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🕴 Sophisticated P2P Botnet Targeting SSH Servers 🕴

'FritzFrog' is fileless, uses its own proprietary P2P implementation, and has breached at least 500 servers so far, Guardicore says.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
FritzFrog Botnet Attacks Millions of SSH Servers

The unique, advanced worming P2P botnet drops backdoors and cryptominers, and is spreading globally.

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via "Threatpost".
Researchers Warn of Flaw Affecting Millions of IoT Devices

A patch has been issued for the flaw in a widely-used module, and researchers are urging IoT manufacturers to update their devices ASAP.

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via "Threatpost".
🔐 How to keep your company secure while employees work from home 🔐

There are new issues organizations should consider as work from home continues with no end in sight. One expert offers ideas to secure your widening perimeter.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
🕴 Fuzzing Services Help Push Technology into DevOps Pipeline 🕴

As part of a continuous testing approach, fuzzing has evolved to provide in-depth code checks for unknown vulnerabilities before deployment.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
🕴 10 Resume and Interview Tips from Security Pros 🕴

Experts from the DEF CON Career Hacking Village explain how job seekers can build a resume and rock an interview.

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IBM AI-Powered Data Management Software Subject to Simple Exploit

A low-privileged process on a vulnerable machine could allow data harvesting and DoS.

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via "Threatpost".
Cisco Critical Flaw Patched in WAN Software Solution

Cisco has issued a fix for a critical flaw in its Virtual Wide Area Application Services (vWAAS), software for optimizing WAN on virtual private cloud infrastructure.

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via "Threatpost".
Senate Bill Would Expand Facial-Recognition Restrictions Nationwide

The proposed law comes as police departments around the country for their use of facial recognition to identify allegedly violent Black Lives Matter protesters.

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via "Threatpost".
🕴 Banks and the New Abnormal 🕴

Banks have hesitated to adopt many strong security practices, and for understandable reasons. But now is the time to be bold.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
🕴 Black Hat USA 2020 Recap: Experts Discuss Election Security Questions, but Offer Few Answers 🕴

The U.S. election in November is once again expected to be a target of digital adversaries. Experts at Black Hat USA 2020 highlighted the many election security questions authorities must address.

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🔐 Bank of America, Daimler, and Apple partnering with IBM for confidential computing services 🔐

A push to provide public cloud services with production-ready confidential computing capabilities able to protect data, applications, and processes.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
🔐 How coronavirus-related telework is changing the enterprise, and how to respond 🔐

Security vendor Fortinet found several important similarities between how enterprises responded, and how they plan to adapt, to a future of remote work.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
🔐 How the shift to remote working has impacted cybersecurity 🔐

Cybercriminals have adapted by exploiting improperly secured VPNs, cloud-based services, and business email, says Malwarebytes.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
Microsoft Out-of-Band Security Update Fixes Windows Remote Access Flaws

The unscheduled security update addresses two "important"-severity flaws in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012.

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via "Threatpost".
Transparent Tribe Mounts Ongoing Spy Campaign on Military, Government

The group has added a management console and a USB worming function to its main malware, Crimson RAT.

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via "Threatpost".
🕴 Black Hat USA 2020 Musings: Weird and Wonderful Virtual Events are Here to Stay 🕴

Black Hat USA 2020 was nothing like an in-person event, but it was incredibly useful for all involved, providing even the most grizzled industry veterans with fresh perspectives.

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🕴 MFA Mistakes: 6 Ways to Screw Up Multifactor Authentication 🕴

Fearful of messing up its implementation, many enterprises are still holding out on MFA. Here's what they need to know.

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🕴 IBM Db2 Flaw Gives Attackers Read/Write Access to Shared Memory 🕴

Researchers discover a lack of explicit memory protections around the shared memory used by the Db2 trace facility.

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🕴 Twitter Hack: The Spotlight that Insider Threats Need 🕴

The high profile attack should spur serious board-level conversations around the importance of insider threat prevention.

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🔐 University CISOs say zero trust is the best defense against the existential threat of phishing 🔐

Stanford has replaced logins and passwords with a digital key to improve endpoint security.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".