Tag: infrastructure
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Insights from CISA’s red team findings and the evolution of EDR
A recent CISA red team assessment of a United States critical infrastructure organization revealed systemic vulnerabilities in modern cybersecurity. Among the most pressing issues was a heavy reliance on endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions, paired with a lack of… First seen on securityintelligence.com Jump to article: securityintelligence.com/news/insights-from-cisas-red-team-findings-and-the-evolution-of-edr/
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Biden’s final push: Using AI to bolster cybersecurity standards
Tags: access, ai, attack, china, cisa, compliance, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, exploit, finance, framework, government, hacker, incident, infrastructure, intelligence, office, privacy, programming, resilience, risk, software, strategy, technology, threat, vulnerabilityIn a decisive move to strengthen national cybersecurity, President Joe Biden is poised to sign an executive order imposing stringent security standards for federal agencies and contractors. Scheduled for publication in the coming days, the directive will emphasize integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into cyber defense strategies while addressing systemic vulnerabilities in software security, reported Reuters.This…
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CISOs embrace rise in prominence, with broader business authority
Tags: ai, attack, business, ceo, cio, ciso, compliance, control, corporate, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, governance, healthcare, infrastructure, intelligence, network, privacy, regulation, risk, risk-management, security-incident, strategy, technology, threat, updateIt’s a familiar refrain: As cybersecurity has become a core business priority, it is no longer a siloed operation, and the responsibilities of CISOs have grown, giving them greater prominence within the organization.According to CSO’s 2024 Security Priorities Study, 72% of security decision-makers say their role has grown to include additional responsibilities over the past…
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Expired Domains Allowed Control Over 4,000 Backdoors on Compromised Systems
No less than 4,000 unique web backdoors previously deployed by various threat actors have been hijacked by taking control of abandoned and expired infrastructure for as little as $20 per domain.Cybersecurity company watchTowr Labs said it pulled off the operation by registering over 40 domain names that the backdoors had been designed to use for…
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Payback-CISO: ‘Vorbereitung ist das A und O”
Tags: automation, awareness, ciso, cyberattack, cyersecurity, firewall, germany, hacking, infrastructure, mail, nis-2, phishing, ransomware, risk, security-incident, strategy, tool, trainingsrcset=”https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?quality=50&strip=all 6016w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?resize=300%2C168&quality=50&strip=all 300w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?resize=768%2C432&quality=50&strip=all 768w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&quality=50&strip=all 1024w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&quality=50&strip=all 1536w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?resize=2048%2C1152&quality=50&strip=all 2048w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?resize=1240%2C697&quality=50&strip=all 1240w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?resize=150%2C84&quality=50&strip=all 150w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?resize=854%2C480&quality=50&strip=all 854w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?resize=640%2C360&quality=50&strip=all 640w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?resize=444%2C250&quality=50&strip=all 444w” width=”1024″ height=”576″ sizes=”(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px”>Nawid Sayed, CISO bei Payback: “Um sich vor Cyberattacken zu schützen, gibt es nicht das eine Tool, sondern der Prozess ist hier entscheidend.” PaybackWelches Thema ist aus Ihrer…
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Pro-Russia hackers NoName057 targets Italy again after Zelensky’s visit to the country
Over the weekend, Italy faced new waves of DDoS attacks carried out by pro-Russia group NoName057(16). Pro-Russia hackers Noname057(16) targeted Italian ministries, institutions, critical infrastructure’s websites and private organizations over the weekend. The new wave of attacks coincides with the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Italy. The group claimed responsibility for the attacks…
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2025 Threat Landscape Trends to Watch
What Type of Attacks Will We See in 2025? January 23, 2025Time: 1:00 pm ET – 10:00 am PTSpeaker: Paul Asadoorian, Principal Security Researcher Bootkits, network infrastructure attacks, and firmware vulnerabilities all saw major development in 2024, and these major trends show no sign of slowing down in 2025. Join Paul Asadoorian for a review……
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CISA report touts cyber hygiene enrollment surge for critical infrastructure orgs
The cyber agency said that surge has fueled “a moderate impact” in CI sectors meeting its cybersecurity performance goals. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/cisa-cyber-hygiene-critical-infrastructure-report/
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Meloni Says Italy Is Exploring Deals on Telecoms Security, but Denies Private Talks With Musk
If the deal is sealed, SpaceX would provide encryption services for the Italian government and communications infrastructure for the military and emergency services. The post Meloni Says Italy Is Exploring Deals on Telecoms Security, but Denies Private Talks With Musk appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/meloni-says-italy-is-exploring-deals-on-telecoms-security-but-denies-private-talks-with-musk/
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The Future of CISA in Healthcare in the New Administration
Many important efforts by the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency to help the healthcare sector and other critical infrastructure sectors bolster their cybersecurity are likely to continue under the incoming Trump administration, predicted CISA Deputy Director Nitin Natarajan. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/future-cisa-in-healthcare-in-new-administration-i-5437
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Microsoft Sues Hacking Group Exploiting Azure AI for Harmful Content Creation
Microsoft has revealed that it’s pursuing legal action against a “foreign-based threatactor group” for operating a hacking-as-a-service infrastructure to intentionally get around the safety controls of its generative artificial intelligence (AI) services and produce offensive and harmful content.The tech giant’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) said it has observed the threat actors “develop First seen on…
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Exit Interview: CISA’s Nitin Natarajan on Threats to Watch
