Category: Security Boulevard

A Modern Development Stack Makes Work More Fun

Read the original article: A Modern Development Stack Makes Work More Fun One of the many things I like about working at Cequence, over and above the protection value we provide our customers, is our commitment to using modern application…

James Mattis’ Coronavirus Public Service Announcement

Read the original article: James Mattis’ Coronavirus Public Service Announcement Permalink The post James Mattis’ Coronavirus Public Service Announcement appeared first on Security Boulevard.   Advertise on IT Security News. Read the original article: James Mattis’ Coronavirus Public Service Announcement

The OPSEC of Protesting

Read the original article: The OPSEC of Protesting For the past three months thousands of people have been protesting in the United States due to the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and others. Many of the protesters…

How to champion security in DevOps

Read the original article: How to champion security in DevOps Making the shift from DevOps to DevSecOps requires better communication, which you can help your teams accomplish with security training and enablement. The post How to champion security in DevOps…

What are Wildcard Certificates and SAN SSL Certs? – Keyfactor

Read the original article: What are Wildcard Certificates and SAN SSL Certs? – Keyfactor SSL certificates automatically identify and authenticate public IP addresses’ by assigning each a public/private keypair attached to the server’s unique domain name. Embedding the domain name…

Measuring Security Effectiveness: Infiltrations and Ransomware by

Read the original article: Measuring Security Effectiveness: Infiltrations and Ransomware by Attackers have many ways to infiltrate a network, and security teams typically see only approximately one-third of those attacks. The post Measuring Security Effectiveness: Infiltrations and Ransomware by appeared…

MediaOps Makes the Inc. 5000 List

Read the original article: MediaOps Makes the Inc. 5000 List Here at MediaOps we have two big announcements today. The first is that we have earned a place in the Inc. 5000 annual ranking of the fastest-growing companies in America.…

PCI Compliance for the utilities industry

Read the original article: PCI Compliance for the utilities industry It would appear the utilities industry has a hard time when it comes to data security. IBM’s latest data breach report shows that, as of 2020, the energy sector’s average…

How CSPs Can Build Trust With 5G Security

Read the original article: How CSPs Can Build Trust With 5G Security The era of 5G means a deeper and different level of security for networks We are set to undergo a major transformation and soon we will no longer…

Slack Strengthens Cybersecurity Controls

Read the original article: Slack Strengthens Cybersecurity Controls Slack today announced it has made it possible for IT organizations to manage their own encryption keys as part of an effort to enhance the security of its widely employed messaging service.…

ForgeRock Identity Platform Updates are Here!

Read the original article: ForgeRock Identity Platform Updates are Here! More Ways Than Ever to Transform Your Business With the ForgeRock Identity Platform Since 2010, millions of people have safely accessed the connected world with the help of the ForgeRock Identity…

XKCD ’26-Second Pulse’

Read the original article: XKCD ’26-Second Pulse’ via the comic delivery system monikered Randall Munroe resident at XKCD! Permalink The post XKCD ’26-Second Pulse’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.   Advertise on IT Security News. Read the original article: XKCD ’26-Second Pulse’

The Power of True Single Sign-On™ (SSO)

Read the original article: The Power of True Single Sign-On™ (SSO) Access management and single sign-on (SSO) are essential for enabling a successful remote workforce and future business continuity. Find free True SSO here. The post The Power of True…

Masergy Releases 2020 SD-WAN Market Trends Report

Read the original article: Masergy Releases 2020 SD-WAN Market Trends Report Identifies SD-WAN as a Key Enabler for Remote Workforces and Enhanced Security DALLAS – August 11, 2020 – Masergy, the software-defined network and cloud platform for the digital enterprise, today…

The New Battleground is Shadow Code

Read the original article: The New Battleground is Shadow Code Results from the 2020 survey by Osterman Research and PerimeterX on the risk of third-party scripts and open-source libraries used in modern web applications. The post The New Battleground is…

AI helps home users detect and prevent unknown cyber threats

Read the original article: AI helps home users detect and prevent unknown cyber threats SecureAge adds Automatic Mode to SecureAPlus   11 August 2020 – SecureAge Technology, a leading global data and endpoint protection company, today has announced the addition of…

How to Manage WFH Risks Through COVID-19 and Beyond

Read the original article: How to Manage WFH Risks Through COVID-19 and Beyond Work from home (WFH) brings many benefits to organizations, but it creates risks by virtually inviting cyberattacks along multiple vectors. This is NOT a call to stop…

BootHole Shows Need for Greater Scrutiny

Read the original article: BootHole Shows Need for Greater Scrutiny The recent BootHole and related vulnerabilities raise the question of whether software used for critical security functions should have special scrutiny. When a security operation fails the ramifications are considerable,…

WeAreDelphix: Meet Bruna Bolorino

Read the original article: WeAreDelphix: Meet Bruna Bolorino WeAreDelphix: Meet Bruna Bolorino michelle Mon, 08/10/2020 – 13:39 Meet Bruna Bolorino, senior sales director at Delphix. Based in Brazil, Bruna talks about her experience of bringing innovation to the LATAM market…

