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Governance, risk, and compliance frameworks are critical. They enable cybersecurity professionals to accurately identify an organization’s risk posture, align business and strategic objectives with technology, and meet compliance responsibilities. However, selecting the right framework can be challenging. Inside this guide to European Union frameworks, you’ll find answers to these questions and more: How does Governance, Risk and Compliance protect organizations? What are the essential GRC frameworks? What frameworks address cybersecurity and privacy? What international frameworks … More →

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Tidal Cyber announced that it now incorporates test results from Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) tools and other sources to complement the company’s existing Threat-Informed Defense capabilities. With this new integration, Tidal Cyber Enterprise Edition users can gain greater insight into the true state of their defenses as a result of better targeted tests, ultimately completing the cycle of effective defenses and efficient operations. This enhancements provide users with the increased confidence that their threat … More →

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YARA is a powerful tool designed primarily to aid malware researchers in identifying and categorizing malware samples, though its applications are broader. The tool enables users to create detailed descriptions, or “rules,” for malware families or any other target based on textual or binary patterns. Each rule comprises a collection of strings and a logical expression, forming the criteria for its detection and classification. YARA is a multi-platform tool compatible with Windows, Linux, and macOS. … More →

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In this Help Net Security interview, Emily Wienhold, Cyber Education Specialist at Optiv, discusses how business leaders can promote a security-first culture within their organizations. Wienhold also discusses strategies for maintaining ongoing cybersecurity awareness and making security protocols accessible to non-technical staff. What specific actions can business leaders take to consistently set the tone for cybersecurity throughout the organization? Setting the tone for cybersecurity within an organization is vital, and business leaders play a pivotal … More →

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ESET researchers have discovered a series of attacks that took place in Europe from May 2022 to March 2024, where the attackers used a toolset capable of targeting air-gapped systems, in a governmental organization of a European Union country. Cyberespionage campaign aims to steal sensitive data from isolated networks ESET attributes the campaign to GoldenJackal, a cyberespionage APT group that targets government and diplomatic entities. By analyzing the toolset deployed by the group, ESET identified … More →

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70% of customer-facing APIs are secured using HTTPS, leaving nearly one-third of these APIs completely unprotected, according to F5. This is a stark contrast to the 90% of web pages that are now accessed via HTTPS, following the push for secure web communications over the past decade. “APIs are becoming the backbone of digital transformation efforts, connecting critical services and applications across organizations,” said Lori MacVittie, Distinguished Engineer at F5. “However, as our report indicates, … More →

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Cloud Cybersecurity Analyst III Texas Health and Human Services | USA | Hybrid – View job details As a Cloud CSAIII, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing security solutions for cloud environments. You will ensure that cloud infrastructures are secure, resilient, and compliant with organizational policies and industry regulations. Your role will involve collaborating with various stakeholders to integrate security best practices into cloud solutions, maintaining a robust security posture, and supporting … More →

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For October 2024 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released fixes for 117 security vulnerabilities, including two under active exploitation: CVE-2024-43573, a spoofing bug affecting the Windows MSHTML Platform, and CVE-2024-43572, a remote code execution flaw in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). About CVE-2024-43573 and CVE-2024-43572 As far as it can be deduced from the accompanying advisory, CVE-2024-43573 is similar to CVE-2024-38112, a vulnerability in MSHTML, a browser engine for the now deprecated Internet Explorer, which has … More →

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Ivanti has patched three additional Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) zero-day flaws, which have been exploited by attackers in conjuction with a zero-day bug the company accidentally fixed in September. The fixed zero-days “We are aware of a limited number of customers running CSA 4.6 patch 518 and prior who have been exploited when CVE-2024-9379, CVE-2024-9380 or CVE-2024-9381 are chained with CVE-2024-8963,” the company announced on Tuesday. CVE-2024-8963 is a path traversal vulnerability that allows a … More →

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OpenBSD is a free, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. The 57th release, OpenBSD 7.6, comes with new features, various improvements, bug fixes, and tweaks. Security improvements Added -fret-clean option to the compiler, defaulting to off. This new option causes the caller to clean the return address off the stack after a call completes. The -fret-clean option was then enabled on amd64 for libc, libcrypto, ld.so, kernel, and all the ssh tools. Expose branch target identification … More →

