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What Are the Top 7 DDoS Mitigation Tactics for Energy Grids?
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What Are the Top 7 DDoS Mitigation Tactics for Energy Grids?

By Emily Newton on Tue, 03/05/2024
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks occur when adversaries overwhelm a connected target’s resources, aiming to make it unavailable. Learning the best strategies to protect from DDoS attacks is critical to energy grid cybersecurity. A well-planned DDoS attack on the grid could halt essential services, cause substantial disruptions to...
Cybersecurity
Industrial Control Systems
Building Customer Trust through Transparent Safety and Security Practices
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Building Customer Trust through Transparent Safety and Security Practices

By Guest Authors on Wed, 02/21/2024
Last year, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules on cybersecurity risk management that focused on transparency. Much of the adopted rules were focused on investors, but the rules also underscored the importance of the impact to customers when cybersecurity incidents occur. The data security landscape has recently shifted to...
Cybersecurity
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Rhysida ransomware cracked! Free decryption tool released

By Graham Cluley on Thu, 02/15/2024
Good news for organisations who have fallen victim to the notorious Rhysida ransomware. A group of South Korean security researchers have uncovered a vulnerability in the infamous ransomware. This vulnerability provides a way for encrypted files to be unscrambled. Researchers from Kookmin University describe how they exploited an implementation...
Cybersecurity
Cloud Security Optimization: A Process for Continuous Improvement
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Cloud Security Optimization: A Process for Continuous Improvement

By Gilad David Maayan on Thu, 12/28/2023
Cloud optimization is the process of correctly selecting and assigning the right resources to a workload or application with the ultimate goal of minimizing costs while improving performance and efficiency. These resources can range from computational power, memory, and storage to network capabilities. The cloud optimization process involves...
Cybersecurity
Cloud Security
Patch Priority Index
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Tripwire Patch Priority Index for November 2023

By Lane Thames on Mon, 12/04/2023
Tripwire's November 2023 Patch Priority Index (PPI) brings together important vulnerabilities for Microsoft. First on the patch priority are patches for Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) that resolve elevation of privilege, remote code execution, and spoofing vulnerabilities. Next on the patch priority list this month are patches for Microsoft...
Vulnerability & Risk Management
Cybersecurity
What is the Windows Security Account Manager (SAM)?
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What is the Windows Security Account Manager (SAM)?

By Dilki Rathnayake on Thu, 01/18/2024
To most people, the process of logging into a Microsoft Windows machine is a simple process of entering a username and a password. However, for a cybersecurity professional, the process is a carefully orchestrated mechanism. Unfortunately, throughout the history of the various Windows operating system versions, criminals have also sought ways to...
Cybersecurity
Security Configuration Management
The Cost of Cybercrime in the US: Facts and Figures
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The Cost of Cybercrime in the US: Facts and Figures

By PJ Bradley on Wed, 09/27/2023
The importance of cybersecurity is no secret in our increasingly digital world. Even individuals who have no experience or expertise in tech or related fields are aware of the threat of hacking, phishing, and the like. It can be difficult, however, to actually quantify the risks of being targeted by these attacks. Keeping track of the trends in...
Vulnerability & Risk Management
Cybersecurity
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Demystifying Vulnerability Management: Cutting Through the Noise

Wed, 10/18/2023
Vulnerability management (VM) is an essential cybersecurity control to discover, profile, and assess vulnerability risk so security teams can act quickly to close attack vectors. Over the years the lines have blurred a little regarding which cybersecurity practices fall under the VM classification. Watch this on-demand webinar to learn the basics of VM and how...
Vulnerability & Risk Management
Fighting AI Cybercrime with AI Security
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Fighting AI Cybercrime with AI Security

By Guest Authors on Mon, 10/02/2023
On August 10th, the Pentagon introduced "Task Force Lima," a dedicated team working to bring Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the core of the U.S. defense system. The goal is to use AI to improve business operations, healthcare, military readiness, policy-making, and warfare. Earlier in August, the White House announced a large cash prize for...
Cybersecurity
Incident Detection & Investigation
Understanding Cybersecurity Footprinting: Techniques and Strategies
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Understanding Cybersecurity Footprinting: Techniques and Strategies

