Cisco’s CISO of the Month – Esmond Kane

Cisco’s CISO of the Month – Esmond Kane

Here at Cisco, we like to celebrate people in cybersecurity industry who are leading the fight against bad actors as well as those creating a secure culture for organizations and the people within them. This month, we interviewed Esmond Kane, CISO of Steward Health Care. Read on to learn about his journey and how he leads his team: What were you doing when you got your first taste of cybersecurity? First of all, while I…

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AWS BugBust Aims to Fix One Million Vulnerabilities

AWS BugBust Aims to Fix One Million Vulnerabilities

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched an ambitious initiative to fix one million vulnerabilities and, as a result, reduce technical debt by over $100 million. The cloud giant’s principal evangelist, Martin Beeby, said its new AWS BugBust would take the idea of a bug bash to a new level. “AWS BugBust allows you to create and manage private events that will transform and gamify the process of finding and fixing bugs in your software. It…

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Newly Discovered Dell Bugs Impact 30 Million PCs

Newly Discovered Dell Bugs Impact 30 Million PCs

Security researchers have warned that at least 30 million Dell computers may be at risk after discovering multiple vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code within the machines’ BIOS. Security vendor Eclypsium said 129 Dell models were affected by the chain of four bugs, which have a cumulative CVSS score of 8.4 (high). “These vulnerabilities enable an attacker to remotely execute code in the pre-boot environment. Such code may alter the initial state of…

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Cloud Database Exposes 800M+ WordPress Users’ Records

Cloud Database Exposes 800M+ WordPress Users’ Records

A misconfigured cloud database exposed over 800 million records linked to WordPress users before its owner was notified, according to Website Planet. Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler explained that the trove was left online with no password protection by US hosting provider DreamHost. The 814 million records he found were traced back to the firm’s managed WordPress hosting business DreamPress and appeared to date back to 2018. In the 86GB database, there was purportedly admin and…

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Considering the consumer privacy conundrum in a data-filled digital world

Considering the consumer privacy conundrum in a data-filled digital world

Considering the consumer privacy conundrum in a data-filled digital world | 2021-06-25 | Security Magazine This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy and cookie policy to learn…

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5 minutes with Lamont Orange – Fostering a security-first culture with SASE adoption

5 minutes with Lamont Orange – Fostering a security-first culture with SASE adoption

5 minutes with Lamont Orange – Fostering a security-first culture with SASE adoption | 2021-06-25 | Security Magazine This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy and cookie…

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Security awareness training: A business-critical function for the logistics and transportation industries

Security awareness training: A business-critical function for the logistics and transportation industries

Security awareness training: A business-critical function for the logistics and transportation industries | 2021-06-25 | Security Magazine This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy and cookie policy…

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CEO Gelsinger shakes up Intel

CEO Gelsinger shakes up Intel

A new CEO invariably means a reorganization around his/her vision of things and an attempt to address perceived problems in the company’s organizational structure. In hindsight, that’s another clue that Bob Swan wasn’t long for the CEO’s job at Intel, since he never did a reorg. Pat Gelsinger, who has been Intel’s CEO for just over four months, on the other hand, completely flipped the table with a major reorganization that creates two new business…

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Making Corporate Sustainability … Sustainable

Making Corporate Sustainability … Sustainable

Taking on any new initiative within a large company is a tough road, but particularly for a publicly traded one. Three years ago, the CEO and board of directors of QTS debated and then agreed to take on the challenge of sustainability and they asked me to lead the initiative to ensure its success. No pressure, right? Three years later, and many milestones reached, we have achieved sustainability leadership in the data center industry. This…

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Wormable bash DarkRadiation Ransomware targets Linux distros and docker containers

Wormable bash DarkRadiation Ransomware targets Linux distros and docker containers

DarkRadiation is a new strain of ransomware implemented in Bash that targets Linux and Docker cloud containers and leverages Telegram for C2. Trend Micro researchers spotted a new strain of ransomware, dubbed DarkRadiation, which is writted in Bash script and target Linux distributions (Red Hat/CentOS and Debian) and Docker cloud containers. The ransomware uses OpenSSL’s AES algorithm with CBC mode to encrypt files and leverages Telegram’s API for C2 communications. The ransomware appends radioactive symbols…

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