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Transport for London (TfL) has sent out notifications to customers on Sunday evening saying that they “are currently dealing with an ongoing cyber security incident.” The government body that manages most of the transport network of United Kingdom’s capital did not provide additional details about the cyber incident, though BBC sources said that the organization’s “backroom systems at the corporate headquarters” are mainly affected. Transport for London has yet to provide an update on the … More →

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ACI Worldwide announced a collaboration with Red Hat to make ACI’s cloud-native Enterprise Payments Platform available on any cloud infrastructure. With this collaboration, ACI will help customers ease their migration to the cloud to better adapt to the rapidly evolving digital economy and power the next generation of payment services. Using Red Hat OpenShift empowers banks, merchants, and billers with more flexibility and choice on how they wish to deploy their payment services, whether that … More →

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Continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) – a concept introduced by Gartner – monitors cybersecurity threats continuously rather than intermittently. This five-stage framework (scoping, discovery, prioritization, validation, and mobilization) allows organizations to constantly assess and manage their security posture, reduce exposure to threats, and integrate risk management into a continuous assessment and action loop. A prime candidate for inclusion under the CTEM umbrella is software created in low-code/ no-code (LCNC) and robotic process automation (RPA) environments. … More →

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In this Help Net Security interview, Tim West, Director of Threat Intelligence and Outreach at WithSecure, discusses Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) with a focus on how these cybercriminal operations are adapting to increased competition, shifting structures, and a fragmented ecosystem. West talks about the implications of these changes for targeted industries, particularly engineering and manufacturing, and examines ransomware actors’ growing reliance on dual-use tools. How has the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) landscape evolved? Are we seeing a shift in … More →

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Bad actors leverage premium-rate phone numbers and bots to steal billions of dollars from businesses. In this Help Net Security video, Frank Teruel, CFO at Arkose Labs, discusses how to spot and stop them.

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While SaaS security is finally getting the attention it deserves, there’s still a significant gap between intent and implementation. Ad hoc strategies and other practices still fall short of a security program. The move toward decentralization has generated confusion over responsibilities, and many organizations remain unaware of which SaaS applications are used, by whom, and what is risky, according to AppOmni. Source: AppOmni “Despite greater awareness and effort, things are getting worse. Just as there … More →

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Version 4.0.1 of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), which came into effect back in April, incorporates a few important changes to make it fit for the modern digital world, addressing how technologies, the threat landscape and payment processes have changed. For example, it includes a new customized approach for a more flexible and tailored implementation of security controls, through to a new focus on vulnerability management and authentication. However, some of … More →

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Damn Vulnerable UEFI (DVUEFI) is an open-source exploitation toolkit and learning platform for unveiling and fixing UEFI firmware vulnerabilities. Simulate real-world firmware attacks DVUEFI was created to assist ethical hackers, security researchers, and firmware enthusiasts in beginning their journey into UEFI firmware security by providing examples to explore potential vulnerabilities. The project is engineered to simulate real-world firmware attacks, offering an environment for practicing and refining exploitation techniques. DVUEFI includes a comprehensive, ever-growing catalog of … More →

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During the second quarter, new ransomware groups, including PLAY, Medusa, RansomHub, INC Ransom, BlackSuit, and some additional lesser-known factions, led a series of attacks that eclipsed the first quarter of this year by 16% and the second quarter of 2023 by 8%, according to Corvus Insurance. These new threat actors emerged following the international law enforcement’s takedown of LockBit and BlackCat. Ransomware: Most frequently targeted industries (Source: Corvus Insurance) Ransomware demands and payouts Based on … More →

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98% of organizations attacked by bots in the past year lost revenue as a result, according to Kasada. Web scraping (web crawling) is a significant threat followed closely by account fraud, with more than one third of IT/IS specialists reporting their organizations experienced over 5% revenue loss due to each. Source: Kasada Traditional bot mitigation solutions are falling short Kasada’s report surveyed security and technology professionals at companies already using bot management, of which 67% … More →

