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New Ransomware Threat Group, RansomHub, is so Effective, the NSA is Already Warning You About Them

Sep 16, 2024 By Stu Sjouwerman In KnowBe4
The latest evolution of the ransomware service model, RansomHub, has only been around since February of this year, but its affiliates are already successfully exfiltrating data. You know you’re a problem when the U.S. government puts out a notice about you. That’s the case for RansomHub — the latest iteration of a ransomware as a service group formerly working under the names Cyclops and Knight.
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BEC Scams Have Caused $55 Billion in Losses Over the Past Ten Years

Sep 16, 2024 By Stu Sjouwerman In KnowBe4
Business email compromise (BEC) attacks have caused more than $55 billion in losses between 2013 and 2023, according to an advisory from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). “The BEC scam continues to target small local businesses to larger corporations, and personal transactions while evolving in their techniques to access those business or personal accounts,” the FBI says.
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Authorized Push Payment Fraud Responsible for Over Half of U.K. Frauds and Scams

Sep 16, 2024 By Stu Sjouwerman In KnowBe4
Research from The Financial Ombudsman Service, a U.K. based organization dedicated to helping citizens with free financial advice, has found an increase in Authorized Pushed Payment (APP) scams. These attacks are rising both in number and sophistication. The Financial Ombudsman Service is a U.K. organization dedicated to helping residents with all things financial-as-a-free service. As part of this service, they take in a large number of complaints around financial fraud.
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cycognito

Common security testing approaches leave gaps. Here's how to find them.

Sep 16, 2024 By Jason Pappalexis In CyCognito
Gaps in your security testing program are likely more than simply missed assets. Infrequent testing and even low test accuracy are also gaps, and can be just as bad or worse. Gaps happen despite the best efforts of everyone involved. The good news is that, with some strategic adjustments, you can reduce gaps using tools you likely already have deployed.
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redscan

NCSC sets out plans to launch Advanced Cyber Defence 2.0

Sep 16, 2024 By Mark Nicholls In Redscan
An initiative of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) since 2017, the Active Cyber Defence (ACD) programme has provided a range of free cyber security tools and services to enable eligible public sector organisations to address high-volume commodity attacks. Following on from its success, the NCSC has announced plans to launch a new version of ACD, aimed at extending its benefits to businesses.
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securitysenses

Wondering why someone's location won't update on Find My Friends? Discover common reasons and practical solutions to fix location not updating on iPhone

Sep 16, 2024 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
If you've ever wondered, "Why isn't someone's location updating on iPhone? " You're not alone. Many users face this issue with the Find My Friends app, which can be frustrating. When Find My Friends is not updating its location, it raises concerns about connectivity or privacy settings. Click here for more details on troubleshooting this.
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CalCom

Disable SSLv2: When older is not better

Sep 15, 2024 By Ben Balkin In CalCom
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a technology that encrypts data sent between a user's browser and a website or application on a server. The purpose of SSL is to secure the information preventing eavesdropping and tampering. Originally released in 1995, SSLv2 is a protocol used to encrypt data sent over the internet, ensuring that the information remains private and secure.
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Customize Your Team's Remediation Messages In ggshield

Sep 15, 2024 By GitGuardian In GitGuardian
We are very proud to announce that you can now easily provide your own custom remediation messages in ggshield, the GitGuardian CLI. Earlier versions of ggshield offered the same general remediation advice to all users if a secret was detected when using git hooks for automated scanning.
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xalient

The path of least resistance to Privileged Access Management

Sep 14, 2024 By David Morimanno, Thought Leader In Xalient
Privileged Access Management (PAM) has been around for more than 20 years taking critical accounts and putting them into a vault to ensure only select individuals could access them securely. Since then, PAM has evolved and now focuses on controlling the access itself which means preventing broad access to specific data and providing insight into who has access and when an account has been accessed. Privileged accounts have traditionally been given to administrators to access critical data and applications.
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device authority

The Best Practices for Implementing Zero Trust Access Management

Sep 14, 2024 By Louise José In Device Authority
Zero trust access management is a cybersecurity approach that never trusts any user by default. Instead, it requires verification for every access request, regardless of whether it comes from inside or outside the network. This method ensures a higher level of security by continuously validating user identities and device statuses.
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