Announcing the New Open Source Project Yor, Dynamic and Automated Cloud Infrastructure Tagging

Announcing the New Open Source Project Yor, Dynamic and Automated Cloud Infrastructure Tagging

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, today announced the release of Yor, an open-source tool that automatically tags cloud resources within infrastructure as code (IaC) frameworks Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and Serverless Framework YAML. Yor automates the tedious work of manually tagging cloud resources, helps security teams trace security misconfigurations from code to cloud, and enables highly effective GitOps across all major cloud providers. “Effective…

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Happy Birthday GDPR! | McAfee Blogs

Happy Birthday GDPR! | McAfee Blogs

Believe it or not, the baby turns 3 today! And like with every three-year-old, there is a lot to watch out for. Granted, when GDPR was born it was after a 2-year gestation (transition) period. What followed were many sleepless nights with the new baby when it was born on May 25, 2018; not to mention the sleepless nights in the run up to the birth. Some parents (organisations) were running around frantically trying to…

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Belgium Interior Ministry said it was hit by a sophisticated cyber attack

Belgium Interior Ministry said it was hit by a sophisticated cyber attack

The Belgian interior ministry was targeted by a “sophisticated” cyber attack, a spokesman told RTBF public television on Tuesday.  The Belgian interior ministry was hit by a “sophisticated” cyber-espionage attack, the news was confirmed by a spokesman to RTBF public television on Tuesday. The Federal Public Service Interior’s communications director, Olivier Maerens, confirmed that the attackers were not able to breach the server of the ministry, this means that threat actors did not steal any…

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How to achieve persistent SSH connections with the open source MOSH

How to achieve persistent SSH connections with the open source MOSH

MOSH makes it possible for SSH connection to persist, even as you roam from one network to another. Jack Wallen shows you how to install and use this handy tool. Image: Funtap/Shutterstock If you work with multiple wireless (or wired) connections within your company, and you find yourself having to move around the campus to take care of your admin duties, there might be times when you have an SSH connection going and you shift…

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Today Is The Day! – Docker Blog

Today Is The Day! – Docker Blog

It’s here! Ready or not, DockerCon — our free, one-day, all-digital event designed for developers by developers — has arrived. Registration is open until 9 a.m., so if you haven’t already done so, go ahead and sign up! This is your chance to learn all you can about modern application delivery in a cloud-native world — including the application development technology, skills, tools and people you need to help solve the problems you face day…

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Cryptocurrency scam attack reminds users to check their app connections

Cryptocurrency scam attack reminds users to check their app connections

Are you doing enough to prevent scammers from hijacking your social media accounts? Even if you have chosen a strong, unique password for your online presence and enabled two-factor authentication it’s possible that you’ve overlooked another way in which online criminals could commandeer your social media accounts and spam out a message to your followers. That’s a lesson that internet entrepreneur Carl Pei, the co-founder of smartphone firm OnePlus, has hopefully learned after cryptocurrency scammers…

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This fake movie streaming service actually installs a backdoor

This fake movie streaming service actually installs a backdoor

Cybercriminals have created a fake streaming service with the end goal of tricking users into installing the BazaLoader trojan on their systems according to new research from Proofpoint. The cybersecurity firm first observed the entertainment-themed campaign in May of this year as it masqueraded as a real streaming service online with a slick website featuring fake movies. The campaign itself is used to spread BazaLoader which has the capability to download and install additional modules…

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Chinese Phishing Attack Targets High-Profile Uyghurs

Chinese Phishing Attack Targets High-Profile Uyghurs

Security researchers have discovered a new Chinese phishing campaign targeting the ethnic minority Uyghur group with emails impersonating the United Nations and others. Check Point and Kaspersky teamed up to lift the lid on the attacks, which spoof not only the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) but also a fake human rights organization called TCAHF, targeting Uyghurs applying for grants. As well as emailed documents from the ‘UNHRC’ designed to trick individuals into installing a…

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Number of Breached Records Soars 224% Annually

Number of Breached Records Soars 224% Annually

The volume of compromised records globally has increased on average by 224% each year since 2017, according to new findings shared by Imperva. In light of the GDPR’s third anniversary this week, the data security firm crunched statistics on thousands of breaches over the past few years to better understand the evolving risk to businesses. There were more records reported as compromised in January 2021 alone (878 million) than for the whole of 2017 (826…

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A Third of #COVID19 Fraud Victims Go Hungry

A Third of #COVID19 Fraud Victims Go Hungry

Most US victims of pandemic-related identity fraud in 2020 still have not had their issues resolved, and a third (33%) claim they didn’t have enough money to buy food or pay for utilities last year as a result, according to a new report. The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) based its new 2021 Consumer Aftermath Report on interviews with 427 identity crime victims who contacted the non-profit before and during the crisis. The FTC claimed that…

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