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Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Adaptive Shield, AppOmni, ArmorCode, Bitwarden, Cequence Security, ClearSale, Clutch Security, Contrast Security, Dragos, Elastic, Endor Labs, Entrust, Fortanix, Fortinet, Guardio, HYCU, Ivanti, McAfee, Nucleus Security, Own, Rapid7, Resecurity, Rezonate, RightCrowd, Stellar, Veza, Wallarm, and Wing Security. Adaptive Shield unveils ITDR platform for SaaS Adaptive Shield has unveiled its Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR) platform for SaaS environments. Platform works … More →

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Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: SonicWall patches critical flaw affecting its firewalls (CVE-2024-40766) SonicWall has patched a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-40766) in its next-gen firewalls that could allow remote attackers unauthorized access to resources and, in specific conditions, to crash the appliances. Nuclei: Open-source vulnerability scanner Nuclei is a fast and customizable open-source vulnerability scanner powered by YAML-based templates. APT group exploits WPS Office for Windows … More →

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RansomHub, a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) outfit that “popped up” earlier this year, has already amassed at least 210 victims (that we know of). Its affiliates have hit government services, IT and communication companies, healthcare institutions, financial organizations, emergency services, manufacturing and transportation outfits, and commercial facilities. And, according to an advisory compiled by the FBI, CISA, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, the affiliates’ tactics and techniques … More →

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Accenture and Google Cloud announced that their strategic alliance is advancing solutions for enterprise clients and seeing strong momentum across industries in two critical and related areas: GenAI and cybersecurity. As part of the announcement today, the two companies are increasing their investments in services that support businesses through every stage of their GenAI projects, including providing the expertise to determine optimal use cases, piloting projects for strategic innovation and deploying the engineering prowess needed … More →

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Forescout’s 2024H1 Threat Review is a new report that reviews the current state of vulnerabilities, threat actors, and ransomware attacks in the first half of 2024 and compares them to H1 2023. “Attackers are looking for any weak point to breach IT, IoT, and OT devices, and organizations that don’t know what they have connected to their networks or if it’s secured are being caught flat-footed,” said Barry Mainz, Forescout CEO. “To mitigate these extensive … More →

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Sinon is an open-source, modular tool for the automatic burn-in of Windows-based deception hosts. It aims to reduce the difficulty of orchestrating deception hosts at scale while enabling diversity and randomness through generative capabilities. Sinon is designed to automate the setup of deception hosts by performing various actions that simulate actual user activity. The goal is to create a realistic environment that can deceive potential intruders. Sinon’s modular and configurable nature allows for easy adjustments … More →

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Global cybercrime has shown no sign of decline and is expected to grow strong per year over the next five years. To identify the most urgent cybersecurity threats of the first half of 2024, the Critical Start Cyber Research Unit (CRU) analyzed 3,438 high and critical alerts generated by 20 supported EDR solutions, as well as 4,602 reports detailing ransomware and database leak activities across 24 industries in 126 countries. The first half of 2024 … More →

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Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Bitwarden, Dragos, Fortinet, HYCU, and Rezonate. Fortinet introduces sovereign SASE and GenAI capabilities Fortinet announced the addition of sovereign SASE and GenAI capabilities to its unified SASE solution. With Fortinet Sovereign SASE, customers can determine how their data is routed and where security inspections occur, whether to a data center owned by Fortinet, a partner, or the customer, while ensuring … More →

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Rain Technology has introduced Laptop Switchable Privacy. Designed for tier one manufacturers and supply chain providers, the embedded screen technology protects against visual hackers and snoopers for enterprises and consumers — at the office or remotely in vulnerable settings like cafes, planes, trains, subways and taxis. “Manufacturers who utilize this technology will be providing the highest level of device data security on the market, building strong brand affinity and fostering trust and loyalty,” explained Robert … More →

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Suspected Russian hackers have been hitting iPhone and Android users visiting government websites with exploits first leveraged by commercial surveillance vendors, Google TAG researchers shared. The watering hole campaigns Between November 2023 and July 2024, threat actors have repeatedly compromised the websites of the Mongolian Cabinet Secretariat (cabinet.gov[.]mn) and the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (mfa.gov[.]mn) to serve iframes or JavaScript delivering an exploit or exploit chain. The threat actors leveraged Intellexa’s CVE-2023-41993 (WebKit) exploit … More →

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