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New infosec products of the week: July 23, 2021
Stellar Cyber introduced a realistic XDR Kill Chain to serve as a new model, addressing the current realities of cyberattacks and focus efforts to stop an attack early and quickly. The new version builds on the MITRE ATT&CK framework to reflect the…
TOP DEVELOPERS: Meet the 20 power players quietly changing the technology industry from the inside
Erin Bond Erin Bond took an unorthodox path to the software engineering field. A former elementary school teacher, Bond learned to code five years ago through a one-year course at the Ada Developers Academy. Now, as an engineer at Code.org, Bond is…
A future without passwords is closer than you think
ST. LOUIS– Hate trying to keep track of all your passwords? They may be a thing of the past in the future. Advances in biometrics, multifactor authentication (MFA), and other technological advances are slowly making them unnecessary. Scott…
Never mind the trolls, Discord hosts 'significant volumes of malware' in its CDN
Sophos on Thursday warned that internet instant-chat service Discord is becoming an increasingly popular malware distribution channel. In a blog post, security sleuths Sean Gallagher and Andrew Brandt said four per cent of all TLS-protected malware…
How To Check If Your Smartphone Is Infected With Pegasus Spyware
A few days ago, it became known that the malicious utility called Pegasus, created by the Israeli company NSO Group for law enforcement agencies and intelligence services, is widely used to spy on residents of different countries secretly.
Hole blasted in Guntrader: UK firearms sales website's CRM database breached, 111,000 users' info spilled online
Criminals have hacked into a Gumtree-style website used for buying and selling firearms, making off with a 111,000-entry database containing partial information from a CRM product used by gun shops across the UK. The Guntrader breach earlier this…
Survey of astronomers and geophysicists shines a light on 'bleak' systemic bullying
A survey of astronomers and geophysicists has unveiled a 'systemic bullying problem' which is 'disproportionately worse' for women and members of minority groups, already under-represented in the field. In a survey of 650 scientists carried out by…
Cyber-attacks really ramp up after Halloween - so why not start preparing now?
Promo Whisper it softly, but we're fast forwarding through the second half of 2021, which means the holiday shopping season – and accompanying hacking season – is not far behind. But if you want to prepare yourself for the end of year…
Kaseya obtains REvil decryptor, starts sharing it with afflicted customers
Software-for-services providers business Kaseya has obtained a 'universal decryptor key' for the REvil ransomware and is delivering it to clients. A brief Thursday update to the company's rolling security advisory states the company received the…
5 Steps to Improving Ransomware Resiliency
Alex Restrepo, cybersecurity researcher at Veritas, lays out the key concepts that organizations should be paying attention to now and implementing today. The ransomware landscape is evolving, and ransomware is now one of the most popular (for…
Trends in Production Practices and Costs of the U.S. Corn Sector
Corn for grain is a major field crop in the United States, with wide-ranging uses including animal feed, ethanol, food, beverages, industrial products, and exports. This report describes the technological and structural changes in U.S. corn…
Facebook gardening group triumphs over slapdash Zuck censorbots
A Facebook group dedicated to gardening in western New York State is celebrating a victory over the company's algorithms after having been repeatedly threatened with censure and deletion due to use of the word 'hoe'. According to Elizabeth Licata…
Be careful what you inline: Defunct video-hosting domain used to inject smut flicks into news articles, more
The domain name of a now-defunct website used by news publishers and others to inline videos in articles has been configured to inject porn into those pages. Vid.me once upon a time hosted user-submitted videos, and allowed them to be included in…
Kaseya Gets Tool to Unlock Data After Ransomware Attack
The technology provider at the center of a ransomware attack this month said it obtained a tool to unlock data targeted by hackers in an incident that disrupted hundreds of firms in several countries. Miami-based Kaseya Ltd. on Thursday said it…
The U.S. Takes an Important Cybersecurity Step-Two Decades Late
More than 20 years after the idea was first proposed, only to be struck down by officials who valued corporate profits over the national interest, a federal agency has imposed mandatory cybersecurity requirements on privately owned companies. The…
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