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A week in security (October 14 – 20)

October 21, 2019 admin 0 Comments a week in security, Amazon, dark web, domestic abuse, domestic abuse survivor, domestic abuse survivors, domestic violence, Facebook, Facial Recognition, instagram, jackpot, jackpotting, kindle, mark zuckerberg, national cybersecurity awareness month, national domestic violence awareness month, Oracle, Password, passwords, phish, phishing, phishing scam, ransomware, Tor, Tor Browser, us customs and border enforcement, VPN, vulnerabilities, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:45:45 +0000

Cybersecurity news for October 14 – 20, including the future of the password, the lingering threat of ransomware, and new security features from Instagram.

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A week in security

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Pulse VPN patched their vulnerability, but businesses are trailing behind

October 18, 2019 admin 0 Comments Business, cybercriminals, exploit, exploit kits, Exploits, patch, patching, Pulse, VPN, vulnerabilities, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:36:36 +0000

After a vulnerability in a popular business VPN solutions was discussed at length and an easy to use exploit is availbale, organizations still fail to apply the patch. What’s up?

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Business

Tags: cybercriminals exploit exploit kits exploits patch patching pulse vpn vulnerabilities vulnerability

Kaspersky Security

Protecting public clouds from common vulnerabilities

October 9, 2019 admin Business, enterprise, hybrid cloud, SMB, virtualization, vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Andrey Pozhogin| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 20:04:50 +0000

Contrary to common belief, public clouds are not highly secure by design, and so require additional protection.

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15,000 webcams vulnerable to attack: how to protect against webcam hacking

September 24, 2019 admin cam, Camera, devices, hackers, hacking, hub, Internet of Things, IoT, IoT devices, Monitor, security by design, vulnerabilities, webcam, webcam hacks

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 17:19:23 +0000

We take a look at the ever-present threat of webcam hacking, and what you can do to avoid being caught out.

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Hacking

Tags: cam camera devices hackers hacking hub Internet of Things IoT IoT devices monitor security by design vulnerabilities webcam webcam hacks

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Hacking with AWS: incorporating leaky buckets into your OSINT workflow

September 13, 2019 admin Amazon, AWS, AWS buckets, data, hacking, Intel, intelligence gathering, open source intelligence, OSINT, pen-testing, penetration testing, recon, reconnaisance, Researcher's corner, vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Vasilios Hioureas| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 20:44:52 +0000

When penetration testing for an organization, what OSINT tactics can researchers employ? We discuss how hacking with AWS buckets can provide more recon data and uncover any leaks.

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Researcher’s corner

Tags: amazon aws AWS buckets data hacking Intel intelligence gathering open source intelligence OSINT pen-testing penetration testing recon reconnaisance vulnerabilities

Security TrendMicro

Cyberattack Lateral Movement Explained

August 12, 2019 admin cybercrime, Security, vulnerabilities, XDR

Credit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 15:11:56 +0000

[Lightly edited transcript of the video above] Hi there, Mark Nunnikhoven from Trend Micro Research, I want to talk to you about the concept of lateral movement. And the reason why I want to tackle this today is because I’ve had some conversations in the last few days that have really kind of hit that…

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Update to iOS 12.4 right away

July 30, 2019 admin iMessage, iOS, iPhone, mobile devices, spying, Threats, vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Alex Drozhzhin| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 14:16:37 +0000

Six severe vulnerabilities in iMessage that allow remote execution and data stealing with no user interaction? Sounds like a good reason to update to iOS 12.4 as soon as possible.

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Labs report: Malicious AI is coming—is the security world ready?

June 19, 2019 admin AI, Anomaly Detection, Artificial Intelligence, deep learning, deepfakes, fake news, machine learning, social media, vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Malwarebytes Labs’ latest report looks at the near-future reality of malicious artificial intelligence (AI), evaluating how the technology is being used today, and how it realistically might be abused in the next few years.

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Artificial Intelligence

Tags: AI Anomaly Detection artificial intelligence deep learning deepfakes fake news machine learning social media vulnerabilities

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