Cybersecurity: Innovation Needed – Cyber Defense Magazine

Cybersecurity: Innovation Needed – Cyber Defense Magazine

Managing Complexity and Consistency, and Giving Users the Simplification, Automation, and Security They Want. By Laurence Pitt, Global Security Strategy Director, Juniper Networks Innovation is at the heart of cybersecurity – both because cybersecurity professionals are inherently curious by nature and because threat actors are continually innovating and evolving their attack approaches and the exploits themselves. Nonetheless, the last several months have demonstrated the need for change and new directions of innovation. A recent presentation…

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Security moves from blocker to driver of open source adoption

Security moves from blocker to driver of open source adoption

Commentary: Companies used to look to open source to lower costs. That’s still true, but an even bigger driver is security, according to a new developer survey. Image: iStock/natasaadzic Companies have long turned to open source to save money. Surveys over the years have captured customer intent to lower costs through open source; analyst firms have called it out, too. Similar surveys and/or analyses historically identified common inhibitors to adoption, including support and security.  And…

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Threat Roundup for December 4 to December 11 – Cisco Blogs

Threat Roundup for December 4 to December 11 – Cisco Blogs

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between December 4 and December 11. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we’ve observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics, indicators of compromise, and discussing how our customers are automatically protected from these threats. As a reminder, the information provided for the following threats in this post is non-exhaustive…

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US Frees ISIL Cyber-Operative

US Frees ISIL Cyber-Operative

A Kosovan hacker, imprisoned in the United States for stealing personal data belonging to US military and government personnel and sending it to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), has been granted compassionate release. Ardit Ferizi was sentenced to 20 years in prison in September 2016 after he confessed to providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and to accessing a protected computer without authorization. Ferizi’s case made headlines for being the first-ever…

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Norwegian Police Pin Parliament Attack on Fancy Bear

Norwegian Police Pin Parliament Attack on Fancy Bear

Norwegian police have blamed Russian advanced persistent threat (APT) group Fancy Bear for the summer cyber-attack on Norway’s single-chamber parliament, the Storting. In what was described as “a significant attack” by the parliament’s director, Marianne Andreassen, unauthorized individuals managed to gain access to the email accounts of several elected members of parliament and to some accounts belonging to parliament employees on August 24.  On September 1, the Storting confirmed that a limited number of accounts had been…

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Nintendo Hacker Jailed

Nintendo Hacker Jailed

A California man who admitted hacking into the computer system of Japanese gaming giant Nintendo and leaking proprietary data has been sentenced to three years in prison. Palmdale resident Ryan S. Hernandez, now aged 21, was still a minor when he and an associate used a phishing technique to steal the credentials of a Nintendo employee in 2016.  The credentials were exploited to access and download confidential files relating to the company’s games and consoles, which were then leaked to…

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How cybercriminals are now exploiting COVID-19 vaccines

How cybercriminals are now exploiting COVID-19 vaccines

Vaccine-related phishing emails and domains are popping up, while criminals are selling phony vaccines via the Dark Web, says Check Point. Image: iStock.com/Udom Pinyo Cybercriminals have been busy this year capitalizing on every facet of the coronavirus pandemic. And now that vaccines for the virus are on the horizon, bad actors have yet another area to exploit. A report released Friday by cyber threat intelligence provider Check Point examines how the desire for the vaccine…

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IoT standards: The US government must create them, and businesses will follow

IoT standards: The US government must create them, and businesses will follow

The Internet of Things is still in its Wild West phase of development. Standardization is necessary to ensure safety and easier integration. Image: iStock/BeeBright Since the Internet of Things (IoT) became an enterprise focus, the task of standardizing IoT has been a major headache. IoT devices come with proprietary operating systems that their manufacturers create, not to mention security presets that may or may not conform to enterprise network requirements. Collectively, this makes IoT an…

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Introducing the new Secure Cloud Analytics event viewer!

Introducing the new Secure Cloud Analytics event viewer!

At Cisco, we believe that effective security depends on top-of-the-line visibility. The rise of XDR has sparked more investment into the areas that comprise this emerging market category – Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR), and Network Detection & Response (NDR). Secure Cloud Analytics is an NDR market leader and continues to grow as customers demand better threat detection, more comprehensive public cloud visibility, and more integrated response tactics to address their critical alerts. At our…

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The Importance of Ethical AI in Creating a Sustainable, Equitable Future – Cisco Blogs

The Importance of Ethical AI in Creating a Sustainable, Equitable Future – Cisco Blogs

We recently announced the launch of our fifth annual Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge, with prize money totaling $1 million USD. The Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge is a competition that awards cash prizes to early-stage technology entrepreneurs solving the world’s social and environmental problems. This year, we are also offering an Ethical Artificial Intelligence (AI) Prize. A $50,000 USD Ethical AI Prize will be awarded to a startup designing artificial intelligence (AI) in an inherently…

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