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Challenges of Law Enforcement in the Digital Age Navigating the Limits of Disruption

Join us as we navigate the complex challenges faced by law enforcement in the digital age. Despite efforts to take down, disrupt, and pressure criminal elements, the reality remains that these actions may not be enough to halt their activities. In this candid discussion, we explore the limitations of law enforcement in combating digital crime, acknowledging the difficulties they face in reaching elusive perpetrators hiding across the globe. While not dismissing their efforts entirely, we recognize the inherent challenges they encounter when confronting organized crime in cyberspace.

The Forescout Platform

Manage risks. Contain events. Mitigate threats. The Forescout Platform continuously identifies, protects and ensures the compliance of all managed and unmanaged cyber assets – IT, IoT, IoMT and OT – without business disruption. It delivers comprehensive capabilities for network security, risk and exposure management, and extended detection and response. With seamless context sharing and workflow orchestration via ecosystem partners, it enables you to more effectively manage cyber risk and mitigate threats.

Does a VPN Protect You From Hackers?

While VPNs may protect you from some types of cyber attacks launched by hackers, they don’t protect you from all of them. For example, VPNs may protect you from Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attacks, remote hacking, Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks and session hijacking, but VPNs will not protect you from hackers who steal encryption keys, or from account compromise, phishing attacks or illegitimate websites.

CVE-2024-3094: Detecting the SSHD backdoor in XZ Utils

On March 29th, 2024, a backdoor in a popular package called XZ Utils was announced on the Openwall mailing list. This utility includes a library called liblzma which is used by SSHD, a critical part of the Internet infrastructure used for remote access. When loaded, the CVE-2024-3094 affects the authentication of SSHD potentially allowing intruders access regardless of the method.

Reddit's Matt Johansen on renouncing superhero culture and what comes after "shift left"

In this week’s episode of The Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas is joined by Matt Johansen. Matt is a security veteran who has helped defend startups, the biggest financial companies in the world, and everything in between. Alongside his day job as Head of Software Security at Reddit, he teaches companies how to protect against cyber attacks, and coaches entrepreneurs and CISOs that need help with infrastructure, application, cloud, and security policies. He also writes Vulnerable U, a weekly newsletter that talks about embracing the power of vulnerability for growth.