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Dashlane launched Credential Risk Detection, a solution that continuously monitors and detects at-risk credential activity in real-time across the workforce, whether employees use a password manager or not. The web extension-based solution is the latest Dashlane innovation that shifts credential security from passive defense to proactive protection, enabling enterprises to prevent credential-based breaches, rather than react to them. IT and security teams can’t secure what they can’t see. And while organizations and their users have … More →

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Data Theorem launched Code Secure, the latest evolution in application security designed to protect the software supply chain from code to deployment. Code Secure uniquely integrates Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Software Composition Analysis (SCA), and Supply Chain Security capabilities—including Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) management—into a comprehensive product offering. This solution offers application security teams dynamically verified insights into vulnerabilities, open-source dependencies, and the overall software composition, encompassing both first and third-party components. By … More →

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OTAVA introduced the OTAVA S.E.C.U.R.E. Score to help businesses further improve their security posture. The S.E.C.U.R.E. Score is a dynamic metric that assesses vulnerabilities, and makes recommendations on how to close security gaps and minimize risk. The S.E.C.U.R.E. acronym stands for Shrink, Examine, Contain, Undo, Recover, and Evaluate – the incremental steps to understanding areas of vulnerability, and how to protect businesses from evolving and escalating cyber threats. “Businesses continue to face increasing threats of … More →

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Juniper Networks announced its new Juniper Secure AI-Native Edge solution, with a new Security Assurance product, combining Juniper Mist’s AI-Native and cloud-native network operations with the efficacy security solution. By integrating network and security operations together under a single cloud and Mist AI engine, customers and partners have a holistic, integrated solution that accelerates the detection, diagnosis and resolution of potential network threats in various environments. Network and content security is crucial for organizations in … More →

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An actively exploited zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2024-43047) affecting dozens of Qualcomm’s chipsets has been patched by the American semiconductor giant. About CVE-2024-43047 On Monday, Qualcomm has confirmed patches for 20 vulnerabilities affecting both proprietary and open source software running on its various chipsets. Among those is CVE-2024-43047, a use-after-free vulnerability in the Digital Signal Processor (DSP) service that could lead to “memory corruption while maintaining memory maps of [high level operating system (HLOS)] memory.” The vulnerability’s … More →

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American Water, the largest water and wastewater utility company in the US, has shut down some of its systems following a cyberattack. While the company confirmed that none of its water or wastewater facilities or operations have been negatively affected by the attack, they proactively took their customer portal service (MyWater) offline, and their call center “has limited functionality” while portal is offline. What happened? New Jersey-based American Water is a public utility company with … More →

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BreachLock strengthens continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) capabilities for enterprise customers with its new Attack Surface Analytics feature. Time is of the essence when Fortune 500 security teams find themselves waking up to a Code Red vulnerability being actively exploited. When CISOs urgently request a detailed list of impacted assets, including those running a specific TLS version, which ports are being used, servers involved, and more, along with a patching strategy, that’s where BreachLock’s new … More →

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SimSpace announced its enhanced OT (Operational Technology) content, now offering more realistic and high-fidelity training and emulation. As OT cybersecurity becomes increasingly critical for industries relying on operational systems, SimSpace has invested in this content to ensure that organizations are fully prepared to defend against sophisticated attacks targeting their critical infrastructure. A key element in achieving this level of quality is SimSpace’s partnership with Fortiphyd Logic. Fortiphyd’s expertise has been instrumental in developing the new … More →

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As personal data becomes increasingly commodified and centralized, the need for individuals to reclaim control over their identities has never been more urgent. Meanwhile, traditional identity systems used by enterprises often expose sensitive information to unnecessary risk, leaving both users and organizations vulnerable to data breaches and privacy violations. But there’s a better alternative to the current approach of creating these endless islands of identity: Self-sovereign identity (SSI) allows individuals to take ownership of their … More →

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In this Help Net Security interview, Brian Pontarelli, CEO at FusionAuth, discusses the evolving authentication challenges posed by the rise of hybrid and remote workforces. He advocates for zero trust strategies, including MFA and behavioral biometrics, to enhance security while maintaining productivity. Given the rise of hybrid and remote workforces, how have authentication challenges evolved, and what strategies are being employed to maintain secure access without compromising productivity? The shift to hybrid and remote work … More →

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