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How COVID-19 Has Changed Business Cybersecurity Priorities Forever
For much of this year, IT professionals all over the globe have had their hands full, finding ways to help businesses cope with the fallout of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. In many cases, it involved a rapid rollout of significant remote work infrastructure. That infrastructure was called in...
Freedom, Flexibility, and Security: The Future of Remote Work
Over the past few months, many digital heavy enterprises have optimized or transformed their operations to bolster business continuity and resilience. One of these changes is implementing remote work policies, as employees have shifted to work from home, indefinitely. And while life stills feel...
Zero Trust: From security option to business imperative overnight
Not long ago when I spoke with customers about Zero Trust, our conversations focused on discussing the principles, defining scope, or sharing our own IT organization’s journey. Zero Trust was something interesting to learn about, and most organizations were very much in the exploratory phase. As...
Empower your analysts to reduce burnout in your security operations center
Effective cybersecurity starts with a skilled and empowered team. In a world with more remote workers and an evolving threat landscape, you need creative problem solvers defending your organization. Unfortunately, many traditional security organizations operate in a way that discourages growth,...
Preventing data loss and mitigating risk in today’s remote work environment
The shift to remote work over the past few months has increased the need for organizations to re-evaluate their security and risk management practices. With employees accessing corporate data at times on home computers or sharing and collaborating in new ways, organizations could be at greater ri...
LokiBot Redux Attacks Massive List of Common Android Apps
Researchers have discovered a new variant of the LokiBot trojan called BlackRock, that’s attacking not just financial and banking apps, but also a massive list of well-known and commonly used brand-name apps on Android devices. The apps targeted include: Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Grinder, Instagram...
Ask the Howlers: Latest Threats and Security Challenges Part 1
This is part of our ongoing bi-weekly webinar series called Ask the Howlers, where cybersecurity experts discuss the latest news, security challenges, and answer your questions. There is no doubt that remote work has become the new norm. Many organizations around the world are adapting to this ne...
Most companies are ignoring your most vulnerable endpoint…and it’s not the laptop
It’s an open secret that mobile devices are your weakest security link. We pretend not to know how vulnerable they are to attack, nor how exposed they leave your business. A 2019 study found that most companies allow mobile devices to access between 1/3 and 3/4 of their most business-critical...
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...
GHSA-2JPM-827P-J44G Stored XSS in TimelineJS3
Impact TimelineJS renders some user data as HTML. An attacker could implement an XSS exploit with maliciously crafted content in a number of data fields. This risk is present whether the source data for the timeline is stored on Google Sheets or in a JSON configuration file. Most TimelineJS users...
The vulnerability in the `hw/rdma/rdma_backend.c` component of the PVRDMA virtual network adapter emulator for hardware infrastructure, QEMU, allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.
The vulnerability in the hw/rdma/rdmabackend.c component of the PVRDMA virtual network adapter, within the QEMU hardware emulation software, is related to the execution of operations outside the buffer boundaries. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to trigger a service failure...
New study shows customers save time, resources and improve security with Microsoft Cloud App Security
The global pandemic has forever changed our workplaces and reshaped our cybersecurity priorities. While in recent months cloud apps have helped people around the globe stay productive and connected. They also pose an increased cybersecurity risk to businesses large and small, especially when you...
Email Sender Identity is Key to Solving the Phishing Crisis
Email is in crisis. Despite massive advancements in perimeter and endpoint defenses, email remains a cybersecurity weak link for many companies. Why? Email is at the heart of everything we do online. It’s an essential line of communication for one-on-one and group conversations, both...
Email Sender Identity is Key to Solving the Phishing Crisis
Email is in crisis. Despite massive advancements in perimeter and endpoint defenses, email remains a cybersecurity weak link for many companies. Why? Email is at the heart of everything we do online. It’s an essential line of communication for one-on-one and group conversations, both...
UCSF Pays $1.14M After NetWalker Ransomware Attack
The University of California, San Francisco UCSF has paid a $1.14 million ransom to recover data related to “important” academic work. The data was encrypted after the NetWalker ransomware reportedly hit the UCSF medical school. The UCSF, which includes a medical school and a medical center UCSF...
jenbb99.work Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-1207945
Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has:       a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence;       b. notified the website operator about its existence...
Popular Techniques Used by Cybercriminals Amid COVID-19
Editor's Note: Gary Stevens, a technology writer, is posting as a guest author to carbonblack.com. Cybercriminals constantly leverage fear and confusion by launching cyberattacks during major world events. Such attacks are mostly carried out with social engineering campaigns using malicious email...
Work From Home Opens New Remote Insider Threats
Employees working from home face a new world of workplace challenges. With childcare facilities mostly closed, many are juggling crying babies or barking dogs, all while tending to job responsibilities. Under those conditions mistakes happen, like sending an email – with critical internal company...
Popular Techniques Used by Cybercriminals Amid COVID-19
Editor's Note: Gary Stevens, a technology writer, is posting as a guest author to carbonblack.com. Cybercriminals constantly leverage fear and confusion by launching cyberattacks during major world events. Such attacks are mostly carried out with social engineering campaigns using malicious email...
Remote Workers Pose New Security Risks
The sudden and massive shift to a work-from-home workforce has left millions of employees ill-prepared to handle the new cybersecurity challenges they face, a new study has found. Though many people had no previous work-at-home experience until this year, they were sent home to navigate the...