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What's Really Putting SMBs at Risk? These 8 Cybersecurity Myths

Jul 16, 2025 By Lauren Farrell In Centripetal
If you’ve done everything you can think of to stay protected — patched systems, trained employees, upgraded tools — but the number of threats still keep increasing, you’re not alone. You’re not behind. You’re not unprepared. But you may be operating on outdated assumptions. For small and midsize businesses, the real danger isn’t just what attackers are doing—it’s the cybersecurity myths you’ve been told to believe. The ones that seem logical.
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Critical Unauthenticated RCE Vulnerabilities in Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC

Jul 16, 2025 By Lauren Farrell In Centripetal
On June 25, 2025, Cisco disclosed two critical vulnerabilities affecting Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC). Tracked as CVE-2025-20281 and CVE-2025-20282, these flaws enable unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as the root user via exposed HTTPS APIs. CVE-2025-20281 arises from insufficient validation of user-supplied input in a public API, allowing crafted requests to trigger remote code execution.
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Prevent Social Engineering Attacks: A Practical Guide Using Contextual Threat Intelligence

Jul 14, 2025 By Fidelis Security In Fidelis Security
According to Zoho Workplace, organizations struggle to protect themselves as spam makes up 45% of all emails. These sophisticated threats deliberately exploit human psychology. Attackers convince people to bypass security measures, which leads to unauthorized access to the system. Standard defense mechanisms alone cannot curb these evolving threats. This blog explores how organizations can prevent social engineering using contextual threat intelligence and real-time behavioral analysis.
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The Evolution of Cybersecurity: From Firewalls to Intelligence-Driven Defense

Jul 8, 2025 By Centripetal In Centripetal
The cybersecurity landscape has undergone dramatic transformation since the early days of the Internet. What began as a revolutionary communication platform has evolved into a complex battleground where defenders struggle to keep pace with increasingly sophisticated threats. Understanding this evolution is crucial for organizations seeking to regain the defender’s advantage in an era of exponential digital growth.
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July 7, 2025 Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing

Jul 7, 2025 By Kroll In Kroll
This week’s briefing covers: Critical Sudo Vulnerability Allows Priv Esc to Root The flaw arises from unsafe handling of the --chroot (-R) option, where sudo processes user-provided configurations (including nsswitch.conf) from within the chroot environment before validating user privileges. This allows a local attacker to construct a malicious chroot with crafted NSS configuration that forces sudo to load attacker-controlled shared libraries as root, effectively bypassing authentication.
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SOCAST LIVE ZERO ASSUMPTIONS: A Threat Intel Roundtable

Jul 2, 2025 By Arctic Wolf Networks In Arctic Wolf
The threat landscape is evolving faster than ever, and with geopolitical tensions rising globally, IT and security leaders need the latest information on how to remain ready and resilient. Join Arctic Wolf and the industry's leading experts to learn: Featuring: Ismael Valenzuela — VP, Threat Research and Intelligence, Arctic Wolf Markus Neis — Senior Principal Threat Intelligence Researcher, Arctic Wolf.
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Keeping the Lights on: Cybersecurity Automation in Critical National Infrastructure

Keeping the Lights on: Cybersecurity Automation in Critical National Infrastructure

Jun 27, 2025 By Chris Jacob, VP, Global Field Operations In ThreatQuotient
Ask anyone who was scheduled to fly in or out of London Heathrow airport in the UK on March 20 and 21 2025, and they'll tell you that disruption to critical national infrastructure (CNI) is no joke. A fire at a local electricity substation resulted in thousands of journey disruptions and cancellations as one of the world's busiest airports was closed and incoming planes were diverted to alternative locations. The knock-on effect of the closure continued for days, and lost tourism revenue for the UK.
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