We can’t wait for SBOMs to be demanded by regulation
Old ads can be startling—cigarette ads used to boast their health-giving properties, sugar-laden candy was once advertised as a dietary...
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Organizations need to re-examine their approach to BEC protection
BEC attacks are growing year over year and are projected to be twice as high as the threat of phishing...
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Kali Linux 2023.1 released – and so is Kali Purple!
OffSec (formerly Offensive Security) has released Kali Linux 2023.1, the latest version of its popular penetration testing and digital forensics...
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Fighting financial fraud through fusion centers
Keeping up with financial fraud is incredibly difficult because accurate fraud detection requires a deep, real-time analysis of all the...
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TSA issues additional cybersecurity rules for the aviation sector
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued a new cybersecurity amendment to the security programs of certain TSA-regulated (airport and aircraft)...
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Understanding password behavior key to developing stronger cybersecurity protocols
Passwords are still the weakest link in an organization’s network, as proven by the analysis of over 800 million breached...
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Week in review: Public MS Word RCE PoC, API exploitation, Patch Tuesday forecast
Microsoft to boost protection against malicious OneNote documentsMicrosoft has announced that, starting in April 2023, they will be adding enhanced...
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Young government workers show poor password management habits
Hybrid work has exposed another area of vulnerability, with 70% of government workers reporting they work virtually at least some...
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Microsoft to boost protection against malicious OneNote documents
Microsoft has announced that, starting in April 2023, they will be adding enhanced protection when users open or download a...
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Internet crime in 2022: Over $3 billion lost to investment scammers
“In 2022, investment scam losses were the most (common or dollar amount) scheme reported to the Internet Crime Complaint Center...
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Alleged seller of NetWire RAT arrested in Croatia
This week, as part of a global law enforcement operation, federal authorities in Los Angeles successfully confiscated www.worldwiredlabs.com, a domain...
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Synthetic identity fraud calls for a new approach to identity verification
In 2022, US financial institutions and the credit card sector lost an estimated $4.88 billion to synthetic identities through falsified...
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