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Let’s delve a little more into why cybersecurity jobs are enjoyable for those who perform them on a daily basis. Why Cybersecurity is Enjoyable Reason #1: Cybersecurity is important work that makes a difference Cybersecurity breaches are unwelcome news. They are ongoing, increasingly complicated attacks on every area of our economy, with the potential to have a detrimental impact on every part of our lives. One cybersecurity expert I spoke with described them as “wicked,” but said he enjoyed being on the front lines of cybersecurity because he felt like he was making a meaningful difference....

That’s not done before, “says Pravin Madhani, CEO and co – founder of K2.” Because it’s very hard to do. For each application, we can create an execution map in minutes and monitor it in real time. No false positives exist. Zero-day attacks exploit an unknown weakness in business systems and can generate many false alerts. The approach of K2 means that any zero-day attack can be stopped because a signal outside the execution map of the app would be generated....

HP TouchPoint Analytics comes in the form of a Windows service running on high-level’ NT AUTHORITY / SYSTEM’privileges pre-installed on most HP computers and configured to anonymously collect hardware quality diagnostic information. The vulnerability to local privilege escalation (LPE) monitored as CVE-2019-6333 could be found in HP’s monitoring application library Open Hardware Monitor. CVE-2019-6333 permits potential attackers to use system-level permissions to execute malicious payloads and to escape anti-malware detection by bypassing whitelisting programs, which is a common method for the prevention of unknown or potentially harmful applications....

In recent weeks, hundreds of businesses have announced that they are providing free tools and services to pandemic-impacted organizations. Some experts have, however, warned of such deals. We have chosen a range of free tools and services. With most vendors, we have verified that users who register for their bid have nothing to commit to. ImmuniWeb — The ImmuniWeb Web Security Kit offers businesses moving $500,000 in services online. Qualifying organizations can help define their external perimeter of attack, assess safety and enforcement threats, perform PCI DSS, and GDPR audits for business-critical applications, find vulnerable credentials, and enforce continuous security monitoring....

Users have also reported that the same DNS problem prevents app updates from the Windows Store and breaks the security feature of Microsoft, SmartScreen. As noted by Softpedia, Windows users identified Comcast ‘s DNS settings as the source of the problem and, strangely, found that switching the computer’s network settings to Google’s Public DNS allowed Windows to resume updating. A user at the Comcast Xfinity Community Forum said that they were able to update Windows 10 after changing the IPV4 and IPV6 DNS IPV4 devices from Comcast’s default DNS to Google Public DNS....

On 28 March, Roskomnadzor, Russian Federal Service of Information and Mass Media Communication Supervision, notified 10 VP Network Providers that “access to prohibited Internet resources in Russia must be restricted. To access the current unified registry version of prohibited information services, FGIS must be connected.” Out of the 10 VPN providers that the Russian authorities contacted — NordVPN and HideMyAss!. Hola VPN, OpenVPN, VyprVPN, ExpressVPN, TorGuard, IPVanish, VPN Unlimited and Kaspersky Secure Connection — their systems have only been connected by Kaspersky Secure Connect to FGIS....

The trial will focus on pairing 5G and artificial intelligence to generate’ real-time coaching’ for employees. “An AI-based system that provides information on their performance based on an assessment of their movement is used for monitoring machine operators,” Nokia stated in a declaration. “This helps to better train technicians by detecting and analyzing the movement differences between more skilled and less qualified staff.” The study will also test the reliability of 5G in the movement of individuals and the background noise of equipment....

On Thursday, a trio of technology and service providers announced quarterly results showing the varying effects of the COVID-19 pandemic so far. Nuance and Cognizant posted good results for the last quarter, while expecting some dampened consumer demand in the near term. They both said, however, that they will emerge from the crisis in a position of power. Meanwhile, Rimini Street outperformed the revenue forecasts for the last quarter as companies slashing their budgets pursued its services....

At a presentation Thursday, Department of Energy (DOE) officials released a report that sets out a blueprint plan for the creation of a national quantum internet, using laws of quantum mechanics to transfer information more efficiently than on current networks. The organization is collaborating with universities and industry experts on the technologies for the project with the goal of developing a prototype within a decade. In February, scientists from DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago constructed a 52-mile (83-kilometer) “quantum loop” in the Chicago suburbs, creating one of the longest land-based quantum networks in the world....

Two days ago, SandboxEscaper released another PoC exploit for a Windows 10 Task Scheduler local privilege escalation flaw, leading to privilege escalation and allowing users to gain full control over files that would otherwise only be accessible to privileged users like SYSTEM and TrustedInstaller. Yesterday, SandboxEscaper dropped two more vulnerability-related PoC exploits— a sandbox escape flaw in Internet Explorer 11 (zero-day) and a Windows Error Reporting (previously patched) local privilege escalation vulnerability....

