evasion techniques.

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OPSWAT launches new malware analysis capabilities for ICS, OT networks

Critical infrastructure cybersecurity vendor enhances its MetaDefender Malware Analyzer platform to map malware to the MITRE ATT&CK Industrial Control Systems framework.

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How harm reduction can more effectively reduce employee risky behavior

Black Hat speaker proposes framework to reduce the negative consequences of risky user actions and encourage them to follow security's advice.

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