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Microsoft October 2020 Patch Tuesday fixes 87 vulnerabilities

Microsoft released its monthly batch of security fixes known as Patch Tuesday on the 13th of October, in which 87 bugs have been patched by the OS manufacturer this month across a wide variety of Microsoft software. Microsoft has released security patches for all supported versions of the company’s Windows operating system, as well as…
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What is Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)- How can I make use of it?

OSINT represents Open Source Intelligence and it is one of the key viewpoints in understanding the cybersecurity awareness that leads the Internet nowadays. The term OSINT originates from numerous many years prior. Indeed, US military offices began utilizing the term OSINT in the last part of the 1980s as they were re-examining the idea of…
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Security experts hacked Apple for 3 months- Here what they found

In the wake of getting some answers concerning Apple’s Bug Bounty Program, a gathering of security scientists — Sam Curry, Brett Buerhaus, Ben Sadeghipour, Samuel Erb, and Tanner Barnes — cooperated and hacked Apple from July 6, 2020, to October 6, 2020. During their commitment, they found several vulnerabilities in key parts of their infrastructure…
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CONTI Ransomware explained: How it works and how to defend it

CONTI is malicious software categorized as ransomware. Systems infected with this malware have their data encrypted and request a ransom for decryption to the victims. All the affected files are appended with the “.CONTI” suffix during the encryption process. For instance, a file originally called “Example.jpg” will appear as “Example.jpg.CONTI” following encryption. A text file…
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Federal Agency Compromised by Malicious Cyber Actor

Investigation on a recent malware attack by a threat actor on the corporate network of a federal organization has been released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).  The cyber threat attacker leveraged compromised credentials to install sophisticated malware, including multi-stage malware that evaded the anti-malware security of the…
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Zerologon vulnerability

Zero logon Vulnerability: Instantly Become Domain Admin by Subverting Netlogon Cryptography

Zerologon is the name that was assigned to a vulnerability found in CVE-2020-1472. Due to the error in the log on method, it is called Zerologon, where the initialization vector (IV) is set to all zeros all the time, random numbers should still be an initialization vector (IV). An emergency advisory urging civilian federal agencies to take…
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According To a Recent Report 97% of Top Cybersecurity Companies Got Hacked in 2020

For today’s companies, data compromises are one of the top issues. With the estimated global cost of a single violation hovering at $3.62 million, these violations’ cost continues to rise. Network security is also hugely relevant for any company beyond the financial implications of a hack, since an attack will undermine your consumers’ faith. Indeed, within six…
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Small and mid business

Cybersecurity on the Front Seat for Small To Medium-Sized Businesses

With the rapid advancement in the cyber world, cyber threats are also becoming imperative. Cybersecurity has become one of the critical sectors that companies are investing in. The companies and businesses, irrespective of their scale of operation, are prone to the prevalent cyber threats today. The number and extent of attacks have seen a rise,…
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Best free resource for learning cybersecurity online

Looking to secure your business from cyber frauds or wanting a job in IT security, or just fascinated by the movies and want to hack like them. You have to start somewhere. We will provide you some of the best, free of cost online resources to kick start your career today. Cybersecurity is the hot…
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Maximum Lifespan of SSL/TLS Certificates is 398 Days from September 1

SSL/TLS certificates allow an authenticated communication between a browser and a web server, while at the same time verifying the identity of the domain that holds the certificate. The lifespan of the certificate shall have a fixed life cycle. This is defined by the ‘Valid From’ and ‘Valid To’ attributes. If the credential expires, it…
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