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CISOs in Australia Urged to Take a Closer Look at Data Breach Risks
/in General NewsA leading cyber lawyer in Australia has warned CISOs and other IT leaders their organisations and careers could be at stake if they do not understand data risk and data governance practices.
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Fake Antivirus Websites Deliver Malware to Android and Windows Devices
/in General NewsThreat actors have been observed making use of fake websites masquerading as legitimate antivirus solutions from Avast, Bitdefender, and Malwarebytes to propagate malware capable of stealing sensitive information from Android and Windows devices.
“Hosting malicious software through sites which look legitimate is predatory to general consumers, especially those who look to protect their devices
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The SEC’s SolarWinds Case: What CISOs Should Do Now
/in General NewsThe SEC’s lawsuit may take years to resolve through litigation, but here are five things CISOs should do now to protect both themselves as individuals as well as their organizations.
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Google Fixes Eighth Actively Exploited Chrome Zero-Day This Year
/in General NewsThe security issue was discovered internally by Google’s Clément Lecigne and is tracked as CVE-2024-5274. It is a high-severity ‘type confusion’ in V8, Chrome’s JavaScript engine responsible for executing JS code.
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Machine Identities Lack Essential Security Controls, Pose Major Threat
/in General NewsSiloed approaches to securing human and machine identities are driving identity-based attacks across enterprises and their ecosystems, according to a new report by CyberArk.
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Cyber Force Provision Gets House Committee’s Approval
/in General NewsA requirement for the Pentagon to commission an independent study on the creation of a U.S. Cyber Force was added late Wednesday to the House version of the defense policy bill.
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When ‘No’ & ‘Good Enough’ Challenge Cybersecurity
/in General NewsAs the digital landscape evolves, these words must become an impetus for innovation and dialogue, not insurmountable barriers.
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White House Seeks Critical Cyber Assistance for Water Utilities, Healthcare
/in General NewsNational Cyber Director Harry Coker Jr. said the administration is taking actions to strengthen key critical infrastructure sectors, including healthcare and water utilities, and will pursue additional steps to fight ransomware and boost resilience.
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Averlon Emerges From Stealth Mode With $8 Million in Funding
/in General NewsAverson secures seed funding to build technology that uses AI to identify cloud security weaknesses and counter cyberattacks.
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Courtroom Recording Software Compromised With Backdoor Installer
/in General News“Through ongoing monitoring and collaboration with cyber authorities, we identified attempts to replace our Viewer 8.3.7 software with a compromised file,” the company said in a statement on Thursday.
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