Reverse Engineering Tools: Evaluating the True Cost

When sourcing software for business needs, what criteria should you follow? Price typically tops the list. And sure, free software, like the Linux OS, delivers cost savings, stability, flexibility and ongoing development. No argument there. But when it comes to decompilers, which are used for...

2021 Healthcare Cybersecurity Priorities: Experts Weigh In

Healthcare cybersecurity is in triage mode. As systems are stretched to the limits by COVID-19 and technology becomes an essential part of everyday patient interactions, hospital and healthcare IT departments have been left to figure out how to make it all work together, safely and securely. Most...

Using Azure Blueprints to Control Azure Compliance

As Peter Parker says, with great power comes great responsibility. And so it goes with public cloud: With cloud scale and agility come cloud-scale problems and compliance nightmares. Every day, IT professionals balance the need to act quickly--often leveraging cloud speed of execution to implemen...

KB957488 - MS09-062: Vulnerabilities in GDI+ could allow remote code execution

Resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows GDI+ that could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted image file using affected software or browsed a Web site that contains specially crafted content.Support for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 SP1 ends on July 12, 2011. To...

CISA Releases FY2019 Risk Vulnerability Assessment Infographic

The Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency CISA has released an infographic mapping analysis of 44 of its Risk and Vulnerability Assessments RVAs conducted in Fiscal Year 2019 to the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge ATT&CK Framework. The infographic identifies...

CISA Releases Telework Essentials Toolkit

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has released the Telework Essentials Toolkit, a comprehensive resource of telework best practices. The Toolkit provides three personalized modules for executive leaders, IT professionals, and teleworkers. Each module outlines distinctive...

Better Secure and Manage Endpoints in a Remote Work World

The global pandemic has quickly changed how and where we work. Remote work is now the ‘new normal.’ Amid the massive transition, a June survey by S&P Global found: More than two-thirds of companies may be working from home forever Offices that do remain will probably shrink: 47% of respondents sa...

Microsoft Overhauls ‘Patch Tuesday’ Security Update Guide

Microsoft has updated its Security Update Guide, which is used by tens of millions of cybersecurity professionals the second Tuesday of every month, also known as Patch Tuesday. The update, according to Microsoft, is meant to deliver a more intuitive user experience. For its latest update,...

Akamai, CISA, and CIS Join Forces to Improve SLTT Cyber Defenses

Cybercriminals continue to target U.S. state, local, tribal, and territorial SLTT government organizations. In 2019, there were more than 100 ransomware attacks -- including an attack on Baltimore's IT systems that locked out thousands of computers and disrupted nearly every city service. This...

Flaw in Safari browser’s API implementation lets user files to be stolen

By Sudais Asif Being one of the major web browsers, Safari browser gets its fair share of scrutiny from cybersecurity professionals. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Flaw in Safari browsers API implementation lets user files to be stolen...

Cybersecurity Skills Gap Worsens, Fueled by Lack of Career Development

Much has been made of the cybersecurity skills shortage: It has long been an issue that many companies can’t effectively source the in-house talent they need, even as threats accelerate in both volume and sophistication. A recent survey however shows that the situation doesn’t appear to be...

Introducing Imperva Cloud Data Security

We are excited to announce that our latest data security innovation is now available worldwide! Made for the cloud, Imperva Cloud Data Security CDS builds on our industry-leading application and data security solutions, providing an industry-first, complete cloud data SaaS security solution that...

The Incident Response Challenge 2020 — Results and Solutions Announced

In April 2020, Cynet launched the world's first Incident Response Challenge to test and reward the skills of Incident Response professionals. The Challenge consisted of 25 incidents, in increasing difficulty, all inspired by real-life scenarios that required participants to go beyond the textbook...

Broad, Ongoing Cyberattacks Targeting Australia Underscore Need for Behavioral-Based Cybersecurity

On Friday the Australian Federal Government detailed sustained ‘copy-paste’ threats on government and business throughout the country. According to the Government: “‘Copy-paste compromises’ is derived from … heavy use of proof-of-concept exploit code, web shells and other tools copied almost...

Machine Learning Security Evasion Competition 2020 Invites Researchers to Defend and Attack

Machine learning ML is an increasingly valuable tool in cyber security as adversaries continually evolve their tactics and techniques to evade detection. As machine learning has advanced and sophisticated ML models have been developed to assist security professionals in protecting the cloud,...

Me on COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps

I was quoted in BuzzFeed: "My problem with contact tracing apps is that they have absolutely no value," Bruce Schneier, a privacy expert and fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, told BuzzFeed News. "I'm not even talking about the privacy concerns, I mea...

Join Us for the Virtual Connect 2020 Conference

Every year, VMware Carbon Black Connect brings together some of the best and brightest in security to collaborate on solving today’s most pressing problems and to learn about the future of endpoint security. While 2020 marks the first year that Connect will be held in a virtual setting, it does n...

The Incident Response Challenge 2020 — Win $5,000 Prize!

Cybersecurity firm Cynet today announced the launch of a first of its kind challenge to enable Incident Response professionals to test their skills with 25 forensic challenges that were built by top researchers and analysts. The challenge is available on https://incident-response-challenge.com/ a...

Centreon 19.10.5 - (id) SQL Injection Vulnerability

Exploit for php platform in category web applications Exploit Title: Centreon 19.10.5 - 'id' SQL Injection Exploit Author: Basim alabdullah Vendor Homepage: https://www.centreon.com Software Link: https://download.centreon.com/ Version: v.19.10.5 Tested on: Centos 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Centreon has...

COVID-19 Has United Cybersecurity Experts, But Will That Unity Survive the Pandemic?

The Coronavirus has prompted thousands of information security professionals to volunteer their skills in upstart collaborative efforts aimed at frustrating cybercriminals who are seeking to exploit the crisis for financial gain. Whether it's helping hospitals avoid becoming the next ransomware...