Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Experimental Astrophysics’
via the comic humor & dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD
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Securing Financial Operations: Know Your SaaS
Regulatory concerns may have slowed initial SaaS adoption for financial services companies, but today, many rely heavily on apps like Salesforce, Microsoft 365, and ServiceNow to manage their operations. Now, fully invested, financial services companies are faced with the challenge of safeguarding sensitive financial data that is stored off-prem. At the same time, they need […]
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Data Breach Statistics [2024] : Penalties and Fines for Major regulations
In today’s data-driven world, data breaches are one of the most significant threats facing organizations, with the financial impact varying widely across industries. The cost of a data breach is often determined by the nature of the data involved and the regulatory landscape governing the industry. Sectors like healthcare and financial services, which handle highly […]
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USENIX NSDI ’24 – OPPerTune: Post-Deployment Configuration Tuning of Services Made Easy
Authors/Presenters:Gagan Somashekar, Karan Tandon, Anush Kini, Chieh-Chun Chang, Petr Husak, Ranjita Bhagwan, Mayukh Das, Anshul Gandhi, Nagarajan Natarajan
Our sincere thanks to USENIX, and the Presenters & Authors for publishing their superb 21st USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI '24) content, placing the organizations enduring commitment to Open Access front and center. Originating from the conference’s events situated at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara; and via the organizations YouTube channel.
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Testing Security Controls in the Indo-Pacific: A Critical DoD Imperative
The Indo-Pacific region has emerged as a focal point of geopolitical tension and technological competition.
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What is Vulnerability Management? Compliance, Challenges, & Solutions
Is your vulnerability management game on point? If it’s not, you’re handing attackers an open invitation. And if you believe that merely using a vulnerability scanner qualifies as effective management,...
The post What is Vulnerability Management? Compliance, Challenges, & Solutions appeared first on Strobes Security.
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Chinese Research Using Quantum System to Crack Encryption a ‘Cautionary Tale’
Chinese researchers used a D-Wave quantum computer to crack a 22-bit encryption key, which can be used as a cautionary tale for what may lie ahead with future quantum systems but doesn't threaten the classical encryption being widely used today.
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Phishing Attacks Snare Security, IT Leaders
Despite 80% of IT leaders expressing confidence that their organization won’t fall for phishing attacks, nearly two-thirds admitted they’ve clicked on phishing links themselves. This overconfidence is coupled with concerning behaviors, as 36% of IT leaders have disabled security measures on their systems, undermining organizational defenses. These were among the chief results of an Arctic..
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AI and the SEC Whistleblower Program
Tax farming is the practice of licensing tax collection to private contractors. Used heavily in ancient Rome, it’s largely fallen out of practice because of the obvious conflict of interest between the state and the contractor. Because tax farmers are primarily interested in short-term revenue, they have no problem abusing taxpayers and making things worse for them in the long term. Today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is engaged in a modern-day version of tax farming. And the potential for abuse will grow when the farmers start using artificial intelligence...
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K-12 Google & Microsoft 365 Data Loss Prevention using Cloud Monitor by ManagedMethods
Far too often, we hear about schools facing cybersecurity crises because of a simple human error like sharing sensitive student information in an email, like Social Security numbers, outside the district’s cloud environment. K-12 IT directors are then left scrambling to contain the damage, realizing that a data loss prevention strategy could have prevented the ...
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Escape vs Qualys
Discover why Escape is a better DAST solution for API testing.
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Policy as code in Kubernetes: security with seccomp and network policies
The dynamic world of Kubernetes and cloud security is constantly evolving. As we explore this complicated ecosystem, it’s
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BSides Exeter – Ross Bevington’s Turning The Tables: Using Cyber Deception To Hunt Phishers At Scale
via Friend of the Blog Trey Blalock From VerficationLabs.com
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Ransomware Rising – Understanding, Preventing and Surviving Cyber Extortion
Over the past 6 months I have been researching ransomware, and not even from the technical angle (which would very tempting and no doubt, enlightening in it’s own right), but from a strategic perspective. This approach resonated with many, and I was invited to after speak with the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Information […]
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USENIX NSDI ’24 – Reasoning About Network Traffic Load Property at Production Scale
Authors/Presenters:Ruihan Li, Fangdan Ye, Yifei Yuan, Ruizhen Yang, Bingchuan Tian, Tianchen Guo, Hao Wu, Xiaobo Zhu, Zhongyu Guan, Qing Ma, Xianlong Zeng, Chenren Xu, Dennis Cai. Ennan Zhai
Our sincere thanks to USENIX, and the Presenters & Authors for publishing their superb 21st USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI '24) content, placing the organizations enduring commitment to Open Access front and center. Originating from the conference’s events situated at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara; and via the organizations YouTube channel.
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DEF CON 32 – AppSec Considerations From The Casino Industry
Authors/Presenters:Aleise McGowan, Tennisha Martin
Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON, and the Presenters/Authors for publishing their timely []DEF CON 32]2 erudite content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center; and via the organizations YouTube channel.
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USENIX NSDI ’24 – Crescent: Emulating Heterogeneous Production Network at Scale
Authors/Presenters:Zhaoyu Gao, Anubhavnidhi Abhashkumar, Zhen Sun, Weirong Jiang, Yi Wang
Our sincere thanks to USENIX, and the Presenters & Authors for publishing their superb 21st USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI '24) content, placing the organizations enduring commitment to Open Access front and center. Originating from the conference’s events situated at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara; and via the organizations YouTube channel.
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USENIX NSDI ’24 – A High-Performance Design, Implementation, Deployment, and Evaluation of The Slim Fly Network
Authors/Presenters:Nils Blach, Maciej Besta, Daniele De Sensi, Jens Domke, Hussein Harake, Shigang Li, Patrick Iff, Marek Konieczny, Kartik Lakhotia, Ales Kubicek, Marcel Ferrari, Fabrizio Petrini, Torsten Hoefler
Our sincere thanks to USENIX, and the Presenters & Authors for publishing their superb 21st USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI '24) content, placing the organizations enduring commitment to Open Access front and center. Originating from the conference’s events situated at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara; and via the organizations YouTube channel.
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Managing Foreign Government Information (FGI) on a Network
If you’re a firm that works with foreign governments, in addition to certifications like ISO 27001 that you will generally need to achieve, you will also have to have processes in place for handling foreign government information or FGI. It’s not enough that your internal network is classified and access controlled; you need specific handling […]
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Pentesting Authentication
Pentesting authentication is a critical step of any gray-box pentest. Here we review steps of how a pentest should assess these controls.
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