Nov 11, 2023NewsroomThreat Intelligence / Cybercrime A sub-cluster within the infamous Lazarus Group has established new infrastructure that impersonates skills assessment portals as part of its social engineering campaigns. Microsoft attributed the activity to a threat actor it calls Sapphire Sleet, describing it as a "shift in the persistent actor's tactics." Sapphire … [Read more...] about Microsoft Warns of Fake Skills Assessment Portals Targeting IT Job Seekers
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Falcon CWP Complete Closing Cloud Security Skills Gap
The need for speed and agility in today’s digital business requires changes to IT infrastructure, most notably the shift to cloud-native architectures and the adoption of DevOps best practices to improve the speed and efficiency with which enterprise applications are brought to market. This shift has led many businesses to move to containers, microservices and Kubernetes (K8s) … [Read more...] about Falcon CWP Complete Closing Cloud Security Skills Gap
Check Your Cybersecurity Skills On This New Competition Site
InfoSec leaders tend to be a specific type. Their jobs require them to think of possible threats, take actions that may not pay immediate results, plan for unknown security risks, and react quickly when emergencies arise, often before the morning's first coffee. The high-stakes position also means that CISOs need to keep their knowledge and skills sharp – you can never really … [Read more...] about Check Your Cybersecurity Skills On This New Competition Site
Malicious Amazon Alexa Skills Can Easily Bypass Vetting Process
Researchers have uncovered gaps in Amazon's skill vetting process for the Alexa voice assistant ecosystem that could allow a malicious actor to publish a deceptive skill under any arbitrary developer name and even make backend code changes after approval to trick users into giving up sensitive information. The findings were presented on Wednesday at the Network and Distributed … [Read more...] about Malicious Amazon Alexa Skills Can Easily Bypass Vetting Process
Amazon Alexa Bugs Allowed Hackers to Install Malicious Skills Remotely
Attention! If you use Amazon's voice assistant Alexa in you smart speakers, just opening an innocent-looking web-link could let attackers install hacking skills on it and spy on your activities remotely.Cybersecurity researchers today disclosed severe security vulnerabilities in Amazon's Alexa virtual assistant that could render it vulnerable to a number of malicious … [Read more...] about Amazon Alexa Bugs Allowed Hackers to Install Malicious Skills Remotely
Cisco Networking Academy is Helping Close the Cybersecurity Skills Gap
Authored by Swati Handa, Global Cybersecurity Strategy Manager, Cisco This week in #EducationNow, join one of our cybersecurity experts to learn how Cisco Networking Academy is answering the call to cybersecurity education in a rapidly evolving threat landscape. To say we live in vastly different times than we did six months ago is an understatement. COVID-19 has brought a … [Read more...] about Cisco Networking Academy is Helping Close the Cybersecurity Skills Gap