Monthly Archives: October 2024

FIDO Alliance Drafts New Protocol to Simplify Passkey Transfers Across Different Platforms

The FIDO Alliance said it’s working to make passkeys and other credentials more easier to export across different providers and improve credential provider interoperability, as more than 12 billion online accounts become accessible with the passwordless sign-in method. To that end, the alliance said it has published a draft for a new set of specifications […]

Rowing the Same Direction: 6 Tips for Stronger IT and Security Collaboration

Originally published by Dazz.The Olympians make it look easy, but make no mistake: rowing is a more difficult sport than meets the eye. Changing conditions in the water and weather, exhaustion, and even a head tilt in the wrong direction can send the boat off course or cause the team to lose time. And perhaps […]

From Misuse to Abuse: AI Risks and Attacks

AI from the attacker’s perspective: See how cybercriminals are leveraging AI and exploiting its vulnerabilities to compromise systems, users, and even other AI applications Cybercriminals and AI: The Reality vs. Hype “AI will not replace humans in the near future. But humans who know how to use AI are going to replace those humans who […]

How to Leverage Automation Tools to Streamline Your Next Compliance Audit: 3 Tips for Security Teams

Originally published by BARR Advisory.Compliance automation tools are designed to assist organizations in streamlining the rigorous demands of cybersecurity frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HITRUST. These platforms can help address the heavy lifting involved in preparing, undergoing, and maintaining compliance by automating repetitive tasks, freeing up security teams to think more strategically […]

North Korean ScarCruft Exploits Windows Zero-Day to Spread RokRAT Malware

The North Korean threat actor known as ScarCruft has been linked to the zero-day exploitation of a now-patched security flaw in Windows to infect devices with malware known as RokRAT. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-38178 (CVSS score: 7.5), a memory corruption bug in the Scripting Engine that could result in remote code execution when […]

600 million daily cyberattacks target Microsoft users, DDoS attacks up 4x year-over-year

Microsoft reports over 600 million daily cyberattacks, mainly from nation-state actors. At least 1.25 million DDoS attacks also happened. The post 600 million daily cyberattacks target Microsoft users, DDoS attacks up 4x year-over-year appeared first on MSPoweruser.