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IT security under attack blog series: Instant domain persistence by registering a rogue domain controller

IT security under attack blog series: Instant domain persistence by registering a rogue domain controller

| | Active Directory, Cybersecurity, IT Security, Log360, Privilege Escalation, security breaches
In this blog in the IT security under attack series, we will learn about an advanced Active Directory (AD) domain controller (DC) attack to obtain persistence in AD environments. Dubbed DCShadow, this ...
ManageEngine Blog

Are Cybersecurity Intelligence and Security Metrics Statistically Significant?

| | CSO/CISO Perspectives, cybercrime, cybersecurity metrics, Data breaches, Ponemon Institute, security breaches, Security Metrics, Spotlight, statistics, Verizon DBIR
It is customary to begin an article on cybersecurity with some statement about the exponential growth of threats, attacks, vulnerabilities, etc. I’m no different. It seems like a reasonable, generally accepted thing ...
BlogInfoSec.com
Security Struggling Threats

Security Struggling to Stay Ahead of More Sophisticated Threats

| | Data Security, Grand Theft Data II, McAfee report, Network Security, security breaches, security hygiene
Will organizations ever reach a point where they feel confident about their security and the ability to defend against threats and breaches? I hope the answer is yes, someday our security systems ...
Security Boulevard
VPAM

Keeping Workplace Privacy Accidents to a Minimum

| | Data Leaks, Data Privacy, Privacy, security breaches, workplace privacy
Data privacy is taking center stage in countries worldwide. Organizations are strengthening privacy controls in the face of endless data breaches, tighter regulations, stiff penalties and customer pushback. We’re undergoing a major ...
Security Boulevard
privacy

Among Cybersecurity Pros, Security Paranoia Runs Deep

| | CISOs, Cybersecurity, Malware, security breaches, security professionals, Security threats
Cybersecurity pros are a paranoid bunch, at least according to a survey Lastline conducted at the RSA Conference in March. It makes sense when you think about it. After all, these are ...
Security Boulevard
cyberattack

Forgo the FUD to Prevent the Security Breach

| | security breaches, security readiness, security strategy
How fear, uncertainty and doubt feed the false belief that security breaches can’t be avoided Coming off the heels of the Facebook breach news, it might sound downright crazy to suggest that ...
Security Boulevard
data breach

Is Vulnerability Management Now Out of Our Control?

| | AI, iot, security breaches, Vulnerability Management
I can think of three events that have happened over the last few years that were harbingers of what’s to come. The first—and most recent—was the FBI’s stern call to the public: ...
Security Boulevard

In Defense of Honest Security Reporting

| | Media, reporting, security breach, security breaches, security desensitization
I have to say as I settled in to have lunch and read my friend and associate Alan Shimel’s column, “Security Desensitization: Another Data Breach, Blah, Blah, Blah,” I just about choked ...