By Dilki Rathnayake on Mon, 10/16/2023
Footprinting, also known as fingerprinting, is a methodology used by penetration testers, cybersecurity professionals, and even threat actors to gather information about a target organization to identify potential vulnerabilities. Footprinting is the first step in penetration testing. It involves scanning open ports, mapping network topologies, and...
Cybersecurity
Incident Detection & Investigation
The Peril of Child Identity Theft and How to Mitigate It
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The Peril of Child Identity Theft and How to Mitigate It

By Joseph Chukwube on Wed, 10/18/2023
We often hear of how we need to protect ourselves from online scams. Criminals seek our personal information in order to use it for multiple nefarious purposes. However, there is a population who, while not having a broad online presence, are equally vulnerable to identity theft. Children are particularly vulnerable to identity theft, as they often...
Cybersecurity
Exploring Cybersecurity Risks in Telemedicine: A New Healthcare Paradigm
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Exploring Cybersecurity Risks in Telemedicine: A New Healthcare Paradigm

By Guest Authors on Mon, 04/22/2024
The experience of seeing a doctor has transformed dramatically, thanks in part to the emergence of telemedicine. This digital evolution promises convenience and accessibility but brings with it a host of cybersecurity risks that were unimaginable up until a few years ago. The unique cybersecurity challenges facing telemedicine today underscore the...
Cybersecurity
Defending Against Supply Chain Spoofing in Critical Manufacturing
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Defending Against Supply Chain Spoofing in Critical Manufacturing

By Isla Sibanda on Tue, 04/30/2024
Supply chain attacks are a serious and growing threat to businesses across all industries. However, these attacks pose an even greater risk for manufacturers in critical infrastructure sectors. One pernicious form of supply chain attack is spoofing, where attackers impersonate legitimate suppliers to sneak malicious code or components into products...
Cybersecurity
ANSI and the International Society of Automation Explained
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ANSI and the International Society of Automation Explained

By Steven Sletten on Wed, 05/08/2024
As technologies advance and the world grows more complicated, collaboration and coordination have become increasingly important. Setting standards, sharing information, and bringing experts together are essential to safely developing technologies for national and global priorities, and the world needs organizations to fulfill this role. The...
Cybersecurity
Compliance
Patch Priority Index
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Tripwire Patch Priority Index for April 2024

By Lane Thames on Thu, 05/02/2024
Tripwire's April 2024 Patch Priority Index (PPI) brings together important vulnerabilities for Microsoft. Firsts on the list are patches for Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) and Chromium that resolve 2 spoofing vulnerabilities. Next on the patch priority list this month is a patch for Microsoft Office and Excel that resolves spoofing and remote...
Vulnerability & Risk Management
Cybersecurity
The Interplay of AI and Cybersecurity: Survey Results
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The Interplay of AI and Cybersecurity: Survey Results

By Josh Breaker-Rolfe on Tue, 05/21/2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) has a long and storied history. Ancient Greeks, for example, told stories of Talos, an enormous automaton that stood guard over Crete’s shores. In the 17th century, Gottfried Leibniz, Thomas Hobbes, and René Descartes explored the possibility that all rational thought could be as systematic as algebra or geometry. By the...
Cybersecurity
The UK’s Cybersecurity: Where Is it and Where Is it Going?
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The UK’s Cybersecurity: Where Is it and Where Is it Going?

By Josh Breaker-Rolfe on Tue, 05/21/2024
In early April this year, the UK's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) released its Cybersecurity Breaches Survey 2024. It provides a comprehensive overview of the UK's cybersecurity landscape, exploring the different cyberattacks and cybercrimes businesses, charities, and private sector educational instructions face, the...
Cybersecurity
Security Configuration Management
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Data Destruction: The Final Line of Defense Against Cyber Attacks

By Chester Avey on Wed, 05/29/2024
Data is the lifeblood of modern organizations, and while watertight data protection policies are undeniably crucial, the need for robust data destruction methods has never been more pressing. Ultimately, all parties and vendors in your supply chain trust you to maintain the integrity of their data. Once that data is no longer needed, transparency...
Cybersecurity
Security Configuration Management