A comprehensive guard against social engineering in the digital age – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-110932985,imgsize-3848,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/ciso-strategies/a-comprehensive-guard-against-social-engineering-in-the-digital-age.jpg Brijesh Balakrishnan, Vice President & Global Head of Cybersecurity Practice, Infosys Social engineering attacks are an exercise in deception, with cybercriminals exploiting human vulnerabilities rather than technical flaws. These attacks play on psychological traits such as curiosity, trust, and fear to extract sensitive information or compel ...
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Cyberattackers are launching attacks in Rust programming language, ET CISO
Cyberattackers are launching attacks in Rust programming language, ET CISO There were 2.8 million Rust developers worldwide in 2023. Cyberattackers have a new exploitation tool Rust programming language. Popular ransomware and malware families on the dark web such as BlackCat (ALPHV), Hive, Luna, RansomExx, and Agenda are increasingly launching attacks coded in Rust language which are evading traditional threat detection ...
Read More »Chinese Actor SecShow Conducts Massive DNS Probing on Global Scale
Chinese Actor SecShow Conducts Massive DNS Probing on Global Scale https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/lcok.png Cybersecurity researchers have shed more light on a Chinese actor codenamed SecShow that has been observed conducting Domain Name System (DNS) on a global scale since at least June 2023. The adversary, according to Infoblox security researchers Dr. Renée Burton and Dave Mitchell, operates from the China Education and ...
Read More »Facebook hit with fresh user data leak – ET CISO
Facebook hit with fresh user data leak – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-110888278,imgsize-7108,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/data-breaches/facebook-hit-with-fresh-user-data-leak.jpg Facebook (Meta) has yet to comment on the CyberPeace claims. Cybersecurity researchers have reported an alleged data leak involving at least one lakh users of Facebook which appeared on a data breach forum. The team from New Delhi-based non-profit organization CyberPeace alleged that 1,00,000 lines of fresh user data ...
Read More »Live Nation probing Ticketmaster hack amid user data leak concerns, ET CISO
Live Nation probing Ticketmaster hack amid user data leak concerns, ET CISO Live Nation Entertainment said on Friday it was investigating a data breach at its Ticketmaster unit that it discovered on May 20, the latest in a string of high-profile corporate hacks in the past year. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Live Nation said ...
Read More »How Cynet Makes MSPs Rich & Their Clients Secure
How Cynet Makes MSPs Rich & Their Clients Secure [og_img] Managed service providers (MSPs) are on the front lines of soaring demand for cybersecurity services as cyberattacks increase in volume and sophistication. Cynet has emerged as the security vendor of choice for MSPs to capitalize on existing relationships with SMB clients and profitably expand their client base. By unifying a ...
Read More »Meity policy momentum to continue with Vaishnaw retaining Electronics, IT portfolio – ET CISO
Meity policy momentum to continue with Vaishnaw retaining Electronics, IT portfolio – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-110888287,imgsize-84186,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/ot-security/meity-policy-momentum-to-continue-with-vaishnaw-retaining-electronics-it-portfolio.jpg Vaishnaw retaining this key ministry, the policy momentum will continue. Union minister Aswhini Vaishnaw has retained electronics and IT portfolio where he has scripted success stories around electronics and semiconductor manufacturing and also spearheaded the enactment of crucial Digital Personal Data Protection Act. Vaishnaw has ...
Read More »AI tools are making it harder to catch hackers posing as job applicants, ET CISO
AI tools are making it harder to catch hackers posing as job applicants, ET CISO Companies face challenges in identifying hackers using AI to pose as job applicants. Companies that are looking to cybersecurity professionals are facing a new challenge: hackers using artificial intelligence (AI) to disguise themselves as qualified applicants – making it difficult for employers to differentiate between ...
Read More »Top 10 Critical Pentest Findings 2024: What You Need to Know
Top 10 Critical Pentest Findings 2024: What You Need to Know https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/pentest.png One of the most effective ways for information technology (IT) professionals to uncover a company’s weaknesses before the bad guys do is penetration testing. By simulating real-world cyberattacks, penetration testing, sometimes called pentests, provides invaluable insights into an organization’s security posture, revealing weaknesses that could potentially lead to ...
Read More »Switzerland flags cyberattacks, disinformation ahead of Ukraine summit – ET CISO
Switzerland flags cyberattacks, disinformation ahead of Ukraine summit – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-110888489,imgsize-172930,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/cybercrime-fraud/switzerland-flags-cyberattacks-disinformation-ahead-of-ukraine-summit.jpg Switzerland notes cyberattacks rise before peace summit. Switzerland has registered an increase in cyberattacks and disinformation in the run-up to a summit this weekend that aims to create a pathway for peace in Ukraine, the government said on Monday. Ninety states and organizations have registered to take part ...
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