Deputy Director Reflects on Term and Offers Advice to Successors. From application security to zero trust, it’s been a busy four years for the current leaders of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Deputy Director Nitin Natarajan discusses the agency’s accomplishments and the threats that await the next administration’s cyber leaders. First seen on…
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Leveraging Government Grants to Enhance Critical Security Systems
The Biden-Harris Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), allows organizations to receive government grant money for improved cybersecurity. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/01/leveraging-government-grants-to-enhance-critical-security-systems/
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Building Resilience Into Cyber-Physical Systems Has Never Been This Mission-Critical
Our nation’s critical infrastructure is increasingly brittle and under attack. Take the recent report that the drinking water of millions of Americans is at risk due to technical vulnerabilities. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/01/building-resilience-into-cyber-physical-systems-has-never-been-this-mission-critical/
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Thousands of Live Hacker Backdoors Found in Expired Domains
SUMMARY Cybersecurity researchers at watchTowr have identified over 4,000 live hacker backdoors, exploiting abandoned infrastructure and expired domains…. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/live-hacker-backdoors-found-in-expired-domains/
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U.S. CISA adds Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an Ivanti Connect Secure Vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-0282 (CVSS score: 9.0) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The vulnerability Ivanti impacted Ivanti Connect…
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SOAR buyer’s guide: 11 security orchestration, automation, and response products, and how to choose
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, business, chatgpt, cisco, cloud, compliance, container, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, endpoint, firewall, fortinet, gartner, google, group, guide, Hardware, ibm, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, LLM, malware, mandiant, marketplace, microsoft, mitigation, monitoring, network, okta, risk, saas, security-incident, service, siem, soar, soc, software, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-daySecurity orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) has undergone a major transformation in the past few years. Features in each of the words in its description that were once exclusive to SOAR have bled into other tools. For example, responses can be found now in endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools. Orchestration is now a joint…
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Malicious hackers have their own shadow IT problem
Researchers at watchTowr Labs found that abandoned and expired internet infrastructure left by hacking groups can function as backdoors within other backdoors. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/malicious-hackers-have-their-own-shadow-it-problem/
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Ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure exceed 2K in a decade
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/ransomware-attacks-against-critical-infrastructure-exceed-2k-in-a-decade
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Abandoned Backdoors: How Malicious Infrastructure Lives On
Studying Backdoors in Web Shells, Researchers Find 4,000 Infected Systems How many servers are infected by web shells designed to give attackers remote access to systems, but now phone home to malicious infrastructure that’s now abandoned or expired? Security researchers who posed that question have counted 4,000 such systems, including in government and education. First…
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Over 4,000 backdoors hijacked by registering expired domains
Over 4,000 abandoned but still active web backdoors were hijacked and their communication infrastructure sinkholed after researchers registered expired domains used for commanding them. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-4-000-backdoors-hijacked-by-registering-expired-domains/
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Russian internet provider confirms its network was ‘destroyed’ following attack claimed by Ukrainian hackers
In a statement on the Russian social media platform VKontakte, the St. Petersburg-based company said the “planned” attack “destroyed” its infrastructure overnight. Nodex added that it was working to restore systems from backups but could not provide a timeline for when operations would fully resume.]]> First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/russian-internet-provider-says-network-destroyed-cyberattack
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Ransomware Targeting Infrastructure Hits Telecom Namibia
The southern African telco is the latest entity on the continent to have its critical infrastructure hacked, and attackers release sensitive info online when Telecom Namibia refuses to negotiate. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/ransomware-targeting-infrastructure-telecom-namibia
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Top 5 Malware Threats to Prepare Against in 2025
2024 had its fair share of high-profile cyber attacks, with companies as big as Dell and TicketMaster falling victim to data breaches and other infrastructure compromises. In 2025, this trend will continue. So, to be prepared for any kind of malware attack, every organization needs to know its cyber enemy in advance. Here are 5…
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U.S. CISA adds Oracle WebLogic Server and Mitel MiCollab flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Oracle WebLogic Server and Mitel MiCollab flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an Oracle WebLogic Server and Mitel MiCollab vulnerabilities, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the descriptions for the vulnerabilities added to the catalog:…
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Oracle WebLogic Vulnerability Actively Exploited in Cyber Attacks CISA
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a warning regarding the active exploitation of critical vulnerabilities in various software, particularly spotlighting an unspecified vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic Server. This announcement comes as part of CISA’s efforts to enhance cybersecurity across federal agencies and beyond, with three new vulnerabilities added to their Known Exploited…
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Oracle WebLogic Vulneraiblity Actively Exploited in Cyber Attacks CISA
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a warning regarding the active exploitation of critical vulnerabilities in various software, particularly spotlighting an unspecified vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic Server. This announcement comes as part of CISA’s efforts to enhance cybersecurity across federal agencies and beyond, with three new vulnerabilities added to their Known Exploited…