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Rapid7, Ixia, & CNA – Enterprise Security Weekly #141

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    Rapid7 is integrating access to Insight Platform Applications, Ixia releases a new Scalable, modular packet broker, Sonatype’s Nexus user conference to bring 2000 DevSecOps leaders together for free, and CyberArk and CNA introduce cybersecuri… Continue reading Rapid7, Ixia, & CNA – Enterprise Security Weekly #141→

MITRE Adds Appthority as CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

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On Sep 7, 2018, MITRE announced that Appthority has joined 89 other organizations as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA). Appthority is the first CNA that is focused on enterprise mobile threat research, and we’re proud of this designation. We look f… Continue reading MITRE Adds Appthority as CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)→

GCHQ head says U.K. engaged in cyberwarfare against ISIS

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The director of GCHQ revealed in a speech on Thursday that Britain’s top signals intelligence agency had conducted a proactive cyber campaign against ISIS, touting the notion of using hacking tools to counter violent extremism. Speaking at the CYBERUK conference in Manchester, England, GCHQ Director Jeremy Fleming said that the agency worked with the U.K. Ministry of Defense to develop and deploy the country’s cyber weapons. “Much of this is too sensitive to talk about, but I can tell you that GCHQ, in partnership with the Ministry of Defense, has conducted a major offensive cyber-campaign against Daesh,” Fleming said, using the terror group’s Arabic acronym. Fleming said the attack was the first time the U.K. “systematically and persistently degraded an adversary’s online efforts as part of a wider military campaign.” “They [ISIS] understand the value of strategic communications, the power of social media, of messaging apps to radicalize and scare,” […]

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