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Kaspersky has teamed up with SecurityWeek to offer a virtual edition of the high-profile Security Analyst Summit. Kaspersky has rescheduled its in-person Security Analyst Summit for November 18-21, when the conference will take place in Barcelona, Spain, if the current coronavirus pandemic is contained.
Topics on the agenda include threat intel on advanced persistent threats, new vulnerability research, and topics related to a post-crisis world - such as how the industry is changing because of the pandemic. "Hiding in Plain Sight: An APT Comes into a Market" on Tuesday will feature Kaspersky researchers Alexey Firsh and Lev Pikman opening the kimono on previously undisclosed threat intelligence regarding a nation-state cybercriminal group.
Corsa Security announced their Corsa Security Orchestrator, a virtual infrastructure manager for operating virtual machines and the infrastructure to virtualize Next Generation Firewalls at high capacity Internet gateways. Working with the Corsa Network Security Virtualization platform, the Security Orchestrator provides an intuitive interface which simplifies the complex operations associated with running hundreds of virtual NGFW instances.
VMware's Virtual Cloud Network solution is an integral component of VMware Cloud Foundation, which is offered on all major hyperscale cloud providers - AWS, Azure, Alibaba Cloud, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud and Oracle Cloud - and uniquely enables VMware to make private clouds as efficient and agile as public clouds and support business continuity efforts. "Our Virtual Cloud Network solution is helping our customers provide the public cloud experience on-premise, removing the inefficient IT ticket requests and long waits for networking and security changes," said Tom Gillis, senior vice president and general manager, Networking and Security Business Unit at VMware.
Working with VMware, Vodafone Group has completed the roll-out of network virtual infrastructure across all of its European business and 21 markets in total. Operating a reliable, agile network that can be more efficiently upgraded to maintain the quality of coverage has never been more important as Vodafone customers across Europe rely on the operator to provide critical connectivity and communications services during the COVID-19 crisis.
As more people have been forced to work or stay at home due to the coronavirus , there's been a much greater reliance on virtual meeting software to communicate with co-workers, colleagues, friends, and family. As cybercriminals have been exploiting all aspects of COVID-19 for their own nefarious purposes, so too have they been taking advantage of virtual meeting apps to spread malware.
SecurityWeek today announced the launch of Security Summits, a new virtual event series designed to allow participants from around the globe to immerse themselves in a virtual environment to discuss the latest cybersecurity threats and challenges facing enterprise organizations. Through a cutting-edge platform, these virtual experiences enable security professionals to interact with other online attendees, speakers and sponsors, and visit networking lounges and sponsor booths.
The Utah Attorney General's Office is investigating the hacking of a video call hosted by a gubernatorial candidate who saw the call hijacked by pornographic images and racial slurs on Thursday. Republican Aimee Winder Newton was about five minutes into the virtual event on the Zoom platform when the trouble began as all 130 state delegates on the call were unmuted, said Caroline Bena, a spokeswoman for the campaign.
Over the course of two days, hacking teams ranging from Flourescence, RedRocket CTF and Synacktiv attempted to hack Adobe's Acrobat Reader and Apple's macOS and virtualization platforms such as Oracle VirtualBox. During one hacking attempt, the Fluoroacetate team of Amat Cama and Richard Zhu, targeted Adobe Reader and then Windows with a local privilege escalation attack.
Over the course of two days, hacking teams ranging from Flourescence, RedRocket CTF and Synacktiv attempted to hack Adobe's Acrobat Reader and Apple's macOS and virtualization platforms such as Oracle VirtualBox. During one hacking attempt, the Fluoroacetate team of Amat Cama and Richard Zhu, targeted Adobe Reader and then Windows with a local privilege escalation attack.