A selection of this week’s more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news. For a daily selection see our twitter feed at #ionCube24. Breaches are never timed well, and this one certainly isn’t before the return of the ever popular Black Friday sales storm. Be prepared for some scam emails from them as well as all the others. As always, check before you click! Talking of checking before you click…
New applications emerge at an almost impossible to keep-up-with pace, creating a constant challenge and blind spot for IT and security teams in the form of Shadow IT. Organizations must keep up by using tools that are automatically updated with latest developments and changes in the applications landscape to maintain proper security. An integral part of any SASE product is its ability to accurately categorize and map user traffic to the actual application being used.
Knowledge is power, but it is only as powerful as the way organisations implement what they’ve learned and the subsequent decisions they make. All too often there is a flaw in thinking, in that we tend to be quite tactical and short-term; often we don’t approach problems from a holistic perspective, or we spend too little time considering alternative strategies.
As we know, in today’s era, most applications are deployed using Kubernetes. So that applications can function properly, and the users can use the applications without any issues. The applications sometimes require access to external resources, services or databases for processing or storing data. One of the most efficient ways of accessing sensitive data from other services is the secret object of the Kubernetes environment.
You might be aware of the utility of an RC if you are a vehicle owner. When you register a new vehicle with the Regional Transport Office (RTO), the RTO issues you a Registration Certificate (RC) which contains comprehensive information about yourself, your vehicle, and other vital details, such as the termination of the validity of the certificate. Some of the details mentioned in an RC certificate & verified during an Vehicle Number Check.
November brings two of the busiest shopping days of the year, plus some potential security risks, even if you never leave the comfort of your home. The annual Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BF/CM) events that originated in the United States have increasingly become a global phenomenon. With huge sales and “doorbuster” deals to kick off the holiday shopping season, they see a massive number of transactions.
Visa Payment Fraud Disruption (PFD) expects phishing attacks to increase between November 2023 and January 2024. Findings in its Holiday Edition Threats Report outline the popular fraud tactics predicted this holiday season. Expected Holiday Phishing Scams.
