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2024-06-19 04:00

As a Cyber Security Engineer, you will define and monitor security requirements for applications and infrastructures. As an Incident Response Analyst, you will investigate and respond to cybersecurity incidents, conduct threat hunting activities using various tools and techniques, prepare detailed incident reports and briefings for clients and internal stakeholders, collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance security measures and protocols, and train junior staff and contribute to knowledge sharing within the team.

Find out which cybersecurity threats organizations fear the most
2024-06-19 03:30

While 62% of organizations have begun their own zero trust journey, only 48% of US organizations have, raising a concern that Western entities know they have a problem but are unable to adopt zero trust, leaving them vulnerable to cyber threats. Cloud security incidents make organizations turn to AI-powered prevention.

Rising exploitation in enterprise software: Key trends for CISOs
2024-06-19 03:00

Action1 researchers found an alarming increase in the total number of vulnerabilities across all enterprise software categories. "With the NVD's delay in associating Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures identifiers with CPE data, our report comes at a critical moment, providing much-needed insights into the evolving vulnerability landscape for enterprise software," said Mike Walters, President of Action1.

Rogue uni IT director pleads guilty after fraudulently buying $2.1M of tech
2024-06-18 23:46

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Dark-web kingpin puts 'stolen' internal AMD databases, source code up for sale
2024-06-18 23:01

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Microsoft says bug causes Windows 10 apps to display Open With dialogs
2024-06-18 22:23

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 10 apps will mistakenly display an "How do you want to open this file?" dialog box when attempting to right-click on the program's icon and perform a registered task. "Following installation of the Windows update released April 23, 2024and updates released after that, certain apps might display an"Open With" dialog box asking, 'How do you want to open this file?'," reads the status update.

EU attempt to sneak through new encryption-eroding law slammed by Signal, politicians
2024-06-18 22:22

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AMD investigates breach after data for sale on hacking forum
2024-06-18 21:26

AMD is investigating whether it suffered a cyberattack after a threat actor put allegedly stolen data up for sale on a hacking forum, claiming it contains AMD employee information, financial documents, and confidential information. "We are aware of a cybercriminal organization claiming to be in possession of stolen AMD data," AMD told BleepingComputer in a statement.

ONNX phishing service targets Microsoft 365 accounts at financial firms
2024-06-18 20:28

A new phishing-as-a-service platform called ONNX Store is targeting Microsoft 365 accounts for employees at financial firms using QR codes in PDF attachments. Researchers at EclecticIQ who discovered the activity believe that ONNX is a rebranded version of the Caffeine phishing kit managed by the Arabic-speaking threat actor MRxC0DER. Mandiant discovered caffeine in October 2022, when the platform targeted Russian and Chinese platforms instead of Western services.

VMware fixes critical vCenter RCE vulnerability, patch now
2024-06-18 18:08

VMware has issued a security advisory addressing critical vulnerabilities in vCenter Server, including remote code execution and local privilege escalation flaws. VMware vCenter Server is a central management platform for VMware vSphere, enabling the management of virtual machines and ESXi hosts.