SEC warns of investment scams related to Hurricane Ida
SEC warns of investment scams related to Hurricane Ida The US Securities and Exchange Commission warns investors of potential investment scams that leverages Hurricane Ida as a bait. The US Securities and Exchange […]
Time to Act: How Real-Time Analytics Can Help Stop the Cyber Kill Chain
Access to Real-Time Contextualized Information through In-Memory Computing Can Help Security Teams Spot Evolving Threats Before It’s Too Late By Dr. William Bain, CEO and Founder of ScaleOut Software In […]
The Importance of Multi-Factor Authentication and Strong Passwords
Understanding and implementing MFA and strong password protocol. By Jeff Severino, CyberLock Defense, Lockton Affinity The importance of multi-factor authentication and password security is critical. Often, it is your best […]
Cyber Security Incident Response Plan: How to Proactively Prepare for a Breach
By Joseph Carson, Advisory CISO, ThycoticCentrify Many organizations are coming to the harsh realization that it’s only a matter of when, not if, they will fall victim to a cyberattack. […]
New Report Reveals Traditional Anti-Malware Solutions Miss 74% of Threats
By Corey Nachreiner, Chief Security Officer, WatchGuard Technologies The threat landscape is an erratic and ever-evolving beast. While it knows no master, its behavior is broadly directed by the host […]
How Trustworthy is Your Cyber Defense?
Make your cybersecurity spending pay off with added defense tactics and provider accreditation By Tom Brennan, Chairman, CREST USA Cyber criminals are branching out from the big guys, the Facebook-type […]
Looking Back at Executive Order on Cybersecurity and What it Means for Your Business
By James Gorman, CISO of AuthX On May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order focused on improving the nation’s cybersecurity. This executive order strives to accomplish several important objectives for the United States’ approach to safeguarding its data and […]
ChaosDB, a Critical Cosmos DB flaw affected thousands of Microsoft Azure Customers
Microsoft has fixed a critical flaw in Cosmos DB that allowed any Azure user to remotely take over other users’ databases without any authorization. Researchers from Cloud security company Wiz […]
The FBI issued a flash alert for Hive ransomware operations
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a flash alert related to the operations of the Hive ransomware gang. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a flaw alert […]
FIN8 group used a previously undetected Sardonic backdoor in a recent attack
Financially motivated threat actor FIN8 employed a previously undocumented backdoor, tracked as ‘Sardonic,’ in recent attacks. The financially motivated threat actor FIN8 has been observed employing a previously undetected backdoor, […]
Gold Optis: Most Innovative and Socially Conscious Technologies at Black Hat
By Olivia Gallucci, Cybersecurity Reporter, Cyber Defense Magazine I interviewed approximately sixty industry leaders from over forty companies who attended Black Hat. Although this article series—The Optis—can be read as […]
Looking Back at Executive Order on Cybersecurity and What it Means for Your Business
By James Gorman, CISO of AuthX On May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order focused on improving the nation’s cybersecurity. This executive order strives to accomplish several important objectives for the United States’ approach to safeguarding its data and systems. […]
T-Mobile data breach could be worse than initially thought, 54 million customers impacted
T-Mobile data breach could be worse than initially thought, an update to the investigation reveals that over 54 million individuals were impacted. T-Mobile data breach could be worse than initially […]
Embed Security into Your Modernized Applications
By Gadi Naor, CTO and Co-Founder of Alcide Companies may be feeling pressure to modernize their legacy, monolithic applications for many reasons: some may wish to operate on a larger […]
Chinese Government Will Begin to Stockpile Zero-Days in September
By Randy Reiter CEO of Don’t Be Breached July 2021 has Been A Busy Month in Cyber Security The Associated Press published on Tuesday, July 13, 2021 that on September […]
Four Ways Smart Cities Can Stay Safe in An Interconnected World
Mitigating the risks of cyber threats through cyber intelligence and frontier technologies By Ritesh Kumar, Chairman & CEO, CYFIRMA Smart cities bring about an abundance of benefits for a nation […]
Evaluating Security Practices in Response to Colonial Pipeline And South Korean KAERI Attacks
Zero Trust and Enforcing the Principle of Least Privilege Have Become Crucially Important. By Garret Grajek, CEO, YouAttest In recent news, we have seen several high-profile attacks on major institutions […]
Understanding The Importance of Designing for Security
By Camille Morhardt, Director of Security Initiatives and Communications at Intel, and Tom Garrison, VP and GM of Client Security Strategy and Initiatives at Intel Robust security is a necessary […]
New analysis of Diavol ransomware reinforces the link to TrickBot gang
Researchers conducted a new analysis of the Diavol ransomware and found new evidence of the link with the gang behind the TrickBot botnet. In July, researchers from Fortinet reported that […]
Bronze Optis: Innovative Technologies at Black Hat
By Olivia Gallucci, Cybersecurity Reporter, Cyber Defense Magazine I interviewed approximately sixty industry leaders from over forty companies who attended Black Hat. Although this article series—The Optis—can be read as […]
Identity Matching: What You Need to Know About It
When asked how they can improve a bank’s security from financial crime, many bankers are at a loss for words. Granted, the question is a broad one and difficult to […]
What is the Main Goal of Penetration Testing?
By Glenn Mabry, Senior Instructor / Tech Researcher for Legends of Tech Digital security is one of the top priorities for today’s business world. The internet has enabled businesses to […]
Vice Society ransomware also exploits PrintNightmare flaws in its attack
Another ransomware gang, the Vice Society ransomware operators, is using Windows print spooler PrintNightmare exploits in its attacks. The Vice Society ransomware operators are actively exploiting Windows print spooler PrintNightmare […]
UNC215, an alleged China-linked APT group targets Israel orgs
China-linked threat actors UNC215 targeted Israeli organizations in a long-running campaign and used false flags to trick victims into believing the attacks was from Iran. A China-linked cyber-espionage group has […]
Australian Cyber Security Centre warns of a surge of LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of a surge of LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks against Australian organizations starting July 2021. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of an escalation in LockBit 2.0 ransomware […]
Maturity-Based Approach vs. Risk-Based Approach: What’s the Right Answer?
By eSentire The influx of cyber attacks within the past few years have painted a dire image for the C-suite and the boardroom. As cyber risks grow in number and […]
The Future of Cybersecurity? Just One Word: Automation
By Dr. Peter Stephenson If you are not better informed, smarter, better equipped, and faster than the adversary, you can count on your system being compromised at some point. When […]
Is The Cloud Leaving You Exposed?
Exploring the public cloud and addressing its unanticipated security challenges By Chuck Slate, Lead Architect, Attivo Networks, Inc. On a traditional network, user accounts are the main identity type and, […]
Reshaping the future of transportation with the ITS World Congress
The pandemic, lockdowns and economic fallout threw into stark relief the inadequacies of systems and processes worldwide. As more and more organizations look to digital tech to transform their operations, […]
Threat actors leaked data stolen from EA, including FIFA code
Threat actors that hacked Electronic Arts in June have leaked full data dump stolen from the company after the failure of the negotiation with the victim. In June, hackers have […]