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US Authorities Seize BreachForums Domain
PRIVACY PRIVACY Questions still to be answered over why it took so long Read More
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The CISO’s toolkit must include political capital within the C-suite
PRIVACY PRIVACY Over the past 18 months, there has been a bit of a sea change in the chief information security officer (CISO) role. Fundamentally, the CISO is the individual who is responsible for the protection of an entity’s information. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a proposed rule change on cybersecurity…
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How CISOs can balance the risks and benefits of AI
PRIVACY PRIVACY The rapid pace of change in AI makes it difficult to weigh the technology’s risks and benefits and CISOs should not wait to take charge of the situation. Risks range from prompt injection attacks, data leakage, and governance and compliance. All AI projects have these issues to some extent, but the rapid growth…
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Twitter Celeb Hacker Jailed For Five Years
PRIVACY PRIVACY Joseph O’Connor hijacked over 100 accounts in bitcoin scam Read More
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Friday Squid Blogging: Giggling Squid
PRIVACY PRIVACY Giggling Squid is a Thai chain in the UK. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here. Read More
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Public exploit is now available for Cisco AnyConnect VPN client
PRIVACY PRIVACY An easy-to-use exploit was publicly released this week for a patched vulnerability that affects the widely used Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Cisco Secure Client applications for Windows. Attackers could leverage the exploit to elevate their privileges on a victim’s system and take full control of it. Cisco Secure Client for Windows,…
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US Military Personnel Warned of Malicious Smartwatches
PRIVACY PRIVACY The smartwatches have Wi-Fi auto-connect features and possibly contain malware Read More
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OpenSSH Trojan Campaign Targets IoT and Linux Systems
PRIVACY PRIVACY Microsoft said attackers used a patched version of OpenSSH to gain control of compromised devices Read More
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USB Drives Used as Trojan Horses By Camaro Dragon
PRIVACY PRIVACY The malicious software tools were discovered by Check Point Research Read More
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UPS Data Harvested for SMS Phishing Attacks
PRIVACY PRIVACY I get UPS phishing spam on my phone all the time. I never click on it, because it’s so obviously spam. Turns out that hackers have been harvesting actual UPS delivery data from a Canadian tracking tool for its phishing SMSs. Read More