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Top Cybersecurity Compliance Issues Businesses Face Today

As organizations increasingly rely on digital infrastructure, the stakes have never been higher. Cybersecurity compliance is necessary to safeguard sensitive data, maintain customer trust, and avoid costly fines. With a constantly shifting threat landscape, evolving regulations, and the rise of new technologies, businesses must prioritize cybersecurity posture improvement to stay ahead of the curve. Assura……

Enabling seamless healthcare operations through APIs and composable commerce

Outdated systems and manual processes remain a frustrating reality for Australian healthcare providers, making it harder for professionals to deliver efficient, high-quality care. Thankfully, data interoperability is no longer a distant goal — it’s now essential for improving patient outcomes and streamlining operations. As the healthcare industry evolves to meet growing demands and increasing consumer…

Enabling seamless healthcare operations through APIs and composable commerce

Outdated systems and manual processes remain a frustrating reality for Australian healthcare providers, making it harder for professionals to deliver efficient, high-quality care. Thankfully, data interoperability is no longer a distant goal — it’s now essential for improving patient outcomes and streamlining operations. As the healthcare industry evolves to meet growing demands and increasing consumer…

Enabling seamless healthcare operations through APIs and composable commerce

Outdated systems and manual processes remain a frustrating reality for Australian healthcare providers, making it harder for professionals to deliver efficient, high-quality care. Thankfully, data interoperability is no longer a distant goal — it’s now essential for improving patient outcomes and streamlining operations. As the healthcare industry evolves to meet growing demands and increasing consumer…

Enabling seamless healthcare operations through APIs and composable commerce

Outdated systems and manual processes remain a frustrating reality for Australian healthcare providers, making it harder for professionals to deliver efficient, high-quality care. Thankfully, data interoperability is no longer a distant goal — it’s now essential for improving patient outcomes and streamlining operations. As the healthcare industry evolves to meet growing demands and increasing consumer…

Predicting the future of cybersecurity for 2025

The cybersecurity landscape is poised for transformative shifts in 2025 driven by technological innovation and evolving threats. As cybercriminals become more sophisticated, organisations must stay ahead by proactively adopting strategies that prioritise identity security and business resiliency. CyberArk area VP ANZ Thomas Fikentscher outlines his key cybersecurity predictions highlighting a singular truth: businesses must prioritise…

Predicting the future of cybersecurity for 2025

The cybersecurity landscape is poised for transformative shifts in 2025 driven by technological innovation and evolving threats. As cybercriminals become more sophisticated, organisations must stay ahead by proactively adopting strategies that prioritise identity security and business resiliency. CyberArk area VP ANZ Thomas Fikentscher outlines his key cybersecurity predictions highlighting a singular truth: businesses must prioritise…

Predicting the future of cybersecurity for 2025

The cybersecurity landscape is poised for transformative shifts in 2025 driven by technological innovation and evolving threats. As cybercriminals become more sophisticated, organisations must stay ahead by proactively adopting strategies that prioritise identity security and business resiliency. CyberArk area VP ANZ Thomas Fikentscher outlines his key cybersecurity predictions highlighting a singular truth: businesses must prioritise…

Predicting the future of cybersecurity for 2025

The cybersecurity landscape is poised for transformative shifts in 2025 driven by technological innovation and evolving threats. As cybercriminals become more sophisticated, organisations must stay ahead by proactively adopting strategies that prioritise identity security and business resiliency. CyberArk area VP ANZ Thomas Fikentscher outlines his key cybersecurity predictions highlighting a singular truth: businesses must prioritise…

Top Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM) Tools for 2024

In today’s dynamic cybersecurity landscape, organizations face an ever-evolving threat environment where new vulnerabilities are continuously discovered, and attack surfaces expand with the increasing digitalization of business processes. This is where (CAASM) Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management tools come into play. As we move from 2024 to 2025, the importance of CAASM tools has never…

PharmEasy’s $5.6 billion value shrinks to $456 million, investor data shows

Indian online pharmacy PharmEasy’s valuation now stands at about $456 million, according to disclosures from its investor Janus Henderson, a 92% drop from its peak valuation of $5.6 billion. The British American global asset firm’s Global Research Fund values its holding of 12.9 million shares in PharmEasy at $766,043, according to its latest filing for…

How are you securing your communications in the wake of the Volt Typhoon revelations?

