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IRS tries new tactic to deal with tax dispute settlements

In what IRS officials call a groundbreaking event, the agency recently hosted a national virtual settlement event. In 59 meetings over four days, it settled 44 cases of less-than-rich taxpayers.
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Its about time: OS Fingerprinting using NTP, (Tue, Jan 3rd)

Most current operating systems, including many small systems like IoT devices, use some form of NTP to sync time. NTP is lightweight and reasonably accurate in most use cases to synchronize time across the internet with millisecond accuracy [1]. Some protocols, like PTP, are more accurate but are designed for local networks and may require special hardware on the host [2]. Smaller systems with less stringent accuracy requirements sometimes use SNTP, a variant of NTP.
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6 CIOs share their 2023 IT predictions

From rightsizing software tools to a new outlook on cloud, here are the key enterprise IT changes CIOs expect in 2023.
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MediaTek introduces Genio 700 for industrial and smart home products

MediaTek announced the latest chipset in the Genio platform for IoT devices, the octa-core Genio 700 designed for smart home, smart retail, and industrial IoT products. With a focus on power efficiency, the MediaTek Genio 700 is a N6 (6nm) IoT chipset that boasts two ARM A78 cores running at 2.2GHz and six ARM A55 cores at 2.0GHz while providing 4.0 TOPs AI accelerator. It comes with support for FHD60+4K60 display, as well as an … More → The post MediaTek introduces Genio 700 for industrial and smart home products appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Security teams expect breach and incident reporting requirements to create more work

Most IT security professionals will focus on improving “detect” and “respond” capabilities, amidst concern over increasing costs and regulatory pressures, according to Deepwatch. The report found that digital transformation initiatives and regulatory requirements were the top two cost drivers expected for 2023. 78% of security professionals expect breach and incident reporting requirements to create more work for their teams, and 77% expect increased work from privacy requirements. “Regulatory developments around both incident reporting and privacy … More → The post Security teams expect breach and incident reporting requirements to create more work appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Ransomware ecosystem becoming more diverse for 2023

The ransomware ecosystem has changed significantly in 2022, with attackers shifting from large groups that dominated the landscape toward smaller ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations in search of more flexibility and drawing less attention from law enforcement. This democratization of ransomware is bad news for organizations because it also brought in a diversification of tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), more indicators of compromise (IOCs) to track, and potentially more hurdles to jump through when trying to negotiate or pay ransoms. “We can likely date the accelerated landscape changes back to at least mid-2021, when the Colonial Pipeline DarkSide ransomware attack and subsequent law enforcement takedown of REvil led to the dispersal of several ransomware partnerships,” researchers from Cisco’s Talos group said in their annual report. “Fast forward to this year, when the ransomware scene seems as dynamic as ever, with various groups adapting to increased disruptive efforts by law enforcement and private industry, infighting and insider threats, and a competitive market that has developers and operators shifting their affiliation continuously in search of the most lucrative ransomware operation.” To read this article in full, please click here
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Getting data loss prevention right

When a CISO takes the wrong approach to data loss prevention (DLP), it can quickly compound into a triple loss. First, they lose their organization’s money by investing in an ineffective solution that meets required regulations but does little else. Second, they lose considerably more money when their data is breached. Third, they can lose their jobs. This predictable chain of events is probably not news for my fellow CISOs. Other professionals may be surprised … More → The post Getting data loss prevention right appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Ransomware: The security debt collector

High-profile ransomware news stories grabbed headlines a few years ago but faded in popularity as other attacks like cryptojacking grew more profitable. Since the first months of 2020, ransomware attacks have been on the rise and are in the news again. In this presentation, Dave Lewis, Global Advisory CISO at Cisco, talks about the historical rise and fall (and rise) of ransomware from floppy disks to RaaS (ransomware as a service), why it’s seen a … More → The post Ransomware: The security debt collector appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Attackers never let a critical vulnerability go to waste

GreyNoise Intelligence unveiled its research report that dives deep into the most significant threat detection events of the past 12 months. “When it comes to cybersecurity, not all vulnerabilities are created equal, and many of the ones that garner media attention actually turn out to be insignificant,” said Bob Rudis, VP Research & Data Science, GreyNoise Intelligence. GreyNoise added over 230 new detection tags in 2022, representing an increase of approximately 38% from 2021. For … More → The post Attackers never let a critical vulnerability go to waste appeared first on Help Net Security.
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