keeper

Were Your Passwords Leaked in RockYou2024? Here's What To Do.

Jul 19, 2024 By Ashley D'Andrea In Keeper
If your passwords were exposed in the RockYou2024 leak, you should immediately change them, set up Multi-Factor Authorization on your account and monitor your account for suspicious activity. RockYou2024 is now the largest password leak to date, with almost 10 billion passwords revealed on a popular hacking forum. Due to the magnitude of this leak, many people around the world are concerned for their online safety.
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wallarm

Two of Wallarm's Open-source Tools Have Been Accepted into Black Hat Arsenal 2024

Jul 19, 2024 By Wallarm In Wallarm
We're gearing up with some seriously cool stuff for Black Hat! But first, a little sneak peek - not just one, but TWO of Wallarm's open-source tools will be featured in the Arsenal showcase at Black Hat USA this year. Black Hat Arsenal unites researchers and the open-source community to display their newest open-source tools and products, allowing presenters to engage directly with attendees. Its schedule is now live, so save the date to watch presentations of API Firewall and GoTestWAF.
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Forward Networks

One Faulty File: Global Disruption

Jul 19, 2024 By Chiara Regale In Forward Networks
As I write this, billions of users are looking at “the blue screen of death.” Flights are grounded around the world, 9-1-1 service is offline in the entire state of Alaska, hospitals can’t check in patients, retailers cannot make sales because their POS systems are down, Newark airport has reverted to paper tickets for check-in, and countless other organizations are at a standstill. This is the top story on every major news site I’ve checked. What could cause this carnage?
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cyberint

Microsoft Outage Due to CrowdStrike Update

Jul 19, 2024 By Markvic Torrepalma In Cyberint
Earlier today, CrowdStrike released a new update on their Falcon Sensor product. Unfortunately, the update caused technical issues, resulting in major outages globally to Microsoft Windows machines. The issue caused the “Blue Screen of Death” and several reports worldwide stated that several industries were affected, such as airlines, banks, media, etc. According to CrowdStrike Tech Alert, they are already aware of reports of crashes on Windows hosts related to the CrowdStrike Sensors.
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cato networks

A Brief History of Graduality

Jul 19, 2024 By Vadim Freger In Cato Networks
In the early hours of July 19th, 2024, CrowdStrike endpoints on Windows machines worldwide received a faulty content update, causing what is shaping up to be the one of the largest global IT outages to date. All over the world reports of Windows workstations and servers stuck in a boot loop with a BSOD were pouring in, impacting airlines, airports, banks, hospitals and many other critical infrastructures such as emergency services call centers, and the list goes on.
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securitysenses

What are Microsoft Power Apps, and What are their Use Cases?

Jul 19, 2024 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
Microsoft Power Apps is a low-code application development platform that allows businesses to quickly build custom web and mobile apps for their organizations without writing code. Power Apps provides a graphical interface and drag-and-drop tools to design and connect apps to existing business data and systems.
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securitysenses

The Importance of Know Your Business (KYB) in the Fintech World

Jul 19, 2024 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
In the dynamic and rapidly evolving fintech industry, regulatory compliance and risk management are crucial for maintaining trust and ensuring sustainability. One critical component of this regulatory framework is the Know Your Business (KYB) process. KYB involves verifying the legitimacy and credentials of business clients and partners, ensuring they are who they claim to be, and assessing their potential risks. In the fintech world, KYB is essential for mitigating fraud, ensuring compliance with regulations, and fostering a trustworthy ecosystem.
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chaossearch

The Top 5 Security Logging Best Practices to Follow Now

Jul 18, 2024 By David Bunting In ChaosSearch
Security logging is a critical part of modern cybersecurity, providing the foundation for detecting, analyzing, and responding to potential threats. As highlighted by OWASP, security logging and monitoring failures can lead to undetected security breaches. With the average cost of a data breach adding up to $4.45 million, most organizations can’t afford to miss a security incident.
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foresiet

Rising Threat: How Encoded URLs are Evading Secure Email Gateways

Jul 18, 2024 By Foresiet In Foresiet
In a concerning trend observed recently, threat actors are increasingly leveraging encoded URLs to bypass secure email gateways (SEGs), posing a significant challenge to email security defenses. According to recent findings by Cofense, there has been a notable uptick in attacks where threat actors manipulate SEGs to encode or rewrite malicious URLs embedded in emails. This tactic exploits vulnerabilities in SEG technologies, allowing malicious links to slip through undetected to unsuspecting recipients.
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idstrong

Pyramid Scheme: What Is it and How Does It Work?

Jul 18, 2024 By Steven In IDStrong
Pyramid schemes are one of the world's most well-known forms of financial fraud. For many years, they have victimized people who trust the promises of quickly making easy and significant profits. The frightening thing about these schemes is that they are built on a "business model" doomed to collapse. It is essential to understand what principles the pyramid operates in to be able to reveal and then avoid involvement in such a scam.
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