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Report: Organizations remain vulnerable to increasing insider threats

December 5, 2019 0 Comments Awareness, carnegie mellon university, cert insider threat center, cybersecurity insiders, defense counterintelligence and security agency, department of homeland security, espionage, fraud, gurucul, insider threats, malicious insider, mitigate insider threats, national counterintelligence and security center, national insider threat awareness month, national insider threat task force, ncsc, nittf, office of the under secretary of defense, paige a. thompson, scope of insider threat, sei, software engineering institute, types of insiders, william evanina, workplace violence

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0000

The risk and challenges insider threats pose to organizations are ever present, even before tech as we know it existed. The age of digitization only made it higher and far-reaching. How has insider threats evolved over time? Where are we now in terms of mitigating insider threat risk? Are businesses really doing something about it? We answer such questions—and more—in this post.

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Awareness

Tags: Carnegie Mellon University cert insider threat center Cybersecurity Insiders Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency Department of Homeland Security espionage fraud Gurucul insider threats malicious insider mitigate insider threats National Counterintelligence and Security Center national insider threat awareness month National Insider Threat Task Force NCSC NITTF Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Paige A. Thompson scope of insider threat SEI Software Engineering Institute types of insiders William Evanina workplace violence

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Explained: What is containerization?

December 4, 2019 0 Comments Cloud, containerization, containers, explained, instances, management, Security, virtualization

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 17:00:00 +0000

Containerization is gaining traction as a method to improve consistency, portability, and scalability without the investments required for virtualization. But is it secure?

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Explained

Tags: cloud containerization containers instances management security virtualization

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There’s an app for that: web skimmers found on PaaS Heroku

December 4, 2019 0 Comments app, apps, credit card, heroku, Magecart, paas, skimmer, skimmers, web skimmers, web skimming, Web threats

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Cybercriminals are abusing platform-as-a-service (PaaS) cloud provider Heroku to build web skimming apps and steal customer data.

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Web threats

Tags: app apps credit card heroku Magecart paas skimmer skimmers web skimmers web skimming

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New version of IcedID Trojan uses steganographic payloads

December 3, 2019 0 Comments backdoor, banking trojan, banking trojans, credential stealing, downloader, hooking browsers, icedid trojan, malware, malware analysis, man-in-the-browser attacks, passwords, stealer, stealer functionality, stealing passwords, stealthy malware, Threat analysis, trickbot, Trojans

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 18:06:13 +0000

We take a deep dive into the IcedID Trojan, describing the new payloads of this advanced malware.

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Threat analysis

Tags: backdoor banking Trojan banking Trojans credential stealing downloader hooking browsers IcedID Trojan malware malware analysis man-in-the-browser attacks passwords stealer stealer functionality stealing passwords stealthy malware trickbot Trojans

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‘Data as property’ promises fix for privacy problems, but could deepen inequality

December 2, 2019 0 Comments andrew yang, dashboard act, data as property, data as property rights, data property, data property model, data property rights, jaron lanier, oregon, pay-for-privacy, Privacy, senate bill 703, who owns the world

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Data property supporters in the US argue that, through data payments, Americans could rebalance the relationship they have with the technology industry, giving them more control over their data privacy and putting some extra money in their pockets. But the cost to privacy, some say, is too high.

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Privacy

Tags: Andrew Yang Dashboard Act data as property data as property rights data property data property model data property rights Jaron Lanier oregon pay-for-privacy Senate Bill 703 Who Owns the World

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A week in security (November 25 – December 1)

December 2, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, ad blockers, awis, data as property, dexphot, energy sector security issues, iphone phishing, iphone phishing scam, nursing home ransomware, sextortion scammers, trickbot, universal healthcare security, venezuela cybercrime

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 16:23:55 +0000

A roundup of cybersecurity news from November 25 – December 1, including the concept of “data as property”, the increasing creativity of sextortion scammers, and the security risks of switching to “healthcare for all” policies in the US.

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A week in security

Tags: a week in security ad blockers awis data as property dexphot energy sector security issues iphone phishing iphone phishing scam nursing home ransomware sextortion scammers trickbot universal healthcare security venezuela cybercrime

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Would ‘Medicare for All’ help secure health data?

November 26, 2019 0 Comments adam kujawa, amca, american medical collection agency, blue cross blue shield, breaches, cms, Cybercrime, department of health and human services, dominion national, Electronic Frontier Foundation, gao, Government, government accountability office, healthcare, healthcare.gov, heatlhcare, hhs, insurance, interoperability, malwarebytes, malwarebytes labs, medicare for all, online privacy act of 2019, os inc, prema blue cross, Privacy, security world, solara medical supplies, spectrum health lakeland, third-party services, wolverine solutions group

Credit to Author: Adam Kujawa| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:30:10 +0000

Beyond the usual arguments on this subject, we wanted to ask the question: Are there any security risks we need to be worried about if the United States were to switch to ‘Healthcare for All’ policies?

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Tags: adam kujawa AMCA American Medical Collection Agency Blue Cross Blue Shield breaches CMS cybercrime Department of Health and Human Services Dominion National Electronic Frontier Foundation GAO Government Accountability Office healthcare healthcare.gov Heatlhcare HHS insurance interoperability Malwarebytes malwarebytes labs Medicare for all Online Privacy Act of 2019 OS Inc Prema Blue Cross Solara Medical Supplies Spectrum Health Lakeland third-party services Wolverine Solutions Group

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“Data as property” promises fix for privacy problems, but could deepen inequality

November 25, 2019 0 Comments andrew yang, dashboard act, data as property, data as property rights, data property, data property model, data property rights, jaron lanier, oregon, pay-for-privacy, Privacy, senate bill 703, who owns the world

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Data property supporters in the US argue that, through data payments, Americans could rebalance the relationship they have with the technology industry, giving them more control over their data privacy and putting some extra money in their pockets. But the cost to privacy, some say, is too high.

Categories:

Privacy

Tags: Andrew Yang Dashboard Act data as property data as property rights data property data property model data property rights Jaron Lanier oregon pay-for-privacy Senate Bill 703 Who Owns the World

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A week in security (November 18 – 24)

November 25, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, coalition against stalkerware, data leaks, deepfake, disney+, exploit kits, IoT, juice jacking, LinkedIn, Ransomware, Stalkerware, web skimmer

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:55:31 +0000

A roundup of cybersecurity news from November 18 – 24, including Coalition against stalkerware, exploit kits, ransomware, data leaks, and juice jacking.

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A week in security

Tags: Coalition Against Stalkerware data leaks deepfake Disney+exploit kits IoT juice jacking LinkedIn ransomware stalkerware web skimmer

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