The Joy of Tech® ‘To Serve Man’

Read the original article: The Joy of Tech® ‘To Serve Man’ Via the Comic Noggins of Nitrozac and Snaggy at The Joy of Tech®! Permalink The post The Joy of Tech® ‘To Serve Man’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.  …

6 Keys to Ensuring Remote Employee Security

Read the original article: 6 Keys to Ensuring Remote Employee Security There are some amazingly high profile architectural landmarks that we meant to be temporary in nature. Believe it or not, famous structures such as The London Eye, the original…

Newsletter July 2020

Read the original article: Newsletter July 2020 Blueliv Threat Exchange Network: July IOC highlights Connection discovered between Chinese hacker group APT15 and defense contractor Cyber-security firm Lookout said it found evidence connecting Android malware that was used to spy on minorities…

Shark Week: Avoid Being Cyber Bait in Uncharted Waters

Read the original article: Shark Week: Avoid Being Cyber Bait in Uncharted Waters Keeping employees protected during WFH is a lot like keeping swimmers protected from shark attacks As the world navigates the unchartered waters of a global pandemic, organizations…

New Study Finds Security Teams Increasingly Stressed

Read the original article: New Study Finds Security Teams Increasingly Stressed A new report and study from LogRhythm, titled “The State of the Security Team” has found that the cyber security professionals are facing higher levels of stress now than…

Cloud Security Challenges in the Next Phase of WFH

Read the original article: Cloud Security Challenges in the Next Phase of WFH As remote work becomes the new normal, organizations must address their cloud security to protect their data and employees Many organizations have been operating with a newly…

Interplanetary Networking (IPNSIG): Space Internet Governance

Read the original article: Interplanetary Networking (IPNSIG): Space Internet Governance SPEAKERS Dr. Vinton G. Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google Dr. Scott Pace, Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the National Space Council MODERATOR Scott Burleigh, Principal Engineer,…

XKCD ‘Mathematical Symbol Fight’

Read the original article: XKCD ‘Mathematical Symbol Fight’ via the comic delivery system monikered Randall Munroe resident at XKCD! The post XKCD ‘Mathematical Symbol Fight’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.   Advertise on IT Security News. Read the original article: XKCD ‘Mathematical Symbol Fight’

Quick Hit: Speeding Up Data Frame Creation

Read the original article: Quick Hit: Speeding Up Data Frame Creation (This is part 2 of n “quick hit” posts, each walking through some approaches to speeding up components of an iterative operation. Go here for part 1). Thanks to…

Modern CTO Interview: Flipping Turtles

Read the original article: Modern CTO Interview: Flipping Turtles Modern CTO podcast interview about web isolation and more with Kevin Lund, CTO and self-proclaimed “Turtle Flipper in Chief” at Authentic8. The post Modern CTO Interview: Flipping Turtles appeared first on…

Centrify Automates Password Reconciliation via Client

Read the original article: Centrify Automates Password Reconciliation via Client Centrify has extended its password access management (PAM) service to enable password reconciliation on the client. Torsten George, cybersecurity evangelist for Centrify, said enabling password reconciliation using Centrify client software…

Intel Leak: 20GB of Secrets Just the Start, Says Perp

Read the original article: Intel Leak: 20GB of Secrets Just the Start, Says Perp A large cache of confidential documents has been exfiltrated from Intel and leaked The post Intel Leak: 20GB of Secrets Just the Start, Says Perp appeared first…

Workplace Security Policy: Need of the Hour

Read the original article: Workplace Security Policy: Need of the Hour With rapidly evolving technology, employees at their workplaces have become more and more dependent on modern technological supplements and platformsContinue reading The post Workplace Security Policy: Need of the…

Sumo Logic Deepens Observability Across Operations, Security, Business and Customer Experiences Powered by Continuous Intelligence

Read the original article: Sumo Logic Deepens Observability Across Operations, Security, Business and Customer Experiences Powered by Continuous Intelligence New and Expanded Solutions Combine Observability with Real-time Intelligence Across AWS Environments, Software Development Tools and Process, Microservices and Distributed Transactions…

Securing Enterprise Mobile Apps with LoginRadius

Read the original article: Securing Enterprise Mobile Apps with LoginRadius If enterprise mobile apps are the future of businesses, we are already living in the future. With the growing popularity of technologies like 5G, blockchain, AI, and machine language, more…

3 Tips to Safeguard Your Digital Future

Read the original article: 3 Tips to Safeguard Your Digital Future The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has proven that applications are the driving force of the world economy. With a massive shift from brick-and-mortar locations to online operations across all industries…

Exorcist Ransomware and CIS Exclusion

Read the original article: Exorcist Ransomware and CIS Exclusion This year has been a bumper year for ransomware and its operators. Ransomware gangs are demanding millions; if those millions are not paid in time, then data stolen before encryption is…

Making Infosec Jobs Easier: Threat Hunting

Read the original article: Making Infosec Jobs Easier: Threat Hunting This is post 6 in our series on making infosec jobs easier and covers threat hunting. You can read the previous 5 posts at one of the links below. Improve…

