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CISOs Look to Establish Additional Leadership Roles
According to an IANS survey of more than 800 CISOs, roles such as business information security officers (BISOs), chiefs of staff and heads for privacy, program management and data protection are among ...
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Black Friday Scammers are Hard at Work: Security Experts
Scammers are using everything from fraudulent deals and fake ads to spoofed websites and brand impersonation to target online shoppers who are gearing up for Black Friday as the holiday buying season ...
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EPA IG Office: ‘High-Risk’ Security Flaws in Hundreds of Water Systems
Jeffrey Burt | | cyber attack on critical infrastructure, EPA, public water systems, Vulnerabilities
The watchdog for the EPA found that, of 1,062 U.S. drinking water systems it assessed, 97 had "critical" or "high-risk" security flaws and another 211 had less dangerous vulnerabilities, risking threats from ...
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CISA Director Easterly to Leave When Trump Assumes Presidency
Jen Easterly, who took over as CISA director in 2021, will step down in January when Donald Trump takes over as president, creating an uncertain future for the critical cybersecurity agency and ...
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Barracuda Networks Report Sees Sextortion Becoming More Personalized
A report published by Barracuda Networks warns that sextortion attacks are getting even more personal and payment demands have increased ...
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Zero-Day Exploits Surge in 2023, Cisco, Fortinet Vulnerabilities Targeted
Nathan Eddy | | 0-day, cisa, cisco, Citrix, cyber threat actors, five eyes, Fortinet, SBD, vulnerability, zero-day
A report from the Five Eyes cybersecurity alliance, released by the CISA, highlights the majority of the most exploited vulnerabilities last year were initially zero-day flaws, a significant increase compared to 2022 ...
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Palo Alto Networks Issues AI Red Alert
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — With great promise comes potential peril. And while artificial intelligence (AI) is looked upon as a panacea for enterprises, it also poses an existential security threat. “We stand ...
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NIST Clears Backlog of Known Security Flaws but Not All Vulnerabilities
NIST, the embattled agency that analyzes security vulnerabilities, has cleared the backlog of known CVEs that hadn't been processed but needs more time to clear the entire backlog of unanalyzed flaws ...
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These 20 D-Link Devices Have Critical RCE Bug — but NO Patch NEVER
Richi Jennings | | CVE-2024-10914, D-Link, D-Link Corporation, D-Link NAS Devices, D-Link vulnerability, D-Link zero day, Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Internet of Things cyber security, iot, NAS, network storage device, SB Blogwatch
‘Bobby’ flaw flagged WONTFIX: Company doesn’t make storage devices now; has zero interest in fixing this catastrophic vulnerability ...
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PlatformEngineering.com: Strengthening Security in the Software Development Lifecycle
The Techstrong Group is thrilled to announce the launch of PlatformEngineering.com, a new platform dedicated to advancing the platform engineering discipline. This addition to the Techstrong family—including Security Boulevard—promises to be a ...
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