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• DHS Warns of Increasing Emotet Risk January 24, 2020
  DHS Warns of Increasing Emotet Risk Emotet is considered one of the most damaging banking Trojans, primarily through its ability to carry other malware into an organization. The Department of Homeland Security's CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) has issued a warning of increased activity around highly targeted Emotet attacks. Emotet's main threat is that […]
• Inside the World's Highest-Stakes Industrial Hacking Contest January 24, 2020
  Steven Seeley and Chris Anastasio, a hacker duo calling themselves Team Incite, were about to attempt to take over the Dell laptop sitting a few inches away by targeting a very particular piece of software it was running: A so-called human-machine interface, sold by the industrial control systems company Rockwell Automation. It could just as […]
• The Decade Ahead for Cybersecurity January 24, 2020
  While cloud-based security, machine learning and the move from zero trusts to digital trust were trending topics last year, we’ve witnessed a fundamental shift in how security is being acquired. Accepting and embracing this approach will allow managed security service providers (MSSPs) to build trust equally across both infrastructure and applications. Security in the Cloud […]
• IoC Scanner shows if Citrix appliances have been compromised via CVE-2019-19781 January 24, 2020
  Citrix and FireEye have teamed up to provide sysadmins with an IoC scanner that shows whether a Citrix ADC, Gateway or SD-WAN WANOP appliance has been compromised via CVE-2019-19781. If used on the latter, it will scan files, processes, and ports for known indicators, and analyze available log sources and system forensic artifacts to identify […]
• Deconstructing Web Cache Deception Attacks: They're Bad; Now What? January 24, 2020
  Deconstructing Web Cache Deception Attacks: They're Bad; Now What? "Web cache" refers to any technology that fronts an origin web server and temporarily stores frequently accessed content so that subsequent requests for the same content can be served efficiently. Be they centralized caching proxies deployed on-premises at an enterprise or content delivery networks (CDNs) with […]
• Jesusalem-based Vicarius gets $5 million to help companies detect cyber threats and prevent attacks January 24, 2020
  Israeli startup Vicarius has raised $5 million in seed funding to grow its predictive cyberthreat technology, which helps companies proactively manage software vulnerabilities in real time. Using machine learning, the startup’s proprietary Vulnerability Assessment (VA) technology detects exposures in software, prioritizes the threats, and then offers built-in solutions, all in one “risk snapshot” dashboard. “Despite […]