As workforce productivity increasingly depends on web-based applications, browsers have become essential gateways to the “connectivity economy.” According to recent data, 93% of desktop internet traffic in 2023 traversed through four popular web browsers. With their diverse functionalities and use cases, browsers are the most used desktop applications. To further expand their … [Read more...] about Prevent Breaches by Spotting Malicious Browser Extensions
Breaches
What It Is and How It Leads to Breaches
Cybercriminals work around the clock to discover new tactics to breach systems. Each time a digital ecosystem changes, it can introduce a weakness for a threat actor to quickly discover and exploit. As technological innovation progresses rapidly, and organizations expand their infrastructure, this weakness may take shape in the form of architecture drift. Today, we explore the … [Read more...] about What It Is and How It Leads to Breaches
3 Critical Vulnerabilities Expose ownCloud Users to Data Breaches
Nov 25, 2023NewsroomData Security / Vulnerability The maintainers of the open-source file-sharing software ownCloud have warned of three critical security flaws that could be exploited to disclose sensitive information and modify files. A brief description of the vulnerabilities is as follows - Disclosure of sensitive credentials and configuration in containerized … [Read more...] about 3 Critical Vulnerabilities Expose ownCloud Users to Data Breaches
Using Similarity-Based Mapping to Prevent Breaches
CrowdStrike data scientists describe a new similarity paradigm to organize information and make it accessible, searchable and mappable The new similarity-based mapping of cybersecurity data associates disparate representations of various objects important for cybersecurity, providing scientists and analysts with the tools necessary to prevent and respond to breaches more … [Read more...] about Using Similarity-Based Mapping to Prevent Breaches
Turla’s New DeliveryCheck Backdoor Breaches Ukrainian Defense Sector
Jul 20, 2023THNCyber Attack / Malware The defense sector in Ukraine and Eastern Europe has been targeted by a novel .NET-based backdoor called DeliveryCheck (aka CAPIBAR or GAMEDAY) that's capable of delivering next-stage payloads. The Microsoft threat intelligence team, in collaboration with the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA), attributed the attacks to … [Read more...] about Turla’s New DeliveryCheck Backdoor Breaches Ukrainian Defense Sector
London Police Arrested 17-Year-Old Hacker Suspected of Uber and GTA 6 Breaches
The City of London Police on Friday revealed that it has arrested a 17-year-old teenager from Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking. "On the evening of Thursday 22 September 2022, the City of London Police arrested a 17-year-old in Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking," the agency said, adding "he remains in police custody." The department said the arrest was made as part of an … [Read more...] about London Police Arrested 17-Year-Old Hacker Suspected of Uber and GTA 6 Breaches
Indian Govt Orders Organizations to Report Security Breaches Within 6 Hours to CERT-In
India's computer and emergency response team, CERT-In, on Thursday published new guidelines that require service providers, intermediaries, data centers, and government entities to compulsorily report cybersecurity incidents, including data breaches, within six hours. "Any service provider, intermediary, data center, body corporate and Government organization shall mandatorily … [Read more...] about Indian Govt Orders Organizations to Report Security Breaches Within 6 Hours to CERT-In
Why You Need an Adversary-focused Approach to Stop Cloud Breaches
It should come as little surprise that when enterprise and IT leaders turned their attention to the cloud, so did attackers. Unfortunately, the security capabilities of enterprises have not always kept up with the threat landscape. Poor visibility, management challenges and misconfigurations combine with other security and compliance issues to make protecting cloud environments … [Read more...] about Why You Need an Adversary-focused Approach to Stop Cloud Breaches
How to Avoid the Top Three Causes of Data Breaches in 2019
What's the price of unprotected IT infrastructure? Cybercrime Magazine says that global damages will surpass $6 billion as soon as 2021.Here we'll go through some of the most frequent and emerging causes of data breaches in 2019 and see how to address them in a timely manner. Misconfigured Cloud Storage It's hard to find a day without a security incident involving unprotected … [Read more...] about How to Avoid the Top Three Causes of Data Breaches in 2019
New York, Canada, Ireland Launch New Investigations Into Facebook Privacy Breaches
Facebook has a lot of problems, then there are a lot of problems for Facebook—and both are not going to end anytime sooner.Though Facebook has already set aside $5 billion from its revenue to cover a possible fine the company is expecting as a result of an FTC investigation over privacy violations, it seems to be just first installment of what Facebook has to pay for … [Read more...] about New York, Canada, Ireland Launch New Investigations Into Facebook Privacy Breaches