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Niagara Networks Announces Partnership with SCOPE Middle East Expanding Reach and Meeting Cybersecurity Needs Niagara Networks, a Silicon Valley-based company specializing in network visibility and traffic delivery solutions, has announced a new strategic partnership with SCOPE Middle East, a leading IT distributor in the region. This partnership aims to support the growing demand for Niagara…
Silent Skimmer Campaign Expands: Chinese-Speaking Threat Actor Targets North and Latin America In a concerning development, a Chinese-speaking threat actor that has been actively targeting ecommerce sites and point-of-sale service providers in the Asia/Pacific region for over a year has now broadened its scope to include North and Latin America. The adversary, known as the…
An Overly Permissive File-Sharing Link Exposes 38TB of Private Microsoft Data Introduction An incident involving a misconfigured file-sharing link has resulted in the exposure of a massive 38TB storage bucket containing private Microsoft data. This security lapse allowed attackers to gain access to development secrets, including passwords, Teams messages, and files from two employees’ workstations….
The Complex Role of Security Researchers in Today’s World The Challenges of Sharing Vulnerability Information In the realm of cybersecurity, there is a delicate balance between raising awareness about vulnerabilities and potentially giving hackers the information they need to exploit those weaknesses. This dilemma is not new, as many security researchers have grappled with it…
LockBit Ransomware Exploits Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) Software Increasing Use of Living off the Land (LotL) Approach The LockBit ransomware group has been leveraging remote monitoring and management (RMM) software to infiltrate targeted networks, according to a recent report published by eSentire. In three recent attacks, LockBit affiliates either took advantage of exposed RMM…
Security Concerns Surrounding Large Language Models (LLMs) Large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, have introduced new challenges in data security as companies struggle to prevent the leakage of sensitive and proprietary information. Research reveals that such leaks are possible, and high-profile incidents at companies like Samsung have highlighted the need for robust data protection…
Cybersecurity Breach Exposes Sensitive Data at Microsoft On Monday, AI researchers at Microsoft inadvertently exposed 38 terabytes of sensitive internal data, including signing keys, through a misconfiguration on GitHub. The incident occurred when a Microsoft employee published open-source training data to a company GitHub repository, inadvertently providing access to a misconfigured link that exposed internal…
Microsoft AI Researchers Expose 38TB of Data, Including Keys, Passwords, and Internal Messages In a recent security misstep, Microsoft inadvertently exposed 38 terabytes of private data during a routine open source AI training material update on GitHub. The exposed data includes a backup of two employees’ workstations, corporate secrets, private keys, passwords, and over 30,000…
Report: The Growing Pressure on CISOs in the Cybersecurity Industry The Current Landscape In the ever-changing landscape of cybersecurity, industry leaders are facing unprecedented challenges. The shift to remote and hybrid work models has increased organizations’ reliance on cloud services, which has limited visibility into employee network and endpoint environments. This reduced visibility places company…
Dragos Raises $74 Million in Series D Extension Funding Round The Importance of Cybersecurity in Today’s World In an increasingly interconnected world, the threat of cyberattacks has become a pressing issue that affects individuals, businesses, and governments alike. The rise in cyberattacks, both in frequency and complexity, has brought the issue of cybersecurity to the…