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Monday, November 2, 2020

Survey: Cybersecurity Skills Shortage is ‘Bad,’ But There’s Hope

Automation, strategic process design and an investment in training are the keys to managing the cybersecurity skills gap, according to a recent survey from Trustwave.
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How Does HTTPS Work?

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We all know that HTTPS = secure. But do you know how HTTPS works under the hood? Let’s take a look at how HTTPS works to make the internet safer…

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Azure App Service & Cloud-Native Signal Sciences Deployments – Alfred Chung – ASW #128

Discussing what enterprises have to do while adapting legacy apps in to Azure, while doing in a secure, steady way without leaving any gaps. Signal Sciences site extension makes sure your apps are covered across the board, and will protect any app in Azure.

This segment is sponsored by Signal Sciences.

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Azure App Service & Cloud-Native Signal Sciences Deployments – Alfred Chung – ASW #128

Discussing what enterprises have to do while adapting legacy apps in to Azure, while doing in a secure, steady way without leaving any gaps. Signal Sciences site extension makes sure your apps are covered across the board, and will protect any app in Azure.

This segment is sponsored by Signal Sciences.

Visit https://securityweekly.com/signalsciences to learn more about them!
Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes!
Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/asw128

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Alert AA20-302A: Federal agencies warn about ransomware attacks targeting hospitals

“We have credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers.” – FBI, CISA, and HHS

 A cybersecurity bulletin was released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency …

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Cryptocurrency: Fact vs. Fiction

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Paul Lee is the CISO of Uphold, a leading technology platform to trade between cryptocurrencies, precious metals and U.S. equities. Paul is considered a leading expert on blockchain and cryptocurrency. In this episode of “Cyber Heroes, Defenders of the Digital Universe,” Paul and I discuss the realities including strengths and limitations of cryptocurrency in general..

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Windows Zero-Day Used with Chrome Flaw in Targeted Attacks

Google’s Project Zero has disclosed a Windows kernel zero-day vulnerability being used with a known Chrome bug in targeted attacks.

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Trick or treat: that `twilio-npm` package is brandjacking malware in disguise!

As if the increasing attacks on the open source ecosystem and vulnerabilities making headlines weren’t scary enough events, this Halloween devs were exposed to another malicious trick

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XKCD ‘Probability Comparisons’

via the comic delivery system monikered Randall Munroe resident at XKCD !

via the comic delivery system monikered Randall Munroe resident at XKCD!

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New NAT/Firewall Bypass Attack Lets Hackers Access Any TCP/UDP Service

A new research has demonstrated a technique that allows an attacker to bypass firewall protection and remotely access any TCP/UDP service on a victim machine.
Called NAT Slipstreaming, the method involves sending the target a link to a malicious site (or a legitimate site loaded with malicious ads) that, when visited, ultimately triggers the gateway to open any TCP/UDP port on the victim,
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Phishers Using Google Drive to Trick People into Visiting Malicious Websites

Reports emerged of phishers having abused a feature in Google Drive in an attempt to trick users into visiting malicious websites. In this scam wave, users reported having received Google Drive notifications in Russian or English asking them to collaborate on unfamiliar documents. Those documents contained links to scam websites. Some of those links tried […]… Read More

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WARNING: Google Discloses Windows Zero-Day Bug Exploited in the Wild

Google has disclosed details of a new zero-day privilege escalation flaw in the Windows operating system that’s being actively exploited in the wild.
The elevation of privileges (EoP) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-17087, concerns a buffer overflow present since at least Windows 7 in the Windows Kernel Cryptography Driver (“cng.sys”) that can be exploited for a sandbox escape.
“The bug
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Behavioral Biometrics: People-Friendly Zero Trust

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Behavioral biometrics bring a better user experience to authentication COVID-19 may very well redefine our work, our homes, our very lives for the foreseeable future. As we near the end of 2020, 75% of employees now work from home (WFH), compared to just 25% for the prior year, with 84% of U.S. companies likely to..

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Malware, Ransomware and Everything In Between: What Happens When You Click on the Malicious Files in Your Inbox

In 2021, it is forecasted that one organization will experience a ransomware attack every 11 seconds. The plethora of security vulnerabilities within enterprises’ networks, coupled with the ease of luring employees into engaging with spear phishing emails, are primary reasons why ransomware attacks have rapidly increased. One recent attack against a food and drink manufacturer…

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What Is the R.U.D.Y. Attack

R.U.D.Y. (R-U-Dead Yet) is a denial-of-service attack tool. Unlike most DoS and DDoS attack tools, the R.U.D.Y. attack tool uses Layer 7 (it is an application layer attack). The attack technique of the R.U.D.Y. tool is very similar to the Slowloris attack. It uses slow…

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Discrepancy In Security Beliefs vs. Security Practice

A new study shows a wide discrepancy between the level of security that executives believe their organization has implemented versus the actual amount of security implemented according to the security staff. 

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Remote Insider Data Theft Worries Financial Industry

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As the pandemic rages on, more companies are concerned about the growing risk of insider theft Remote work has changed the cybersecurity landscape and has required IT and security staff to rethink where the greatest risks are with a WFH employee base versus onsite. A year ago, who would have thought that VPNs and their..

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Ordell Robbie, Tripwire and Security Configuration Management.

ORDELL: Take the keys, man. Listen to music. LOUIS: Which one is for the car? (Ordell finds it. While he goes through the keys, Vicki comes back on the line.) (Max speaks with her as he fills out his papers.) ORDELL: (holding a key) This one’s for the ignition… (holding a little black box) … […]… Read More

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5 Lessons Learnt from BJJ that Are Applicable to Cybersecurity

Over the last decade, I have focused quite heavily on technology and the cybersecurity space. I’ve been motivated to create a world that is more inclusive and safer. In 2019, I began a bit of a different journey. Whilst still motivated in a security point of view, this time, I focused on the physical side […]… Read More

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ISC Stormcast For Monday, November 2nd 2020 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=7234, (Mon, Nov 2nd)

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Barbary Pirates and Russian Cybercrime

In 1801, the United States had a small Navy. Thomas Jefferson deployed almost half that Navy—three frigates and a schooner—to the Barbary C...