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This webcast was originally published on October 4, 2024. In this video, experts delve into the intricacies of DLL hijacking and new techniques for malicious code proxying, featuring a comprehensive discussion on methodology and weaponization. The talk explores the practical application of these techniques in real-world engagements, addressing common questions from recent research releases. The speakers emphasize the importance of understanding DLL functionalities and the impact of Microsoft’s security measures, while also highlighting the effectiveness of continuous pen testing in discovering vulnerabilities. The webinar focused on DLL hijacking and new techniques for stealthy code execution via DLL proxying. Continuous Penetration…

Security Affairs newsletter Round 511 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION  |  U.S. CISA adds Apple iOS and iPadOS and Mitel SIP Phones flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog  |  Attackers exploit recently disclosed Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS firewalls bug  |  China-linked APT Salt Typhoon breached telecoms by exploiting Cisco router flaws  |  Experts discovered PostgreSQL flaw chained with BeyondTrust zeroday in targeted attacks  |  Valve removed the game PirateFi from the Steam video game platform because contained a malware  |  China-linked APTs’ tool employed in RA World Ransomware attack  |  Russia-linked APT Seashell Blizzard is behind the long…

In keeping with prior FAR & Beyond blogs on ways to improve the efficiency of the federal procurement process, this blog will focus on regulatory burdens that impose costs on government contractors and impede entry into the federal market by commercial entities. After all, the current Administration recently issued an executive order calling for the elimination of ten regulations for every new regulation. Regulatory burdens come in varied forms. Overlapping, duplicative rules across the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and agency supplemental regulations increase administrative costs for government, industry, and the American people. Some regulations impose compliance or administrative costs/burdens that have no relation…

It’s been a big year for big data breaches. Billions of records on millions of people have been exposed at an estimated cost of nearly $10 trillion dollars to people and businesses alike worldwide.[i] While we still have a few weeks in the year left to go, here’s a roundup of five of the most noteworthy breaches this year. And while you can’t prevent big data breaches from happening, you can still take several preventive steps to protect yourself from the fallout. We’ll cover them here too. The National Public Data (NPD) breach News of a major data breach that…

Streaming data and Kafka specialist Confluent on Monday announced that it has acquired WarpStream, a Kafka-compatible streaming data solution. Confluent plans to use WarpStream’s cloud-native solution to fill out its portfolio by offering a new service (Confluent WarpStream) that can sit in between its fully managed Confluent Cloud and self-managed Confluent Platform. As Confluent co-founder and CEO Jay Kreps told me, he thinks that what sits in between those two existing models is what he calls the “bring your own cloud” (BYOC) model. “There’s definitely a set of people who want some self-managed piece of software. They’re going to go…

Authors/Presenters: Lucas Rooyakkers & Billy Graydon Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON, and the Authors/Presenters for publishing their erudite DEF CON 32 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post DEF CON 32 – Fitness of Physical Red Teamers appeared first on Security Boulevard.

The following is a guest post by Rob Viglione, CEO of Horizen Labs.Standards are the unsung heroes of technological innovation. They pave the way for true interoperability and establish a solid foundation for businesses to operate. A solid foundation of standards and guidelines makes it possible for builders to take a longer view and design more reliable technology.  From HTTP for web browsing to SMTP for email, standards have catalyzed paradigm shifts that shaped the modern world. As privacy technology matures, the emergence of standards for zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) promises to usher in a new era for web3 and beyond.An effort to standardize…

Each quarter, Cisco Talos Incident Response publishes a summarized record of the notable trends from the cases they work. The attacks, techniques, and methodology that Talos observes helps to shape and inform many of the protections that Cisco’s customers use on a regular basis. Part of their work in this area helps promote Talos’ principle of see once, block everywhere. Here are some of the key takeaways from this quarter’s report: Valid Accounts: Since December 2024, there has been a surge in password-spraying attacks to gain initial access using valid accounts. This can also disrupt organizations by locking trusted users…

In this third part of my series, I will explore the evaluation process which is a critical piece that will lead to a cleaner data set and elevate your model performance. We will see the difference between evaluation of a trained model (one not yet in production), and evaluation of a deployed model (one making real-world predictions). In Part 1, I discussed the process of labelling your image data that you use in your Image Classification project. I showed how to define “good” images and create sub-classes. In Part 2, I went over various data sets, beyond the usual train-validation-test sets, such as benchmark sets, plus…