RSS_Virtulization

It’s often said that cybersecurity is hard. Anyone who has ever worked their way through the SANS Critical Controls, PCI-DSS or even something deceptively minimalist as the OWASP Top 10 knows that success in achieving these security initiatives requires time-consuming, diligent and often a multi-team effort. Now imagine amplifying that responsibility over a power plant that extends over a broad geographic region, and you start to get an idea of the challenge that awaits you….

Experian API Exposed Credit Scores of Most Americans could have been accessed due to a weakness with a partner website. Experian API exposed credit scores of tens of millions of Americans due to a weakness with a partner website. Anyone was able to look up the credit score of tens of millions of Americans just by providing their name and mailing address. The issue was reported to KrebsOnSecurity by the independent security researcher Bill Demirkapi,…

Companies are accelerating their use of the cloud, but should slow down and make sure security is built in from the beginning. TechRepublic’s Karen Roby spoke with Ron Bennatan, general manager for data security at Imperva, a cybersecurity company, about cybersecurity in the cloud. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation. SEE: Research: Video conferencing tools and cloud-based solutions dominate digital workspaces; VPN and VDI less popular with SMBs (TechRepublic Premium) Ron Bennatan:…

Cloud adoption is accelerating, but cloud security might be an issue Length: 6:56 | May 4, 2021 The problem is not the cloud, one expert said. It’s the speed at which companies are moving items to the cloud without considering security controls. Source link

McAfee is tracking an increase in the use of deceptive popups that mislead some users into taking action, while annoying many others.  A significant portion is attributed to browser-based push notifications, and while there are a couple of simple steps users can take to prevent and remediate the situation, there is also some confusion about how these should be handled. How does this happen? In many cases scammers use deception to trick users into Allowing…