The FBI recently released information that text messages between Apple and Android texting systems were insecure and that attackers could listen in and access those communications, more fallout from the revelation that a Chinese-affiliated threat actor had breached telecommunications companies. The announcement that the group known as Salt Typhoon had compromised networks of major global…

Adobe ColdFusion Any File Read Vulnerability (CVE-2024-53961)

Overview Recently, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Adobe issued a security announcement and fixed any file read vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion (CVE-2024-53961). Due to improper restrictions on pathnames in Adobe ColdFusion, unauthenticated attackers can bypass the application’s restrictions to read files or directories outside of the restricted directory. As a result, sensitive information may be disclosed…

Drive Innovation with Enhanced Secrets Scanning

How Can Secrets Scanning Drive Innovation? Does the thought of data breaches keep you up at night? If so, you’re not alone. The modern, interconnected business landscape offers unprecedented opportunities for growth and innovation. However, it also presents new, complex security risks, especially when it comes to non-human identities (NHIs) and secrets management in cloud…

Stay Calm and Secure: Secrets Management for the Modern Age

How Effective is Your Modern Secrets Management Strategy? Have you ever wondered about the strength of your modern secrets management? In an age where security is paramount and breaches can mean irrevocable damage, it is essential to ensure your approach to Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and their secrets is rock solid. With increasingly sophisticated threats, the…

Relax with Secure Cloud-Native Solutions

What Does Securing Your Cloud-Native Solutions Mean? Cloud-native solutions are becoming more popular by the day. They are seen as the future of application development and deployment in today’s digital age. But with great innovation comes great responsibility – the responsibility of securing these cloud-native solutions. Wondering what ‘securing the cloud’ means in practical terms?…

Feel Supported: Integrating IAM with Your Security Policies

Why is Integrating IAM Crucial for Your Security Policies? As we move more and more of our activities online, the importance of robust security policies cannot be overstated. And central to these security policies is a concept that remains somewhat nebulous in the minds of many – Identity and Access Management (IAM). So why exactly…

Elon Musk’s xAI lands $6B in new cash to fuel AI ambitions

Updated December 25, 12:21 p.m. Pacific: Added details of xAI’s valuation and Kingdom Holdings’ contribution. xAI, Elon Musk’s AI company, has raised $6 billion in a Series C financing round. The company announced this week that Andreessen Horowitz , Blackrock, Fidelity, Lightspeed, MGX, Morgan Stanley, OIA, QIA, Sequoia Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital, Nvidia,…

$132K – $149K, here’s what seed-stage founders pay early employees, based on data

Once a startup has raised its seed round, the perennial question becomes how much should the founders pay themselves and their first few employees? Kruze Consulting, a CPA firm that specializes in venture-backed startups, recently analyzed average salary ranges for over 450 seed-stage startups and shared that data with TechCrunch. The following averages are based…

Ruijie Networks’ Cloud Platform Flaws Could Expose 50,000 Devices to Remote Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered several security flaws in the cloud management platform developed by Ruijie Networks that could permit an attacker to take control of the network appliances. “These vulnerabilities affect both the Reyee platform, as well as Reyee OS network devices,” Claroty researchers Noam Moshe and Tomer Goldschmidt said in a recent analysis. “The…

Critical SQL Injection Vulnerability in Apache Traffic Control Rated 9.9 CVSS — Patch Now

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has shipped security updates to address a critical security flaw in Traffic Control that, if successfully exploited, could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary Structured Query Language (SQL) commands in the database. The SQL injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-45387, is rated 9.9 out of 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system.…

Iran’s Charming Kitten Deploys BellaCPP: A New C++ Variant of BellaCiao Malware

The Iranian nation-state hacking group known as Charming Kitten has been observed deploying a C++ variant of a known malware called BellaCiao. Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky, which dubbed the new version BellaCPP, said it discovered the artifact as part of a “recent” investigation into a compromised machine in Asia that was also infected with the…

Weekly Update 431

I fell waaay behind the normal video cadence this week, and I couldn’t care less 😊 I mean c’mon, would you rather be working or sitting here looking at this view after snowboarding through Christmas?! Christmas Day awesomeness in Norway 🇳🇴 Have a great one friends, wherever you are 🧑‍🎄 pic.twitter.com/F2FtcJYzRC — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt)…

10 essenzielle Maßnahmen für physische Sicherheit

Wenn physische Security nur immer so simpel umzusetzen wäre… Foto: Leremy | shutterstock.com Obwohl CISOs im Allgemeinen eher selten mit dem gesamten Spektrum der Gesundheits- und Arbeitssicherheitsbelange betraut sind, spielen sie diesbezüglich doch eine wichtige, strategische Rolle – insbesondere, wenn es um physische Sicherheitssysteme mit IT-Anbindung und den direkten Zugang zu IT-Assets geht. Die wesentlichen…

The 2024 cyberwar playbook: Tricks used by nation-state actors

In 2024, nation-state cyber activity was off the charts, with Chinese, Russian, and Iranian actors leading the charge. Their campaigns weren’t just relentless — they were innovative, using a crafty mix of Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) to gain footholds, stay hidden, and spy-like pros. “There was definitely a continued and noted uptick in nation-state…

