Get Lifetime Access to 24 Professional Cybersecurity Certification Prep Courses

Get Lifetime Access to 24 Professional Cybersecurity Certification Prep Courses

Get Lifetime Access to 24 Professional Cybersecurity Certification Prep Courses | IT Security News 29. August 2021 This article has been indexed from The Hacker News Not all heroes wear capes. Cybersecurity professionals are digital warriors who use their knowledge and skill to battle malicious hackers. Sounds like an exciting career, right? If the comic-book comparisons aren’t…

Don’t use single-factor auth on Internet-exposed systems

Don’t use single-factor auth on Internet-exposed systems

Single-factor authentication (SFA) has been added today by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to a very short list of cybersecurity bad practices it advises against. CISA’s Bad Practices catalog includes practices the federal agency has deemed “exceptionally risky” and not to be used by organizations in the government and the private sector as…

CISA Adds Single-Factor Authentication to the List of Bad Practices

CISA Adds Single-Factor Authentication to the List of Bad Practices

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added single-factor authentication to the short list of “exceptionally risky” cybersecurity practices that could expose critical infrastructure as well as government and the private sector entities to devastating cyberattacks. Single-factor authentication is a method of signing in users to websites and remote systems by using…

Check Point Software acquires cloud email security company Avanan, IT News, ET CIO

Check Point Software acquires cloud email security company Avanan, IT News, ET CIO

JERUSALEM: Check Point Software Technologies said on Monday it acquired U.S.-Israeli cyber security company Avanan, which specialises in protecting email, where most cyber attacks begin. Check Point, which is based in Israel, did not disclose financial details. “More and more businesses are moving to cloud-email platforms and with email becoming a major channel to launch…

Justice Department adds fellowship program to boost legal efforts against cybercrime

Justice Department adds fellowship program to boost legal efforts against cybercrime

Written by Tonya Riley Aug 27, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP The Justice Department is launching a fellowship program designed to develop legal talent to deal with the increasing cyber threats to national security. “As we have witnessed this past year, cyber threats pose a significant and increasing risk to our national security, our economic security, and…

Bangkok Airways Execs Apologize for Data Breach

Bangkok Airways Execs Apologize for Data Breach

Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service , Endpoint Security LockBit Ransomware Gang Takes Credit, Threatens to Release Data Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • August 30, 2021     Bangkok Airways issued an apology late last week for a data breach that apparently compromised the personally identifiable information for an unstated number of its passengers. The LockBit ransomware gang…

Details on Microsoft’s Azure Cosmos DB vulnerability – Security

Details on Microsoft’s Azure Cosmos DB vulnerability – Security

Microsoft’s Azure Cosmos DB vulnerability, reported yesterday, may leave users vulnerable to a misconfiguration that allows hackers to download or edit data and the architecture of the database service, according to a report by cybersecurity company Wiz. The Microsoft Security Response Center published an article on the vulnerability on Friday, saying that Microsoft was contacted…

Microsoft fixes cloud platform vulnerability after warning, IT News, ET CIO

Microsoft fixes cloud platform vulnerability after warning, IT News, ET CIO

REDMOND: Microsoft says it has fixed a flaw in its cloud computing platform that cybersecurity researchers warned could have enabled hackers to take over a cloud-based database product used by many big companies. The company said Friday there’s no evidence the potential opening was exploited by malicious actors or that any customer data was exposed….

Google to train 100,000 Americans, invest $10 billion to boost cybersecurity in the US, Telecom News, ET Telecom

Google to train 100,000 Americans, invest $10 billion to boost cybersecurity in the US, Telecom News, ET Telecom

San Francisco: Google which has announced to invest $10 billion over the next five years to strengthen cybersecurity in the US, said that the governments and businesses are at a watershed moment in addressing cybersecurity. The company has also pledged, through the Google Career Certificate programme, to train 100,000 Americans in fields like IT support…