Zero to Pentester – IT Security Guru
It’s rare for a young individual in high school to identify what they want to do for the rest of their life and then carry…
Month: October 2023
Russia-linked Sandworm APT compromised 11 Ukrainian telecommunications providers
Russia-linked Sandworm APT compromised 11 Ukrainian telecommunications providers Pierluigi Paganini October 17, 2023 Russia-linked APT group Sandworm has hacked eleven telecommunication service providers in Ukraine…
Microsoft fixes known issue causing Outlook freezes, slow starts
Microsoft has fixed a known issue affecting Outlook for Microsoft 365 users since June and causing slow starts and freezes as if Offline Outlook Data…
Passive Optical Networks: A Game Changer for Now And The Future
By Folden Peterson, Director of the Federal Initiative at Quadrant Four, and John Taglieri, President of Mission Focused Consulting LLC The Department of Defense (DoD)…
Anonybit Raises $3 Million for Biometric Authentication Platform
Biometric authentication and data protection solutions provider Anonybit today announced that it has raised $3 million in a seed extension round, which brings the total…
Thousands of Cisco IOS XE devices hacked in widespread attacks
Attackers have exploited a recently disclosed critical zero-day bug to compromise and infect thousands of Cisco IOS XE devices with malicious implants. According to threat…
Critical Vulnerabilities Expose Weintek HMIs to Attacks
The US cybersecurity agency CISA last week warned organizations about critical- and high-severity vulnerabilities discovered by researchers in a human-machine interface (HMI) product made by…
Will Zero Trust Replace SD-WAN?
By Jaye Tillson, Director of Strategy, Axis Security A question I get asked frequently is, “Will zero trust replace SD-WAN?”. Let’s take a deeper look…
OpenSSF Launches Malicious Packages Repository
The repository has already amassed over 15,000 reports of malicious packages, drawing data from various sources, including the OpenSSF Package Analysis project, Checkmarx security, and…
October Windows Server updates cause Hyper-V VM boot issues
According to customer reports, this month’s Patch Tuesday updates are breaking virtual machines on Hyper-V hosts, causing them to no longer boot and display “failed…
Threat Actors Exploiting Cisco IOS XE Zero-day Vulnerability
Threat actors exploit zero-day vulnerabilities because these flaws are unknown to the software developers, making them highly effective for launching attacks. Exploiting zero-days allows malicious…
Cybersecurity Professionals Anticipate Broad AI Integration in Security Operations, Yet Uncertain About Specific Applications
Adarma has released a groundbreaking report titled “A False Sense of Cybersecurity: How a False Sense of Security Can Harm Your Business.” This comprehensive study…