Chrome Web Store FAIL: 300+ More Scam Browser Extensions

Read the original article: Chrome Web Store FAIL: 300+ More Scam Browser Extensions A researcher has found yet more malware in Google’s store. Something’s obviously not working. The post Chrome Web Store FAIL: 300+ More Scam Browser Extensions appeared first…

The NSA on the Risks of Exposing Location Data

Read the original article: The NSA on the Risks of Exposing Location Data The NSA has issued an advisory on the risks of location data. Mitigations reduce, but do not eliminate, location tracking risks in mobile devices. Most users rely…

What You Need to Know About Salesforce’s Recycle Bin

Read the original article: What You Need to Know About Salesforce’s Recycle Bin In order to protect users from accidentally losing data, Salesforce has provided the Recycle Bin. If any important data disappears, administrators and certain users have the option…

When You Get Breached, So Do Your Customers

Read the original article: When You Get Breached, So Do Your Customers No industry is immune to emerging attack vectors. Here are some of the primary attack types that are targeting SaaS providers. The post When You Get Breached, So…

Multi-Stage Phishing Attacks Are Dangerous

Read the original article: Multi-Stage Phishing Attacks Are Dangerous Threat actors rely on a mix of tactics that take advantage of a user’s lack of attention to draw them into interactions designed to hide malicious intent. The post Multi-Stage Phishing…

Guide: How to Choose an AI-Based Cybersecurity Platform

Read the original article: Guide: How to Choose an AI-Based Cybersecurity Platform Most cybersecurity vendors today tout some form of “Artificial Intelligence” as an underlying mechanism for the differentiation of their product among the market. But if everyone is saying…

Scanning a SOAP Web Service for Vulnerabilities

Read the original article: Scanning a SOAP Web Service for Vulnerabilities APIs and web services may seem less popular than websites and web applications but that is not true. Already back in 2018, APIs were responsible for 83% of web…

Open Source Code: Trojan Horse for Attacks?

Read the original article: Open Source Code: Trojan Horse for Attacks? On June 2, it was revealed that the Octopus Scanner malware had infected at least 26 open source code repositories on GitHub. Once downloaded, the malware specifically targets the…

Scammers Adjust as App Install Fraud Falls

Read the original article: Scammers Adjust as App Install Fraud Falls According to the AppsFlyer annual report, “The State of Mobile Ad Fraud 2020 Edition,” fraud that targeted mobile apps and games fell 30%, or $1.6 billion, during the first…

Data Security in the SaaS Age: Quick Wins

Read the original article: Data Security in the SaaS Age: Quick Wins Posted under: Research and Analysis As we wrap up our series on Data Security in the SaaS age, let’s work through a scenario to show how these concepts…

20 Years of Edge Computing

Read the original article: 20 Years of Edge Computing How long will you wait for something? That depends on what you’re waiting for, of course. But in your daily interactions, think about how many "things" you interact with where you…

JavaScript Puts 97% of Websites at Risk of Infection

Read the original article: JavaScript Puts 97% of Websites at Risk of Infection Everyone knows the internet is a dangerous place. Visit the wrong web site and it might instantly install malware on your device that steals your data… (Feed…

Linux Foundation Addresses Open Source Security

Read the original article: Linux Foundation Addresses Open Source Security The Linux Foundation announced this week it has launched yet another consortium, this time in the hopes of bringing some order to multiple previous efforts to address open source security.…

Daniel Stori’s ‘Unzip’

Read the original article: Daniel Stori’s ‘Unzip’ via the inimitable Daniel Stori at turnoff.us Permalink The post Daniel Stori’s ‘Unzip’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.   Advertise on IT Security News. Read the original article: Daniel Stori’s ‘Unzip’

Inside DEF CON’s Champion CTF Team PPP

Read the original article: Inside DEF CON’s Champion CTF Team PPP After winning DEF CON’s annual Capture The Flag (CTF) competition five of the last seven years, the Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP) returns as the reigning champions during very…

Podcast-Ep-2.1- ML, Automation & ShiftLeft at CapitalOne — A conversation with Vincent Weafer

Read the original article: Podcast-Ep-2.1- ML, Automation & ShiftLeft at CapitalOne — A conversation with Vincent Weafer Podcast-Ep-2.1- ML, Automation & ShiftLeft at CapitalOne — A conversation with Vincent Weafer https://medium.com/media/d9752cdc858ba8e31c8a1e8e4b8dba93/href Vincent Weafer, SVP Security Engineering at Capital One in a conversation with Alok Shukla,…

Encoding – CISSP Domain 3

Read the original article: Encoding – CISSP Domain 3 Today we’re going to take a quick look at encoding, as covered in Domain 3 of the CISSP common body of knowledge (CBK). There is often some confusion between encoding and…

Podcast Episode 18: Video and Search Security

Read the original article: Podcast Episode 18: Video and Search Security The post Podcast Episode 18: Video and Search Security appeared first on CCSI. The post Podcast Episode 18: Video and Search Security appeared first on Security Boulevard.   Advertise…