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Security flaw could turn load balancers into beachheads for cyber attacks

Issued by: Help Net Security

Cyber security provider F-Secure is advising organizations using F5 Networks’ BIG-IP load balancer, which is popular amongst governments, banks, and other large corporations, to address security issues in some common configurations of the product. Adversaries can exploit these insecurely configured load balancers to penetrate networks and perform a wide variety of attacks against organizations, or…

Vulnerabilities

High-Tech Cars & Cyber Security: Separating Fact from Fiction

Issued by: Symantec Blog

Imagine this scenario: As you you’re driving down the highway at 65 miles an hour, a hacker gains control of your car, then sends you into incoming traffic. Here’s the good news: It’s very unlikely that will ever happen to you personally. Here’s the bad news: It could still happen, and, if it happens, attackers…

Network Security

The Future of Tech is Female

Issued by: Symantec Blog

This month, in honor of Women’s History Month, we spotlight Symantec Cyber Career Connection (Symantec C3) alumna Layla Gardner. Symantec C3 partner NPower recently launched their campaign “The Future of Tech Has a Name” to launch 15,000 digital careers by 2022. Today we are excited to feature the second part of our three-part series, “The Future of Cybersecurity Has a Name”,…

Network Security

Back to Basics: AI Isn’t the Answer to What Ails Us in Cyber

Issued by: Dark Reading

The irony behind just about every headline-grabbing data breach we’ve seen in recent years is that they all could have been prevented with simple cyber hygiene. Earlier this month, many of the planet’s most influential leaders met at the World Economic Forum in Davos to address some of the most pressing issues of our time,…

Malware & Threats

Feels like a Cyber Security Groundhog’s Day

Issued by: CyberArk Blog

While nobody has a crystal ball for what’s coming this year, I think we can all agree tough security lessons were learned in 2017. From Yahoo indicating that every one of its 3 Billion email accounts (that’s a B) was exposed in a breach to some pretty serious hacking tools believed to have been developed…

Network Security

The Time to Focus on Critical Infrastructure Security is Now

Issued by: Security Week

The world has once again been reminded that the threat of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure systems remains very real. Last month, Britain’s defense secretary, Gavin Williamson, iterated that Russia held the potential for wide disruption and “thousands of deaths” through such attacks. His announcement was the latest indication of increased chatter regarding attacks on critical infrastructure,…

Malware & Threats

The Price of Cybercrime: 9 Years in One Case, 6 Months in Another

Issued by: Security Week

Travon Williams, 33, was sentenced by the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to 9 years in jail for his role in a credit card fraud and identity theft scheme. For more than two years, Williams led a gang that purchased thousands of stolen credit and debit card numbers from the dark web….

Software Security

Kaspersky Sues U.S. Government Over Product Ban

Issued by: Security Week

Kaspersky Lab has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government in response to the decision of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ban the use of the company’s products in federal agencies. The Russia-based cybersecurity firm’s appeal, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, targets the DHS’s Binding Operational Directive…

Malware & Threats

Trump Signs Bill Banning Kaspersky Products

Issued by: Security Week

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a bill that prohibits the use of Kaspersky Lab products and services in federal agencies. The National Defense Authorization Act for FY2018 (H.R. 2810) focuses on Department of Defense and Department of Energy programs, authorizes recruitment and retention bonuses for the Armed Forces, and makes changes to national…