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Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 16:59:33 +0000

Rather than creating new policies or crimes for deepfakes—like making it illegal to use them to deceive—the NDAA seeks a better understanding to the burgeoning technology.

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Tags: Barack Obama Boris Johnson cheapfake deepfake deepfakes Department of Defense Director of National Intelligence DNI Gavin Newsom Governor Gavin Newsom Jeremy Corbyn Nancy Pelosi National Defense Authorization Act NDAA People’s Republic of China President Obama reddit Russian Federation

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QuickHeal Security

January 15, 2020 admin

STOP (Djvu) Ransomware: Ransom For Your Shady Habits!

Credit to Author: Jayesh kulkarni| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 14:13:09 +0000

With almost 200 extensions, STOP (djvu) ransomware can be said to be 2019’s most active and widespread ransomware. Although this ransomware was active a year before, it started its campaign aggressively in early 2019. To evade detection, it has been continuously changing its extensions and payloads. For earlier infections, data…

Security Sophos

January 15, 2020 admin

Applying Threat Intelligence to Iranian Cyberattack Risk

Credit to Author: J.J. Thompson| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 13:01:37 +0000

As geopolitical interest increases, discussions of threat intelligence increase which increases pressure on security operations teams to provide answers to customers and to senior leadership.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/pQqkg_WT2eU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

January 15, 2020 admin

Compiling Open Source Threat Intelligence for Threat Hunts

Credit to Author: Mat Gangwer| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:02:05 +0000

In addition to normal tradecraft adaptations, any time a change in the geopolitical landscape takes place, cyberattack campaigns and adversary behaviors typically shift as well. The recent events with Iran and the United States offer a relevant use case for organizations and have highlighted the benefit of having a threat intelligence driven hunting process. The […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/SIgRbmduM5E” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

January 15, 2020 admin

High-profile events are opportunities to determine security readiness

Credit to Author: Chester Wisniewski| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:00:38 +0000

While the likelihood you might be targeted by a nation-state is low, preparing for such a circumstance might still be a useful strategy<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/mlgSNlflJNI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

January 15, 2020 admin

El talón de Aquiles de la próxima generación de firewalls

Credit to Author: Sophos Iberia| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 09:13:32 +0000

Para comprender mejor las realidades de la seguridad de la red en la actualidad, Sophos encargó a Vanson Bourne, especialista en investigación, que realizara una encuesta independiente entre 3.100 responsables de TI en 12 países y seis continentes. Los resultados arrojan nueva luz sobre la realidad en la práctica de la seguridad de red actual […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/AVGzhBDTRCU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Microsoft Security

January 14, 2020 admin

Rethinking cyber scenarios—learning (and training) as you defend

Credit to Author: Elizabeth Wolk| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 17:00:55 +0000

Gamified cybersecurity learning is an increasingly important must-have in your SecOps program, from understanding basic concepts all the way into advanced attacker and defense scenarios. Microsoft and Circadence are working together to democratize and scale cyber readiness globally.

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Security Sophos

January 14, 2020 admin

January 2020 Patch Tuesday delivers fixes for 50 bugs

Credit to Author: SophosLabs Offensive Security| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 18:15:18 +0000

This month’s big security news from Microsoft is the end of support for Windows 7, and a patch of a cryptographic library<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/wiyw9sHJyLE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>