$2m boost for messaging startup 8seats aims to ‘transform business communication’

Next generation messaging platform startup for businesses 8seats has raised A$2 million in seed funding from a consortium of investors including Black Nova, former Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci, and tech entrepreneurs Mike Priddis and Greg Miller, with the funding to enable the homegrown startup to scale its platform and accelerate its go-to-market strategy in preparation…

Onyx Motorbikes is back, one year after its owner died leaving the company in shambles

A year after Onyx Motorbikes owner James Khatiblou died suddenly, leaving customers with unfulfilled orders and millions in unpaid debts, the brand has been revived by its original founder. “I’m excited to announce I have resurrected my original brand Onyx with incredible backers!” founder Tim Seward wrote in a LinkedIn post on Monday. “Onyx is…

OpenAI ‘considered’ building a humanoid robot: report

OpenAI has recently explored building its own humanoid robot, according to The Information. The report cites “two people with direct knowledge” of those conversations. The ChatGPT maker has been involved in the space for some time now, by way of financial backing. It has thus far invested in Figure and 1X, along with the “general…

Revenue-based financing startups continue to raise capital in MENA, where the model just works

In an era where it’s become tougher to raise venture capital, many companies have turned to non-dilutive, Revenue-Based Financing (RBF) as an alternative. As a result, plenty of startups have risen to meet that challenge, none more so than in the MENA region, which has taken to the model like a duck to water. The…

The AI Fix #30: ChatGPT reveals the devastating truth about Santa (Merry Christmas!)

In episode 30 of The AI Fix, AIs are caught lying to avoid being turned off, Apple’s AI flubs a headline, ChatGPT is available to people who haven’t left the 1970s, our hosts regret to inform you that an AI artist now has a personality, and ant-like robots join forces to lob each other over…

DEF CON 32 – Your Smartcard Is Dumb: A Brief History Of Hacking Access Control Systems

Authors/Presenters: Chad Shortman Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON, and the Authors/Presenters for publishing their erudite DEF CON 32 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post DEF CON 32 – Your Smartcard Is Dumb: A Brief History Of Hacking Access…

Watch Boston Dynamics’ electric Atlas do a backflip

A little early holiday surprise from Boston Dynamics this week, as Santa suit-wearing electric Atlas performs a backflip. The feat occurs about 13 minutes into a new video, showcasing yet another trick in the humanoid robot’s arsenal. It’s worth noting that – unlike with humans – a robot performing a backflip isn’t necessarily more complicated…

Researchers Uncover PyPI Packages Stealing Keystrokes and Hijacking Social Accounts

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged two malicious packages that were uploaded to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository and came fitted with capabilities to exfiltrate sensitive information from compromised hosts, according to new findings from Fortinet FortiGuard Labs. The packages, named zebo and cometlogger, attracted 118 and 164 downloads each, prior to them being taken down.

North Korean Hackers Pull Off $308M Bitcoin Heist from Crypto Firm DMM Bitcoin

Japanese and U.S. authorities have formerly attributed the theft of cryptocurrency worth $308 million from cryptocurrency company DMM Bitcoin in May 2024 to North Korean cyber actors. “The theft is affiliated with TraderTraitor threat activity, which is also tracked as Jade Sleet, UNC4899, and Slow Pisces,” the agencies said. “TraderTraitor activity is often characterized by…

CISA Adds Acclaim USAHERDS Vulnerability to KEV Catalog Amid Active Exploitation

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a now-patched high-severity security flaw impacting Acclaim Systems USAHERDS to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2021-44207 (CVSS score: 8.1), a case of hard-coded, static credentials in Acclaim USAHERDS that

7 biggest cybersecurity stories of 2024

Cybersecurity headlines were plenty this year, with several breaches, attacks, and mishaps drawing worldwide attention. But a few incidents in particular had far-reaching consequences, with the potential to reshape industry protections, shake up how vendors secure customers’ systems, or drive security leaders to reassess their strategies. Longer-term trends such as increased cybersecurity regulations and the…

Proton’s device aims to help those with kidney disease, and cut heart failure risks

People with chronic kidney disease, or those at risk of heart failure, are greatly affected by potassium imbalances in the body. These can even be life-threatening. While wearable glucose monitors are now commonplace and have transformed the lives of diabetes patients, potassium monitoring is in its infancy as it’s hard to do. Now, startups are…

