What to expect when you're electing: How election officials can counter disinformation

By Matthew Olney and the communications and public relations professionals at Cisco. Editor's Note: For more on this topic, sign up for a Cisco Duo webinar on election security on Oct. 15 at 1 p.m. ET here. In our work with our partners in the election security space, the most difficult question...

LIVE Webinar on Zerologon Vulnerability: Technical Analysis and Detection

I am sure that many of you have by now heard of a recently disclosed critical Windows server vulnerability—called Zerologon—that could let hackers completely take over enterprise networks. For those unaware, in brief, all supported versions of the Windows Server operating systems are vulnerable t...

Bug Bounty FAQ: Top Questions, Expert Answers

Seldom does Threatpost have the privilege to tap the collective brain trust of one cybersecurity corner of the threat landscape. But last month, Threatpost brought together leading voices in the bug bounty community to participate in a webinar Five Essentials for Running a Successful Bug Bounty...

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking at the Cybersecurity Law & Policy Scholars Virtual Conference on September 17, 2020. I’m keynoting the Canadian Internet Registration Authority’s online symposium, Canadians Connected, on Wednesday, September 23, 2020...

(Live) Webinar – XDR and Beyond with Autonomous Breach Protection

Anyone paying attention to the cybersecurity technology market has heard the term XDR - Extended Detection and Response. XDR is a new technology approach that combines multiple protection technologies into a single platform. All the analyst firms are writing about it, and many of the top...

Live Webinar: XDR and Beyond

Anyone paying attention to the cybersecurity technology market has heard the term XDR – Extended Detection and Response. It’s a new technology approach that combines multiple protection technologies into a single platform. All the analyst firms are writing about it and many of the top cybersecuri...

Women's Foundation of Boston Empowerment Webinar for Girls and Young Women

Akamai is thrilled to have been the lead sponsor for the recent Women's Foundation of Boston Empowerment Webinar for Girls and Young Women: Girl Decoded: An Intimate Conversation with Author Rana el Kaliouby about finding your voice, pursuing education and excelling as a woman in STEM...

Augmenting AWS Security Controls

Has the onslaught of lackluster webinars over the past few months left you wanting more? Are you seeking practical, relevant, and usable information and advice on how to stay secure in the cloud? Well, you’re in luck! DivvyCloud, the leading provider of cloud and container security and compliance...

The Enemy Within: How Insider Threats Are Changing

Insider threats are ramping up – with new kinds of concerns in this category beginning to emerge. This is happening against a heady backdrop: Makeshift home offices, a cavalcade of new distractions and a tectonic shift to the cloud have recently collided to create an entirely new world for...

Ask Me Anything – Celebrating The Fifth Anniversary Of My Monthly Threat Webinar

In July 2015, I did my first threat webinar. I had planned to do it on a monthly basis, and never imagined I would still be doing it five years later, but here I am, still creating monthly webinars. I still do. I started the webinar series to help people understand the different threats targeting...

Adobe Patches 18 Critical Flaws in Out-Of-Band Update

Adobe patched 18 critical vulnerabilities Tuesday impacting key products Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Premiere Rush and Audition. The out-of-band fixes address vulnerabilities allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code, if bugs are exploited. In its security bulletin Adobe...

Critical Cisco Bug in Unified CCX Allows Remote Code Execution

Cisco has hurried out a fix out for a critical remote code-execution flaw in its customer interaction management solution, Cisco Unified Contact Center Express CCX. Cisco’s Unified CCX software is touted as a “contact center in a box” that allows companies to deploy customer-care applications. Th...

Adobe Patches Critical RCE Flaw in Character Animator App

Adobe has issued an out-of-band patch for a critical flaw in Adobe Character Animator, its application for creating live motion-capture animation videos. The flaw can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute code on affected systems. The flaw CVE-2020-9586 is found in versions 3.2 and earlier...

SAS@Home Virtual Summit Showcases New Threat Intel, Industry Changes

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to force in-person cybersecurity event cancellations, Kaspersky is forging ahead with a virtual security summit, SAS@home. Topics on the agenda include threat intel on advanced persistent threats APTs, new vulnerability research, and topics related to a...

Govt minister’s Zoom webinar hijacked to display porn

By Waqas A government minister had their video conferencing hijacked with pornographic content. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Govt minister’s Zoom webinar hijacked to display porn...

Oracle Tackles a Massive 405 Bugs for Its April Quarterly Patch Update

Oracle admins are staring down the barrel of a massive quarterly Critical Patch Update that includes 405 patches. Business software giant Oracle Corp. revealed 286 of those vulnerabilities are remotely exploitable across nearly two dozen product lines. Impacted with multiple critical flaws, rated...

The 2020 Cyberthreat Defense Report: Simplify Security with Unified Tools and Monitoring

The CyberEdge Group’s recently released 2020 Cyberthreat Defense Report CDR details findings based on a survey of 1200 security IT professionals from around the globe. Although multiple key takeaways emerged from analyzing their perceptions and insights, it’s worth digging a little further into o...

Principles of a Cloud Migration – From Step One to Done

Boiling the ocean with the subject, sous-vide deliciousness with the content. Cloud Migrations are happening every day. Analysts predict over 75% of mid-large enterprises will migrate a workload to the cloud by 2021 – but how can you make sure your workload is successful? There are not just facto...

NCSA Small Business Webinar Series

Working from home? How do you keep your employees cyber-safe and cyber-secure? How do you protect your reputation, profit, and cash flow when you depend on your IT infrastructure as never before? The National Cyber Security Alliance is hosting a series of webinars for small business owners, and...

YARA webinar follow up

If you read my previous blogpost Hunting APTs with YARA then you probably know about the webinar we conducted on March 31, 2020, showcasing some of our experience in developing and using YARA rules for malware hunting. In case you missed the webinar - or if you attended and want to re-watch it -...