David Strom, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Akamai research finds more sophisticated phishing threats in hospitality industry

By David Strom Oct 23, 2023

New research from Akamai Technologies Inc. shows the increasing level of sophistication that attackers will use on a series of phishing attacks targeting hospitality websites. The attacks began as early as June 2023 and…

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Cisco issues new fixes for second IOS XE vulnerability

By David Strom Oct 23, 2023

Cisco Systems Inc. was busy last week shoring up the security of its IOS XE routers and switches as a vulnerability in their web user interface allowed remote attackers to gain control over some these…

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FBI takes down 17 websites used in massive North Korean hiring scheme

By David Strom Oct 20, 2023

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has seized 17 websites that it claims were used to recruit and hire thousands of phony information technology workers from North Korea. The seizure, announced Wednesday, is part of…

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A new hackathon is helping to make elections more secure

By David Strom Oct 19, 2023

Most hackathons don’t take five years to schedule, but this one was for a good cause and worth the wait. Last month a group of hackers and vendors came together in a suburban Virginia…

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How companies are scrambling to keep control of their private data from AI models

By David Strom Oct 18, 2023

Ever since artificial intelligence and large language models became popular earlier this year, organizations have struggled to keep control over accidentally or deliberately exposing their data used as model inputs. They aren’t always succeeding.…

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GitGuardian debuts new way to manage software encryption keys and secrets

By David Strom Oct 18, 2023

Managing various encryption keys and other secrets has always been painful for enterprise security managers. A new service from GitGuardian called Has My Secret Leaked attempts to bring some clarity in a market that…

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It’s time to put an end to the NTLM network authentication protocol

By David Strom Oct 13, 2023

An ancient network authentication protocol has received its first death notice. The protocol, which has roots going back to the first local area network days of the 1980s, is called Microsoft NTLM, which stands…

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The Hamas-Israeli war is also being fought in cyberspace

By David Strom Oct 12, 2023

The war between Hamas and Israel is also raging across the cybersecurity realm, with various malware exploits, disinformation campaigns and recruitment of citizen hackers seen on both sides of the conflict. It’s difficult to obtain…

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New Magecart malware concealment tactics, hiding inside web status page

By David Strom Oct 11, 2023

The malware group behind Magecart continues to be on the cutting edge of hiding in plain sight. A report this week from Roman Lvovsky, an Israeli security researcher at Akamai Technology, demonstrates three obfuscation…

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Distributed denial-of-service attacks are growing bigger and more lethal

By David Strom Oct 10, 2023

A sad and scary new record was set this past week, with the latest and biggest distributed denial-of-service attack. The network security provider Cloudflare Inc. posted on its blog today that it had observed and…

David Strom

Akamai research finds more sophisticated phishing threats in hospitality industry

Cisco issues new fixes for second IOS XE vulnerability

FBI takes down 17 websites used in massive North Korean hiring scheme

A new hackathon is helping to make elections more secure

How companies are scrambling to keep control of their private data from AI models

GitGuardian debuts new way to manage software encryption keys and secrets

It’s time to put an end to the NTLM network authentication protocol

The Hamas-Israeli war is also being fought in cyberspace

New Magecart malware concealment tactics, hiding inside web status page

Distributed denial-of-service attacks are growing bigger and more lethal

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