Impact of Unpatched Vulnerabilities in 2025

Vulnerability-based attacks are growing. Undoubtedly, these attacks are hackers’ favorite ways to gain initial access. Such attacks rose by 124% in the third quarter of 2024 compared to 2023. Furthermore, the quick shot of hackers taking advantage of the security flaw (CVE-2024-5806) in Progress MOVEit Transfer amplifies the dreadfulness of unpatched vulnerabilities. Once the vulnerability…

Apache Tomcat Vulnerability CVE-2024-56337 Exposes Servers to RCE Attacks

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has released a security update to address an important vulnerability in its Tomcat server software that could result in remote code execution (RCE) under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-56337, has been described as an incomplete mitigation for CVE-2024-50379 (CVSS score: 9.8), another critical security flaw in the same…

Video: MSP Unplugged On The Shifting MSP-Vendor Power Dynamic

Paco Lebron and Corey Kirkendoll of podcast MSP Unplugged return in Part 2 of their Channel Insider: Partner POV interview with host Katie Bavoso. In this half of the interview, Lebron and Kirkendoll explain how they try to help their MSP audience members learn at their own pace and why it’s important to consider what…

Hacker knacken das Smart Home

loading=”lazy” width=”400px”>Im Smart Home werkeln immer mehr Devices mit Internet-Anschluss – für Hacker ein lohnendes Ziel. Andrey Suslov – shutterstock.com IoT-Geräte wie digitale Bilderrahmen oder Mediaplayer sind immer häufiger das Ziel von Cyberkriminellen. Viele dieser mit dem Internet verbundenen Geräte weisen Schwachstellen auf und können leicht mit Schadsoftware infiziert werden. Das Bundesamt für Sicherheit in…

How SLED Organizations Can Enhance Cybersecurity Compliance Before Year-End

As the year comes to a close, State, Local, and Education (SLED) organizations must resharpen their focus on strengthening their cybersecurity defenses. With the growing complexity of cyber threats and the need to safeguard valuable data, it’s vital for SLED organizations to stay ahead of risks. Cybersecurity compliance consulting services offer guidance in navigating state……

Hyundai is giving away free Tesla NACs adapters to its EV customers

Hyundai said Monday it will send customers who have bought or leased an EV before January 31 a free charging adapter that will let them access Tesla’s supercharging network. The Hyundai-authorized adapter will give CCS-port-equipped Hyundai EV drivers access to more than 20,000 Tesla Superchargers in the United States, according to Hyundai. Free adapters will…

OpenAI’s o3 suggests AI models are scaling in new ways — but so are the costs

Last month, AI founders and investors told TechCrunch that we’re now in the “second era of scaling laws,” noting how established methods of improving AI models were showing diminishing returns. One promising new method they suggested could keep gains was “test-time scaling,” which seems to be what’s behind the performance of OpenAI’s o3 model –…

Elon Musk’s xAI lands $6B in new cash to fuel AI ambitions

xAI, Elon Musk’s AI company, has raised $6 billion, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. Investors gave a minimum of $77,593, per the filing (97 participated, but the document doesn’t reveal their identities). xAI later announced (confirming some earlier reporting) that Andreessen Horowitz , Blackrock, Fidelity, Kingdom Holdings,…

Achieving Stability with Enhanced Secret Detection

Is the Quest for Stability an Uphill Battle in Cybersecurity? In the vast landscape of data management and cybersecurity, professionals constantly grapple with threats that lurk in the shadows, invisible and unpredictable. The elusive nature of these threats often leaves CISOs, SOC teams, and other cybersecurity professionals wondering: how can stability be achieved in a…

State Department’s disinformation office to close after funding nixed in NDAA

The State Department’s center for fighting global disinformation received a lump of coal in its Christmas stocking this week as congressional lawmakers excluded new funding and authorization for the office beyond this year. The Global Engagement Center, which tracks foreign disinformation, will lose  its authority on Dec. 24. Despite a concerted push by State officials…

Venture capitalists continue to play musical chairs

From Keith Rabois to Matt Miller, a lot of VCs have switched firms or spun out of storied VC institutions this year. These employment changes are surprising because unlike in many other fields, venture capitalists don’t traditionally move around very much — especially those who reach the partner or general partner level. VC funds have…

DEF CON 32 – Disenshittify Or Die! How Hackers Can Seize The Means Of Computation

Authors/Presenters: Cory Doctorow Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON, and the Authors/Presenters for publishing their erudite DEF CON 32 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post DEF CON 32 – Disenshittify Or Die! How Hackers Can Seize The Means Of…

An investigation finds that Google Maps fails users in the West Bank 

A Wired investigation found that Google Maps can be near impossible to use in the West Bank, especially since the start of the war. Users told the publication that the navigation app would direct them into walls, fail to account for time-consuming checkpoints, or steer them onto restricted roads leading to Israeli settlements, which can…

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