Author Archives: Derek B. Johnson
Threat intel is a game changer, if only firms can figure out how to bake it into cyber programs
Despite increased perceptions about the value of cyber threat intelligence, many businesses and industries still struggle to define what it actually means to them: which capabilities to incorporate, and how to do the ground level planning necessary to support the telemetry and technological tools they put in place.
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Cryptojacking malware targeting cloud apps gets new upgrades, worming capability
A piece of cryptojacking malware with a penchant for targeting the cloud has gotten some updates that makes it easier to spread and harder for organizations to detect when their cloud applications have been commandeered.
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Law enforcement strikes back at Emotet, one of the world’s most popular ransomware loaders
The voluntary, collaborative posture taken by different private and public stakeholders is what sets this takedown apart from others.
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Law enforcement strikes back at Emotet, one of the world’s most popular ransomware loaders
The voluntary, collaborative posture taken by different private and public stakeholders is what sets this takedown apart from others.
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Google to offer suite of new zero trust capabilities through Chrome browser
With backing from Google infrastructure and support from a host of industry partners, the features have the potential to significantly expand the footprint of zero trust solutions within industry and government.
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Google discloses spearphishing targeting security researchers
Depending on how widespread the compromises were, it could potentially taint some research and defensive strategies that threat intelligence firms share with businesses and other organizations.
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CISA launches ransomware education program
The effort encourages governments, schools and private companies to take steps to protect their systems and data from ransomware.
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Reliance on cloud, APIs create confusion and introduce risk into software development
Businesses are increasingly hosting their applications in public or private clouds while using APIs to speed up the development process. Both shifts come with security implications.
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7 vulnerabilities in popular DNS forwarding software open door to range of attacks
Researchers at JSOF have discovered distinct spoofing and buffer overflow vulnerabilities associated with DNSMasq, used in networking devices to cache and forward Domain Name System requests.
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