⭐️ Day 1 Highlights from Cybersec Europe 2024

The second day of the Conference is already underway at the event venue.

A lot of speakers, panels and networking side events are set to take place today, Thursday, 30th of May.

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⚽️🧁 On Day 1 of Cybersec Europe 2024, the Kaspersky Team Entertained the Visitors of Their Section

Not only anti-virus provider treated the guests with delicious snakcs, but they also offered visitors to experience the game of football in a VR format.

A Cyber Security News on-site representative managed to capture a couple of those moments from the Kaspersky booth.

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🚀 Cybersec Europe 2024 Conference Has Started!

This morning, the event began with the Opening talk with Deputy Prime Minister Petra De Sutter, titled as 'Security challenges for telecom & government'.

The session took place on The Heroes Stage, one of the main speaker spaces of the Conference.

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⏰ Cybersec Europe 2024 Conference in Brussels Begins Tomorrow

During 'Day 0' of the event, our Team has visisted the venue of the convention, observing the construction process and the final preparations that were being made to ensure a successful start of the Conference.

The badges are collected, the Cyber Security News booth is inspected — we are ready for the first day of the Conference tomorrow, 29th of May.

Please note:

Throughout the next few days our news content will be replaced by materials from the Cybersec Europe 2024 Conference.

We are going to publish live coverage, reports, digests and major highlights of the event in our channels.

Our team hopes that you will enjoy the content and find it useful.

Stay tuned for our upcoming posts!

P.S. What kind of materials would you like to see from the Conference?

Let us know in the comment section down below.

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🔐 Cybersec Europe 2024 Conference Begins in Only 2 Days!

This week, our team will be attending the Cybersec Europe Conference in Brussels.

We will be present at the venue as a Media Partner of the event.

Documenting the convention firsthand, from the site.

The good news?

→ You can join us as well!

This Conference is FREE FOR ALL.

You just need to register as a guest on the website.

📅 29th-30th of May, 2024
📍 Brussels, Belgium

Cyber Security News has also been invited to participate as an Exhibitor, meaning that we will have our own booth at the location.

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☄️ New Partner Announcement — Cybersec Europe!

We are excited to reveal that Cyber Security News has partnered with Cybersec Europe.

This company specialises in organizing top-notch global Cyber Security conferences and events featuring experienced speakers, fascinating workshops, and valuable networking opportunities.

Cybersec Europe Returns to Brussels with More Exhibitors, Speakers, and Innovations! 

📅 May 29-30, 2024  
📍Brussels Expo, Palace 5

Join us at Cybersec Europe, the leading cybersecurity event in the Benelux, now bigger than ever!

With over 300 exhibitors and up to 9,000 visitors, this is your chance to:

• Gain knowledge and inspiration  
• Build a strong strategic vision
• Discover new solutions  
• Expand your network  

Meet top cybersecurity experts like:

• Miguel De Bruycker (Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium)
• Marijke Verhavert (TomorrowLab)
• Anastasiya Tretyak (EY Belgium)
• Ivana Butorac (Sopra Steria)

Among many other professionals in the field.

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Top ITSM Certifications for 2024

We’ll look at the most popular ITSM certifications and why each one is important in the field of information technology.

The focus of these certifications is to enhance the delivery of value to customers by improving information systems processes that can increase efficiencies and reduce downtime or interruptions.

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Legacy of Wisdom: Security Lessons Inspired by My Father

Article from SecurityWeek. My father was a very practical man, and he was also a talented craftsman.

He was never happier than when he was in his woodshop during his retirement years, surrounded by his grandchildren, passing on life’s lessons to the next generation.

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Christie’s Website Breached Right Before Huge Sales Day

Even though Christie’s has provided contact details, the incident could still pose challenges for the auction house.

Besides, it’s still not clear whether the hackers had gained access to sensitive information held by Christie’s.

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Dell Hacker Claims They Had Access To Systems For Nearly Three Weeks

Dell disclosed the breach on 9 May, notifying customers that their names, addresses, and Dell customer info were exposed, warning them to watch out for social engineering attacks impersonating the technology giant.

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IntelBroker Allegedly Breaches Europol, Exposing Classified Data

Among the agencies within Europol affected by the breach are the Cybercrime Center (EC3), specifically the Cryptocurrencies and Space units, the Europol Platform for Experts, the Law Enforcement Forum, and the SIRIUS system.

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Hunters Announces Full Adoption of OCSF and Introduces OCSF-Native Search

The adoption of OCSF provides a unified, standardized language across cybersecurity tools and platforms, simplifying data integration and analysis workflows.

The adoption fosters frictionless interoperability and enables enhanced collaboration among cybersecurity professionals, promoting flexibility and innovation by eliminating constraints imposed by proprietary data formats.

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What is 'Hackbot as a Service' and are Malicious LLMs a Risk?

Hackers have already been using LLMs to refine social engineering attacks, matching the tone and style of an executive for phishing or using deepfake attacks to circumvent identity systems.

