Editorial
Expressions & POVs
Expert takes, practical perspectives, and opinionated security narratives.
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Preventing Cyber-Attacks with Continuous Posture Anomaly Management
Too much network traffic? Is a PDF reader or word processing application making a strange internet connection? Often such observations are considered as anomalies to detect a threat or an attack but not prevent them.
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WAVETHROUGH – Mixing Visible & Opaque Data
Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox browsers have been identified to have a severe bug that can allow remote attackers to steal the data of the users. If a user visits a malicious website, the website can steal the sensitive content of the user’s online accounts from other websites where the user hav...
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Malicious Code Present in “Piriform – CCleaner v5.33” – CleanUp
Piriform CCleaner is a system cleanup tool by Piriform, which is now owned by Avast. A suspicious activity identified on September 12th, 2017, where an unknown IP address receiving data from software found in version 5.33.6162 of CCleaner. Later it was present that the 5.33.6162 version of CCleaner...
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Defending against “Superfish’s VisualDiscovery Adware” using Saner Solution
VisualDiscovery is an Adware program by SuperFish.inc. VisualDiscovery was able to access consumer’s personal information sent online, including login credentials, social security numbers, medical information, and financial information.
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CISA-SSVC-based Risk Prioritization is Better than Yours: Know Why?
In today’s evolving business landscape, the complexity and density of modern Enterprise IT networks contribute to an expansive and vulnerable attack surface. Enterprise IT Security Teams confront an infinite number of risks, spanning from cybersecurity threats to deviations in regulatory compliance....
