security threats

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Dark Reading

Tracking malicious hackers’ early activities using open source intelligence can offer substantial clues about the likelihood of their becoming a persistent threat in the future, two university researchers claimed in a report this week. That knowledge can help guide early intervention efforts to nudge fledgling hackers off their criminal trajectories, they noted. Christian Howell, assistant…

Mobile Security

Issued by: Security Week

The legal salvo came as problems are mounting for TikTok in the United States, with multiple accusations that the extremely popular app is a national security threat and a conduit for spying by China. “The TikTok app is a malicious and menacing threat unleashed on unsuspecting Indiana consumers by a Chinese company that knows full…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

Corellium, a Florida-based company with its roots in the iPhone jailbreaking community, said the $25 million Series A also included investments from Cisco investments and other strategic investors. Corellium LogoThe money comes exactly a year after a federal judge dismissed Apple’s copyright lawsuit against Corellium and the two sides reached a settlement on another matter…

Application Security

Issued by: Security Week

Building on previous research, white papers, and other projects from Adobe’s Security Intelligence Team, OSAS out-of-the-box allows researchers to experiment with datasets, control data processing and feature combining, and help identify a solution for detecting security threats. The new open-source project tackles the issue of data sparsity, which may appear when using machine learning (ML)…

Network Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

Security threats associated with shadow IT

As cyber threats and remote working challenges linked to COVID-19 continue to rise, IT teams are increasingly pressured to keep organizations’ security posture intact. When it comes to remote working, one of the major issues facing enterprises is shadow IT. End users eager to adopt the newest cloud applications to support their remote work are…

Network Security

Issued by: CSO

Threat modeling explained: A process for anticipating cyber attacks

Threat modeling definition Threat modeling is a structured process through which IT pros can identify potential security threats and vulnerabilities, quantify the seriousness of each, and prioritize techniques to mitigate attack and protect IT resources. This broad definition may just sound like the job description of a cybersecurity professional, but the important thing about a…