Up to a million Mac users have been affected by a massive adware campaign using a tricky steganography technique to hide malware in image files. Confiant and Malwarebyte researchers said the attacks have been on since January. 11, the use of web ads and steganography to spread; steganography is the practice of concealing secret messages, codes or information in text or images that are otherwise innocuous. The tactic has been used over the past year in several campaigns, including uploaded images on trusted Google sites and even on Twitter memes....

Avast security researchers have discovered a new strain of malware called Rietspoof, which is currently spreading to victims via Facebook Messenger and Skype instant messaging customers. In a long weekend report, researchers described this new threat as a “multi – stage malware,” which was first discovered in August 2018, but was largely ignored until last month’s distribution efforts were noticeably boosted. Rietspoof’s main role is to infect victims, persist in infected hosts and then download other malware strains – depending on the orders it receives from the control server and a central command....

Despite the shift of an enterprise’s resources outside its perimeter, network architectures are still designed so that everything must go back and forth through a network perimeter. SASE adoption has drastically increased as many businesses embrace remote working, and more companies seek to adopt its concept. So it has become essential that the study of SASE is thoroughly addressed. So… What Is A Secure Access Service Edge? As defined by Gartner, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is a security structure that formulates the transformation of security and network connectivity technologies to a unique cloud-delivered platform to authorize a secure and fast cloud transformation....

Cyber-criminal groups use a Gmail feature to file fraudulent unemployment benefits, file fake tax returns and bypass online services trial periods. It refers to Gmail’s “dot accounts, “a feature of Gmail addresses that, regardless of their placement, ignore dot characters in Gmail usernames. For example, Google considers that the same Gmail address is John.doe@gmail.com, John.doe@gmail.com and Johndoe@gmail.com. For years, regular users use this feature to register free trial accounts in online services using the same email address, but in different ways....

A lot of business owners make the mistake of waiting for something to go wrong before they opt to make changes to how they run their business. Instead of waiting for an issue to occur, consider taking a proactive approach to your business’s productivity. After all, the more productively your business runs, the more profit you stand to make. Of course, knowing how to give your business’s productivity a boost isn’t necessarily an easy task, is it?...

The government also offers up to $30,000 in cash. The Swiss government will make its future e-voting system available for a public intrusion test, and now invites companies and security researchers to do so. “Interested hackers are welcome to attack the system from around the world,” the government said in a press release. The public intrusion test (PIT) will take place between 25 February and 2 March, and cash rewards ranging from $100 to $30,000 are available (1 CHF is approximately $1 USD): On the last day of the testing period, on 24 March, a mock e-voting session is planned, but participants can attack the e-voting system before....

SYN Ventures and new investor MassMutual Ventures lead the fresh funding round. ClearSky and Rally Ventures, both existing investors, also contributed. SecZetta’s identity risk platform assists businesses in managing the risks associated with third-party users who require access to internal resources. Affiliates, contractors, partners, vendors, supply networks, and other entities fall into this category. Founded in 2019, SecZetta is based in Newport, Rhode Island. Through automation, the company claims that their system can deliver efficient third-party identity risk management without increasing costs....

The Office of Foreign Assets Management (OFAC) of the Treasury Department reports there has been a spike in ransomware attacks on U.S. organisations, which has contributed to an rise in demand for ransomware payments. Since a ransomware attack, numerous companies from around the world, including some cities and colleges in the U.S., have spent large sums of money to retrieve their files. The Treasury Department warns, however, that firms that accept transfers of ransomware on behalf of victims to cybercriminals not only promote potential attacks, but also risk violating OFAC regulations....

Since software security is important, hardware security is frequently overlooked, which leaves the door open for attackers. Hardware attacks are not as common as software attacks, but they can be just as costly – if not more so. This article will discuss the different types of hardware attacks, how they work, and what you can do to protect your systems from them. Explaining Hardware Security Regarding how a computer’s infrastructure works, the hardware consists of all the physical components of the system – this includes the motherboard, CPU, hard drive, etc....

Step 1: Start installing hakkuframework in kali if it is not present. Open terminal and follow the below steps carefully root@kali: cd Desktop root@kali: ~/Desktop# git clone https://github.com/4shadoww/hakkuframework root@kali: ~/Desktop# cd hakkuframework root@kali: ~/Desktop# ls root@kali: ~/Desktop# ./hakku Step 2: Continue to the terminal and type [hakku]: Show modules [hakku]: use mitm [hakku] (mitm): show options Step 3: Find the network id or ip address of target machine connected over network....