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Lawrence Hoffman // So Microsoft is open sourcing PowerShell and putting it on Linux. Realistically Linux already has a full suite of administrative tools and some very powerful scripting languages […] The post Lawrence’s List 081916 appeared first on Black Hills Information Security, Inc..

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) protection company Claroty announced this week new investments in the U.S. public sector to enhance protection of OT, IoT, IoMT, and facility-related control systems (FRCS)/building management systems (BMS).  Claroty is now offering enhanced exposure management and Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) support with Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG)-hardened configuration management controls within Claroty Continuous Threat Detection (CTD). These new capabilities will enable greater efficiency and operational improvements across U.S. federal departments and agencies, State, Local and Education (SLED), and the defense industrial base, when protecting increasingly vulnerable CPS assets. Enhancing exposure management within US public sector…

Cloudflare blocked record-breaking 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack against a hosting provider Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2025 Cloudflare blocked a record-breaking 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack in May 2025. Cloudflare blocked a record 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack in May 2025, 12% greater than its previous peak and 1 Tbps greater than the attack reported by the popular cyber journalist Brian Krebs. The attack targeted a Cloudflare customer, a hosting provider using the company’s DDoS protection solution Magic Transit. Earlier in 2025, Cloudflare reported over 13.5 million DDoS attacks in January and February alone, mainly aimed at its infrastructure and protected hosting providers.…

Cloud Exchange 2025: National Guard Bureau’s Kenneth McNeill on integrating secure military capabilities into emergency response The National Guard is pulling in secure military capabilities and AI to improve collaboration, common operating picture during emergency response, CIO says. Anastasia Obis June 20, 2025 11:20 am 4 min read The National Guard’s Project Homeland — an initiative to integrate homeland defense into the Pentagon’s ambitious Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control framework — is bridging the gap between local emergency response and military support, ensuring the guard can respond effectively to crises that require Title 10 assistance. The National Guard launched…

with calculating an application’s performance is that the real-world performance and theoretical performance can differ. With an ecosystem of products that is growing with high performance needs such as High Performance Computing (HPC), gaming, or in the current landscape – Large Language Models (LLMs), it is essential to calculate accurately the performance of an application. Simply measuring theoretical GFLOPs (Floating-Point Operations Per Second) is not enough, as applications rarely reach these maximums in the real world. This is where the Roofline Model comes in, offering a clear visual method to estimate an application’s performance and highlighting the critical role of…

Luke Baggett // If you’re monitoring a network with internet access, it’s almost inevitable that you’re going to see a lot of traffic to and from Google servers. Blending in with Google traffic by using Google as a relay may help an attacker avoid detection. How could an attacker use Google as a relay? One way is with the Drive API, which allows automation of uploading and downloading of data through Google Drive. The API is simple and quick enough to allow for relatively solid communication between two systems. SSH, Metasploit Meterpreter sessions, and more can be relayed through Google’s servers using…

Deepfakes are the exciting new thing in cyber security, but at their core they are not a new threat – social engineering has been around since the beginning. Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are taking social engineering attacks on organizations to a whole new level though, showing up in new ways. As AI models become faster and more sophisticated, deepfakes become more automated and convincing. This enables threat actors to be much more efficient and effective, ramping up the risk to organization’s critical data and infrastructure. It’s clear to see that deepfakes are an increasing threat to organizations, with 1…

The Taiwanese cryptocurrency exchange BitoPro claims the North Korean hacking group Lazarus is behind a cyberattack that led to the theft of $11,000,000 worth of cryptocurrency on May 8, 2025. The company has attributed the attack to Lazarus based on the evidence recovered from its internal investigations. It notes that the attack patterns and methodology closely resemble those used in past cyberattacks. “The attack methodology bears resemblance to patterns observed in multiple past international major incidents, including illicit transfers from global bank SWIFT systems and asset theft incidents from major international cryptocurrency exchanges,” reads the announcement. “These attacks are attributed…

The cybersecurity landscape of 2024 has revealed an unprecedented surge in both the frequency and sophistication of data breaches, setting new records that demand immediate attention from security professionals and organizations alike. According to IBM’s latest Cost of a Data Breach Report, the year witnessed 3,158 confirmed breaches – a staggering 22% increase from 2023’s 2,587 incidents. The Growing Impact: Beyond Numbers While statistics paint a concerning picture, the real impact extends far beyond mere numbers. The average cost per breach climbed to $4.88 million, marking a significant increase from $4.45 million in 2023. This trend indicates not just more…