Tag: jobs
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Cybersecurity is tough: 4 steps leaders can take now to reduce team burnout
Tags: ai, attack, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, corporate, cybercrime, cybersecurity, group, incident response, international, jobs, risk, soc, tactics, threatWorking in cybersecurity is only getting harder. Cybercriminals continue to up their game as security teams scramble to catch up with attack tactics and techniques. Organizations put near-impossible demands on their security departments, often with little or no support.The “always-on” nature of many roles in cybersecurity (from SOC analyst to incident response to the CISO)…
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Privacy professionals feel more stressed than ever
Despite progress made in privacy staffing and strategy alignment, privacy professionals are feeling increasingly stressed on the job within a complex compliance and risk … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/01/22/privacy-professionals-job-stress/
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From Dream Jobs to Dangerous Passwords: Lazarus Group’s LinkedIn Attacks
Cybersecurity researcher Shusei Tomonaga from JPCERT/CC has issued a warning about LinkedIn being exploited as an initial infection First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/from-dream-jobs-to-dangerous-passwords-lazarus-groups-linkedin-attacks/
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Ridding your network of NTLM
Tags: attack, authentication, cloud, crowdstrike, cve, email, encryption, exploit, group, hacker, ibm, Internet, jobs, malicious, microsoft, network, ntlm, password, service, technology, tool, update, vulnerability, windowsMicrosoft has hinted at a possible end to NTLM a few times, but with quite a few Windows 95 or 98 in use that do not support the alternative, Kerberos, it won’t be an easy job to do. There is the option to disable NTLM when using Azure Active Directory but that may not always…
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Employees of failed startups are at special risk of stolen personal data through old Google logins
As if losing your job when the startup you work for collapses isn’t bad enough, now a security researcher has found that employees at failed startups are at particular risk of having their data stolen. This ranges from their private Slack messages to Social Security numbers and, potentially, bank accounts. The researcher who discovered the…
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A Brief Guide for Dealing with ‘Humanless SOC’ Idiots
image by Meta.AI lampooning humanless SOC My former “colleagues” have written several serious pieces of research about why a SOC without humans will never happen (“Predict 2025: There Will Never Be an Autonomous SOC”, “The “Autonomous SOC” Is A Pipe Dream”, “Stop Trying To Take Humans Out Of Security Operations”). But I wanted to write…
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5 Things Government Agencies Need to Know About Zero Trust
Tags: access, application-security, attack, best-practice, business, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, gartner, government, identity, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, jobs, monitoring, network, nist, risk, skills, strategy, technology, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustZero trust as a concept is simple to grasp. Implementing a zero trust architecture, on the other hand, is complex because it involves addressing a unique mix of process, procedure, technology and user education. Here are some considerations to keep in mind as you begin your journey. Draft guidance on implementing a zero trust architecture,…
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North Korea’s Lazarus APT Evolves Developer-Recruitment Attacks
Operation 99 uses job postings to lure freelance software developers into downloading malicious Git repositories. From there, malware infiltrates developer projects to steal source code, secrets, and cryptocurrency. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/north-korea-lazarus-apt-developer-recruitment-attacks
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Stop wasting money on ineffective threat intelligence: 5 mistakes to avoid
Tags: business, ciso, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, finance, group, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, malware, monitoring, risk, risk-management, siem, soc, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementStrong capabilities in cyber threat intelligence (CTI) can help take a cybersecurity program to the next level on many different fronts. When organizations choose quality sources of threat intelligence that are relevant to their technology environments and their business context, these external sources can not only power swifter threat detection but also help leaders better…
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Hotel chain ditches Google search for DuckDuckGo, ‘subjected to fraud attempts daily’
Tags: apple, attack, authentication, browser, chrome, cloud, control, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data-breach, fraud, google, jobs, malware, mfa, monitoring, phishing, privacy, ransomware, risk, scam, service, tool, windowsAt the end of 2021, Nordic Choice Hotels, now renamed Strawberry, was hit by a major ransomware attack that paralyzed operations for just over a week. Everything had to be done manually, says Martin Belak, who is responsible for the hotel chain’s technical security.”The receptionists worked with whiteboards to keep track of which rooms were…
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AI Won’t Take This Job: Microsoft Says Human Ingenuity Crucial to Red-Teaming
Redmond’s AI Red Team says human involvement remains irreplaceable in addressing nuanced risks. The post AI Won’t Take This Job: Microsoft Says Human Ingenuity Crucial to Red-Teaming appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/ai-wont-take-this-job-microsoft-says-human-ingenuity-crucial-to-red-teaming/
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Hands-on jobs to grow fastest, because AI can’t touch them
