Understanding The Surge in Cyber Extortion
By Jamie Wilson, Founder and Chairman, Cryptoloc Ransomware is on the rise, and it’s not slowing down. Cryptoloc founder and chairman Jamie Wilson explains the perfect storm of conditions that […]
Darkside gang lost control of their servers and funds
The operators of the Darkside ransomware announced that they have lost control of their infrastructure and part of the funds the gang obtained from the victims. Darkside ransomware operators say […]
Experian API exposed credit scores of tens of millions of Americans
Experian API Exposed Credit Scores of Most Americans could have been accessed due to a weakness with a partner website. Experian API exposed credit scores of tens of millions of […]
SecOps as a Service; The Future of Cybersecurity
By Manoj Arora, CEO & Founder, Difenda The cybersecurity industry was a different place when I founded Difenda in 2008. I saw the same issue over and over again—companies misled […]
Patchstack Protects The Web With Community
By Oliver Sild, the co-founder and CEO of Patchstack Web applications today are built with heavy use of open source code – all of which is largely put together by […]
Water After Oldsmar
How to Prevent the Next Attack on Our Water Infrastructure By Josh Cohen, Cyber Director, Economic and Trade Mission at the Embassy of Israel to the U.S. To get a […]
How Zero Trust Networks Can Help Curb IT Burnout
By Stephen Helm, Product Marketing Manager, WatchGuard Technologies Last year was a challenging year for IT teams, and tech workers will continue to feel the mounting burden of maintaining business […]
4 Matchmaking Tips to Find your Perfect SOC 2 Fit
Finding the right Systems and Organizations Controls (SOC 2) auditor for your organization By Patrick Murray, chief product officer, Tugboat Logic Given the heightened scrutiny and due diligence organizations place […]
Bitcoin Soars but Will Security Risks Spark Greater Regulation?
By Marcella Arthur – VP, Global Marketing at Unbound Tech Cryptocurrency is now the third largest payment system in the world, hot on the heels of Visa and Mastercard after […]
Transitioning to Remote Work: The Apps You’ll Need to Ensure A Productive Workforce
By Ikechukwu Nnabeze, SEO Copywriter, Traqq The world is changing at a swift pace. A couple of years ago, remote work was an unheard term in the business world; it […]
Top Tips For Securing Your DevOps Environment
By George J. Newton As of October 2020, experts estimate that roughly 60% of the world’s population is connected to the internet via some kind of device. As a result, […]
German Parliament Bundestag targeted again by Russia-linked hackers
Several members of the German Parliament (Bundestag) and other members of the state parliament were hit by a targeted attack allegedly launched by Russia-linked hackers. German newspaper Der Spiegel revealed […]
CISA is warning of vulnerabilities in GE Power Management Devices
U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns of flaws in GE Power Management Devices that could allow an attacker to conduct multiple malicious activities on vulnerable systems. U.S. Cybersecurity […]
Which is the Threat landscape for the ICS sector in 2020?
The Kaspersky ICS CERT published a report that provided details about the threat landscape for computers in the ICS engineering and integration sector in 2020. Kaspersky ICS CERT published a […]
China-linked APT31 group was behind the attack on Finnish Parliament
China-linked cyber espionage group APT31 is believed to be behind an attack on the Parliament of Finland that took place in 2020. China-linked cyber espionage group APT31 is believed to […]
US DoJ indicted the CEO of Sky Global encrypted chat platform
The CEO of the encrypted communications firm Sky Global has been indicted in the US on charges of facilitating international drug trafficking The head of the Canada-based company Sky Global […]
Protect Your Organisation Against the Threat of Magecart – The Steps Towards Mitigation
By Pedro Fortuna, CTO, Jscrambler Magecart has certainly garnered mainstream media attention over the last couple of years. Perhaps it’s the high profile nature of many of their targets (British […]
UnityMiner targets unpatched QNAP NAS in cryptocurrency mining campaign
Experts warn of ongoing attacks targeting QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices to abuse them in cryptocurrency mining. Researchers at 360Netlab are warning of a cryptocurrency malware campaign targeting unpatched network-attached storage […]
REvil Ransomware gang uses DDoS attacks and voice calls to make pressure on the victims
The REvil ransomware operators are using DDoS attacks and voice calls to journalists and victim’s business partners to force victims to pay the ransom. The REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware operators announced that […]
Call the Doctor! mHealth Apps are Exposing Medical Records
By George McGregor, VP of Marketing, Approov A new report by Knight Ink, sponsored by Mobile API Security firm Approov describes how thirty leading mHealth applications were tested and everyone […]
Cyber Defense Magazine nominated Cobwebs Technologies for Its 2021 InfoSec Awards for threat intelligence
By Udi Levy, CEO & Co-Founder at Cobwebs Technologies With a growing number of malicious cyber activities, threat intelligence has become an integral part of many organizations. Most threat intelligence […]
Does Sunburst Have Your Confidential Emails and Database Data?
By Randy Reiter CEO of Don’t Be Breached So far three malware strains have been identified in the SolarWinds supply chain attack. They are the SUNBURST, SUPERNOVA, and TEARDROP malware […]
Vulnerability Patching: Why Does It Fall Short So Often?
Weak threat insight, SecOps competing priorities, and fear of making things worse are key reasons By Chris Goettl, Director of Security Product Management, Ivanti It isn’t glamorous. It won’t guarantee […]
Data Risk, Intelligence and Insider Threats
When it comes to securing networks in today’s business environment, the single biggest challenge firms must contend with is that of the insider threat. While the term is typically associated […]
Hackers attempted to poison the water supply of a US city
Pinellas Sheriff revealed that attackers tried to raise levels of sodium hydroxide, by a factor of more than 100, in the Oldsmar’s water supply. The scenario described by Pinellas Sheriff […]
Cyberattacks On K-12 Education
Carefully allocating limited resources lets districts get the best bang for the buck. By Saryu Nayyar, CEO, Gurucul While we read about a lot of high profile cyberattacks against large […]
More Internal Security Needed, Less Budget – 10 Tips to Help
By Jody Paterson – Founder and Executive Chairman. ERP Maestro As if internal risks of fraud and data breaches were not high enough, enter in a year of new work […]
Operation NightScout: supply chain attack on NoxPlayer Android emulator
Experts uncovered a new supply chain attack leveraging the update process of NoxPlayer, a free Android emulator for PCs and Macs. UPDATE (February 18, 2021): Following the publication of our […]
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)
It is not about compliance, or is it? By Carter Schoenberg, CISSP & CMMC Registered Practitioner Vice President – Cybersecurity SoundWay Consulting, Inc. As of the date of this publication, […]