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Code-execution bug in Pulse Secure VPN threatens patch laggards everywhere
If you haven’t updated Pulse Secure VPN, now would be an excellent time to do so.
Organizations that have yet to install the latest version of the Pulse Secure VPN have a good reason to stop dithering—a code-execution vulnerability that allows attackers to take control of networks that use the product.
Tracked as CVE-2020-8218, the vulnerability requires an attacker to have administrative rights on the machine running the VPN. Researchers from GoSecure, the firm that discovered the flaw, found an easy way to clear that hurdle: trick an administrator into clicking on a malicious link embedded in an email or other type of message.
New research exposes troubling gap between perceived security maturity and reality
A new report highlights the disconnect between security professionals’ perception of their organization’s security maturity and the effectiveness of the policies they actually implement. Researchers from threat detection firm GoSecure developed a survey in collaboration with Serene-Risc, a knowledge mobilization network for the cybersecurity industry.
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DHS Adds SAP NS2 and GoSecure to Approved Products List
GoSecure, in association with SAP NS2 and Carahsoft Technology Corp., is now on the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Approved Products List (APL).
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The Anatomy of a Sextortion Spam Campaign
The latest genre of nuisance email tries to blackmail victims with threats to send embarrassing images or information to their contacts. A new analysis reveals just how much money this type of scam can generate.
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Black Hat 2019: The Craziest, Most Terrifying Things We Saw
An Industry of Self-Importance
Ever get jealous about your friend who inexplicably has thousands more followers on Instagram? Don’t be, because they probably bought them. But where do those phony followers come from, and who are they, really? That’s the question GoSecure researchers Masarah Paquet-Clouston and Olivier Bilodeau tried to answer in their Black Hat talk.
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