World Economic Forum finds huge demand for brainbox skills, news for how it changes your role First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/01/10/ai_jobs_wef/
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Recruitment Scam Targets Job Seekers with Fake CrowdStrike Branding
Recently, CrowdStrike uncovered a phishing campaign exploiting its trusted recruitment branding to distribute the XMRig cryptominer. Disguised as First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/recruitment-scam-targets-job-seekers-with-fake-crowdstrike-branding/
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New York sues to recover $2 million in crypto stolen in remote job scams
The funds are linked to a widespread scheme in which fraudsters promised to pay victims if they opened a cryptocurrency account, deposited funds and reviewed products on fictitious websites mimicking legitimate brands.]]> First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/new-york-sues-recover-millions
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Australian IT Sector Maintains Strong Employment Outlook for 2025
Tags: jobsIT hiring intentions remain strong, though competition for jobs could be fierce. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/it-hiring-outlook-australia-2025/
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Fake CrowdStrike ‘Job Interviews’ Become Latest Hacker Tactic
Cybercriminals are luring victims into downloading the XMRig cryptomining malware via convincing emails, inviting them to schedule fake interviews using a malicious link. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/crowdstrike-job-interviews-hacker-tactic
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Job-seeking devs targeted with fake CrowdStrike offer via email
Cryptojackers are impersonating Crowdstrike via email to get developers to unwittingly install the XMRig cryptocurrency miner on their Windows PC, the company has warned. The … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/01/10/fake-crowdstrike-job-offer-email-delivers-cryptominer/
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Phishers abuse CrowdStrike brand targeting job seekers with cryptominer
CrowdStrike warns of a phishing campaign that uses its recruitment branding to trick recipients into downloading a fake application, which finally installs the XMRig cryptominer. CrowdStrike discovered a phishing campaign using its recruitment branding to trick recipients into downloading a fake application, which acts as a downloader for the XMRig cryptominer. The cybersecurity firm discovered…
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CrowdStrike Warns of Phishing Scam Targeting Job Seekers with XMRig Cryptominer
Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike is alerting of a phishing campaign that exploits its own branding to distribute a cryptocurrency miner that’s disguised as an employee CRM application as part of a supposed recruitment process.”The attack begins with a phishing email impersonating CrowdStrike recruitment, directing recipients to a malicious website,” the company said. “Victims are prompted to…
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Beware! Fake Crowdstrike Recruitment Emails Spread Cryptominer Malware
CrowdStrike, a leader in cybersecurity, uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign that leverages its recruitment branding to propagate malware disguised as an >>employee CRM application.
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Fake CrowdStrike job offer emails target devs with crypto miners
CrowdStrike is warning that a phishing campaign is impersonating the cybersecurity company in fake job offer emails to trick targets into infecting themselves with a Monero cryptocurrency miner (XMRig). First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-crowdstrike-job-offer-emails-target-devs-with-crypto-miners/
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Wiz Hires Veteran Exec Fazal Merchant As President For IPO Push
Fazal Merchant, whose prior roles included as co-CEO of Tanium and CFO of DreamWorks Animation SKG, has been hired as president and CFO of IPO-bound cloud and AI security vendor Wiz. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/wiz-hires-veteran-exec-fazal-merchant-as-president-for-ipo-push
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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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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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UN agency’s job application database breached, 42,000 records stolen
Tags: access, attack, breach, communications, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, finance, international, jobs, password, sans, security-incident, tactics, threatThe International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on Tuesday said that it is “actively investigating reports of a potential information security incident allegedly linked to a threat actor known for targeting international organizations,” and has initially concluded that “approximately 42,000 recruitment application data records from April 2016 to July 2024” were stolen.In its initial statement, the…
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High-Paying Security Career: Choosing a Path, Getting There
Know the Challenges and Opportunities of Working as a CISO, Architect or Pen Tester Cybersecurity jobs typically pay well and they can be personally rewarding because they merge advanced technical challenges with a vital mission – protecting critical systems, data and people. In this post, we’ll focus on the highest-paying jobs and the challenges and…
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Meet the WAF Squad – Impart Security
Introduction Web applications and APIs are critical parts of your attack surface, but managing WAFs has never been easy. False positives, rule tuning, risks of production outages, and log analysis – all of this work has made WAF historically difficult to operationalize. Well, that time is over. Meet Impart’s WAF Squad – a five-member squad…