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Ivanti takes over RiskSense and expands Neurons

August 25, 2021

Ivanti Acquires RiskSense: Acquisition Helps Customers Proactively Combat Cyber Threats and Ransomware Attacks. RiskSense extends Ivanti Neurons for Patch Intelligence with robust, risk-based functions for prioritizing and eliminating vulnerabilities. Ivanti, the automation platform that discovers, manages, secures and maintains IT assets from the cloud to the edge, announces the acquisition of RiskSense. RiskSense is a pioneer for risk-based and prioritized vulnerability management. The aim of the takeover is to advance the next evolutionary stage in patch management. The bundling of the competencies of Ivanti and RiskSense enables companies to reduce their attack surface, ...

Security concerns with the digital EU COVID certificate

July 25, 2021

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The EU COVID certificate should be available since July 1, 2021. As before, the ESET experts still have security concerns. There are some weak points that can be exploited for abuse. In the opinion of ESET, however, abuse cannot be ruled out, as the procedures are identical to the existing ones. “It must be clearly stated, however, that the creation of screenshots on smartphones cannot be perfectly prevented from a technological point of view. This becomes even more problematic if the COVID vaccination document is simply printed out without security features. But that will be current at the exhibition ...

Ivanti: Recommendations for patch prioritization of the vulnerabilities

July 21, 2021

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Analysis of Patch Tuesday in July and recommendations from Ivanti to prioritize the elimination of vulnerabilities (CVEs). Patch Tuesday in July 2021 has it all. With the recent PrintNightmare out-of-band update, the upcoming quarterly Oracle CPU, a number of updates from Adobe including Acrobat and Reader, Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR, and the typical series of Microsoft monthly updates, Patch Tuesday includes a lot of vulnerabilities in July that should be prioritized. PrintNightmare security vulnerability It starts with PrintNightmare CVE-2021-34527, which after the June Patch Tuesday update was identified as another security vulnerability in the Print Spooler ...

Numerous security gaps in IoT devices, routers & health apps

July 19, 2021

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Digital consumer protection: Numerous security gaps in IoT devices, routers & health apps. Study by the TÜV association and investigations by the BSI reveal many security gaps. Due to technological progress and an ever-increasing range of new digital consumer products, the digital consumer market continues to grow. At the same time, however, it also offers new attack surfaces for cyber criminals. So what about IT security? The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) investigated this question. And discovered numerous security deficiencies in IoT devices, WiFi routers and health apps. Countless security incidents in the IoT area First ...

IoT: lock side entrances

July 5, 2021

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IoT - the Internet of Things continues to expand. Not only does the home office contribute to this. Smart hardware is finding ever broader application possibilities. However, this also increases the area of attack and risk. Manufacturers and users are equally asked to ensure more security. The dangers of the Internet of Things are becoming more diverse: Employees access the company network more often from home, while at the same time they use smart devices privately. This trend continues: According to the analysts at BERG Insight, annual growth of 20,2 percent is expected in Europe. So increase ...

Security deficiencies in the digital vaccination certificate

June 27, 2021

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Serious security deficiencies in the digital vaccination certificate. G DATA security experts take a close look at the Covid-19 vaccination certificate for smartphones. An investigation by the G DATA security experts of the digital vaccination certificate has shown that there are some serious failures in the implementation of security. If you want to, you can create proof of vaccination without having received a vaccination. List of safety problems is long A closer look at important components of the recently available vaccination certificate shows that it has some glaring weaknesses. The list of security problems is long: The Corona warning app checks the signatures of the digital ...

Clubhouse app in the crosshairs

10 April 2021

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The French data protection authority has launched an investigation into alleged data breaches by the Clubhouse app. There was also a message that the creators of the app had launched an accelerator program. Apparently, Silicon Valley can't get enough of the app. It all comes after the news a few weeks ago that chats were cracked. In view of the hype surrounding the app, Satnam Narang, Staff Research Engineer at Tenable, comments on Clubhouse's status in terms of IT and data security. Clubhouse app with 8 million iOS downloads "In February 2021, Clubhouse exceeded the mark of eight million global ...

Five pillars of a secure network level

March 31, 2021

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The increased mobile working with the pandemic also poses major problems for network security. It has created new risks and exacerbated existing ones. With five basic principles, IT administrators can increase cyber security at this level. Several factors are currently endangering network security. Rushed home office: According to Bitdefender, in spring 2020 every second company had no plans to switch to home office overnight. This was and is all the more critical as it increased the attack surface of the company's IT. Network protocols under attack: According to Bitdefender's Business Threat Landscape Report 2020, many attacks target ...

Hackers can attack smart sex toys

March 21, 2021

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Hackers can use smart sex toys to blackmail people. ESET researchers discover security flaws in We-Vibe "Jive" and Lovense "Max". ESET researchers have found serious security flaws in two networked sex toys. The We-Vibe “Jive” and the Lovense “Max” achieve high sales figures during the corona pandemic. The immense interest also attracts cyber criminals. The ESET researchers found the weak points in the apps that control the two sex toys. This could allow attackers to install malware on the smartphones being used and also steal data. In addition to possible physical damage from misuse of the devices, there is a risk of stolen photos, ...

Static Analysis Days 2021 - Safer software

March 20, 2021

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Find errors and weaknesses efficiently and early in the development process and make software more secure: The Static Analysis Days 2021 on May 5th and 6th, 2021. Digital event with expert lectures on all aspects of static code analysis. Verifysoft Technology GmbH, leading provider of tools, services and training courses to improve software quality, invites you to the Static Analysis Days again this year. On May 5th and 6th, 2021, interested parties can find out more about how static code analysis can be used efficiently and effectively at expert lectures. Due to the corona, the event is taking place digitally. Registered participants receive ...

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Ivanti takes over RiskSense and expands Neurons

Security concerns with the digital EU COVID certificate

Ivanti: Recommendations for patch prioritization of the vulnerabilities

Numerous security gaps in IoT devices, routers & health apps

IoT: lock side entrances

Security deficiencies in the digital vaccination certificate

Clubhouse app in the crosshairs

Five pillars of a secure network level

Hackers can attack smart sex toys

Static Analysis Days 2021 - Safer software

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