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Human Errors Still a Leading Cause of Cyber Incidents, Says Kaspersky

This trend can be attributed to the commoditization of attacks through the widespread adoption of existing tools, originally designed for conducting targeted campaigns which, due to deliberate or accidental leaks, have become common.

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🔟 Cybersec Europe 2024 Contains 10 mini-Theatre Spaces for Speakers and Presentations

The Theatres are conveniently distributed around the Pavilion, with five of them on the left handside, and five — on the right handside.

These internal locations serve as an addition to the two stages — The Main Stage and The Heroes Stage.

Attached is an image that exemplifies what a Cybersec Europe Theatre looks like in the Conference walls.

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🏒 WatchGuard's Booth at the Cybersec Europe 2024 Conference in Brussels, Belgium

The company's stand features an interactive zone with the theme of ice hockey.

Visitors are invited to practice their skills of shooting a puck into the goal using an ice hockey stick, with the opportunity to win branded prizes.

This is a connection to Seattle Kraken, an NHL team which is sponsored by WatchGuard.

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6 Facts About How Interpol Fights Cybercrime

In spite of the kinds of public actions, many in the cybersecurity community may not fully understand how Interpol has the authority and trust to get all of this work done.

At the RSA Conference USA 2024 last month, Craig Jones, Interpol's director of cybercrime offered a deep-dive look into how the organization works and also how it cooperates with private firms to carry out its mission.

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Google Discovers Fourth Zero-Day in Less Than a Month

Google recommends that Windows and macOS users upgrade to Chrome version 125.0.6422.112/.113 and Linux users to version 125.0.6422.112.

Chromium-based users should apply fixes as they become available, Google added.

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People Deftly Extracted ‘passwords’ From AI Chatbots During Lab Test

As state and local governments search for ways to integrate AI into their digital services and back offices, cyber psychologist John Blythe, one of the study’s authors, told StateScoop.

It’s imperative they first close the knowledge gap with employees through cybersecurity training programs designed that account for human psychology.

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Critical Bug Allows DoS, RCE, Data Leaks in All Major Cloud Platforms

Tenable researchers initially were looking into an entirely separate security issue in an undisclosed cloud service when they realized something unexpected was going on.

From where they were sitting, it seemed they were able to access a wide range of the cloud service provider's (CSP) own internal metrics and logging endpoints.

Among these were instances of Fluent Bit.

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Expert Reaction: Health Company Victim of Big Data Breach

McGuinness noted in her statement that the original compromise has been isolated, and there is no evidence to suggest an increased cyber threat to the medical sector.

However, experts say the breach is a timely reminder to all organisations which hold personal information to review their cyber security practices.

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Microsoft Warns of Active Zero-Day Exploitation, Patches 60 Windows Vulnerabilities

Microsoft also marked CVE-2024-30040 in the already-exploited category, warning that attackers are bypassing security features in Microsoft 365 and Office.

The flaw, which carries a CVSS score of 8.8, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code if a user is tricking into loading malicious files.

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⚡️900k Impacted by Data Breach at Mississippi Healthcare Provider

Additionally, SRHS is providing the impacted individuals with 12 months of free credit monitoring services, as well as with guidance on how to protect against identity theft and fraud.

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The Future of Information Warfare: LLMs and the Fight for Truth

CopyCop employed a sophisticated strategy to manipulate news narratives.

By using prompt engineering, they tailored content to specific audiences and political biases, effectively amplifying existing divisions and spreading misleading information.

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LLMs & Malicious Code Injections: 'We Have to Assume It's Coming'

One area in which many companies have embraced AI is incident response and threat analytics.

"Security information and event management is definitely getting disrupted with the use of this stuff," Swarnam says.

"It actually eliminates triaging at level one, and in a lot of cases at level two as well."

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ℹ️ New Course Offers In-Depth Training on Latest PCI DSS v4.0 Standard

The "PCI DSS - Foundation to Mastery" course is now updated to include the latest PCI DSS v4.0, the standard for protecting cardholder data.

It is designed for both beginners and experienced professionals who want to learn more about this important security measure.

The course is taught by an expert who has spent over ten years implementing PCI DSS around the world.

The updated course material covers everything from basic principles to advanced implementation techniques and includes the latest changes and requirements.

With data breaches on the rise, understanding and applying PCI DSS is crucial for any organization.

This course helps prepare participants to meet these challenges and stay ahead in the field of cybersecurity.

Click here to learn more about the material.

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10 Hot New Cybersecurity Tools Announced At RSAC 2024

Threat intelligence firm Recorded Future is among the cybersecurity vendors that debuted new GenAI-powered product capabilities Monday in connection with RSAC.

“I think RSA continues to be one of the best events to showcase the innovation and the impact that we have with our customers,” said Colin Mahony, president of Recorded Future, in an interview with CRN.

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State’s Cyber Squad Investigating Byron Council Data Breach

Speaking to The Echo on Monday, Mr Baker said it was a member of the public who first notified the council of the data leak, five days after the upgrade.

The internal documents were reportedly removed on 29 April.

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