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Oct
2023

New infosec products of the week: October 20, 2023

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Arcitecta, AuditBoard, BackBox, Prevalent, and…

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Oct
2023

Legacy authentication leads to growing consumer frustration

Despite widespread usage of passwords lingering on, consumers want to use stronger, more user-friendly alternatives, according to FIDO Alliance. Entering…

The hot topics from Europe's largest trade fair for IT security
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Oct
2023

The hot topics from Europe’s largest trade fair for IT security

The major talking points IT-SA included ransomware, ChatGPT, and NIS2. IT-SA Expo & Congress claims to be Europe’s largest trade…

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Oct
2023

The real impact of the cybersecurity poverty line on small organizations

The financial constraints many smaller organizations face often cast shadows on their ability to fortify defenses. In this Help Net…

IT administrators' passwords are awful too
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Oct
2023

IT administrators’ passwords are awful too

Are IT administrators any better at coming up with decent passwords? Research says they aren’t. The key is under the…

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Oct
2023

GenAI investments surge, anticipated to hit $143 billion by 2027

Enterprises will invest nearly $16 billion worldwide on GenAI solutions in 2023, according to IDC. This spending, which includes GenAI…

Hackers infect over 40,000 Cisco devices using critical IOS XE vulnerability
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Oct
2023

Over 40,000 Cisco IOS XE devices infected with backdoor using zero-day

More than 40,000 Cisco devices running the IOS XE operating system have been compromised after hackers exploited a recently disclosed…

Citing Hamas, the US Wants to Treat Crypto "Mixers" as Suspected Money Launderers
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Oct
2023

Citing Hamas, the US Wants to Treat Crypto “Mixers” as Suspected Money Launderers

Hamas and militant groups’ use of cryptocurrency, while significant, pales in comparison to the amount of cryptocurrency used by other…

Law enforcement operation seized Ragnar Locker group's infrastructure
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Oct
2023

Law enforcement operation seized Ragnar Locker group’s infrastructure

Law enforcement operation seized Ragnar Locker group’s infrastructure Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2023 An international law enforcement operation shuts down…

Hacker
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Oct
2023

E-Root admin faces 20 years for selling stolen RDP, SSH accounts

Sandu Diaconu, the operator of the E-Root marketplace, has been extradited to the U.S. to face a maximum imprisonment penalty…

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Oct
2023

Women in sales brings unique strengths and perspectives to the table

Earlier this year, I was part of a HackerOne team that developed the Women in Sales Employee Resource Group (ERG)….

BlackCat Munchkin
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Oct
2023

BlackCat ransomware uses new ‘Munchkin’ Linux VM in stealthy attacks

The BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware operation has begun to use a new tool named ‘Munchkin’ that utilizes virtual machines to deploy encryptors…