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Salesforce

Inactive, unmaintained Salesforce sites vulnerable to threat actors

Research highlights the risks posed by inactive Salesforce sites that continue to pull sensitive business data and can be easily exploited by malicious actors.


AWS

Trellix, Netskope announce new Amazon Security Lake support to enhance threat detection, remediation

Trellix expands XDR support for Amazon Security Lake while Netskope integrates its SSE platform with AWS’ centralized security data service.


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Barracuda patches zero-day vulnerability exploited since October

The vulnerability stemmed from incomplete input validation of user-supplied .tar files as it pertains to the names of the files contained within the archive.


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What is federated Identity? How it works and its importance to enterprise security

Federated identity can be hugely beneficial for creating a solid user experience and better security, but it can be more costly and complex to implement.


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Phishing remained the top identity abuser in 2022: IDSA report

The survey revealed phishing as the most common identity-related incident in 2022, with “emails” as the most popular type.


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AI-automated malware campaigns coming soon, says Mikko Hyppönen

The industry pioneer also expects cybersecurity to remain a growth business for years and sees Russian hacktivists as demoralizing European infosec teams.


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Frontegg launches entitlements engine to streamline access authorization

Frontegg’s new entitlement engine will be powered by context-aware logic controls (CALC) technology to effect context-based, fine-grained authorization controls.


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Screen recording Android app found to be spying on users

iRecorder was a legitimate app made available on Google Play Store in September 2021. A remote access trojan AhRat was most likely added to it a year later.


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Upskilling the non-technical: finding cyber certification and training for internal hires

A shortage of cybersecurity talent in the market? The solution could be close to home — upskilling and re-skilling non-technical employees. Here are some programs to help make them job-ready.


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Hackers hold city of Augusta hostage in a ransomware attack

The ransomware group has released 10GB of sample data from the cyberattack on the US city of Augusta and claimed they have a lot more data available.


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New phishing technique poses as a browser-based file archiver

The new technique has a hacker simulate an archiving app in the web browser to trick victims as they try to access a .zip domain.


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Insider risk management: Where your program resides shapes its focus

Choosing which department should be responsible for protecting an organization from threats from within isn’t always straightforward.


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Researchers find new ICS malware toolkit designed to cause electric power outages

Mandiant recommends threat-hunting steps to detect COSMICENERGY despite no confirmed attacks in the wild.


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New CISO appointments, February 2023

Keep up with news of CSO, CISO, and other senior security executive appointments.


VMware: Why CISOs Are Looking to Lateral Security to Mitigate Ransomware

How to check for new exploits in real time? VulnCheck has an answer

VulnCheck’s new database tracks exploits for fresh vulnerabilities in real time and allows for search using CVE IDs.