Considering Collateral Intrusion in Digital Forensics
Achieving A Balance Between Public Protection and Public Privacy By Alan McConnell, Forensic Advisor, Cyan The importance of digital evidence contained on the personal devices of suspects, victims, and witnesses…
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…
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…
Silver Optis: 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…
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…
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…
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…
The Silver Bullet for Ransomware’s Golden Goose
Ransomware is a hugely profitable business. The only way to end it is to stop criminals from making money off your data. By Elliot Lewis, Co-founder, and CEO of Keyavi Data Corp….
LockBit 2.0, the first ransomware that uses group policies to encrypt Windows domains
A new variant of the LockBit 2.0 ransomware is now able to encrypt Windows domains by using Active Directory group policies. Researchers from MalwareHunterTeam and BleepingComputer, along with the malware expert Vitali Kremez…
XCSSET MacOS malware targets Telegram, Google Chrome data and more
XCSSET macOS malware continues to evolve, now it is able to steal login information from multiple apps, including Telegram and Google Chrome. Security researchers from Trend Micro continues to monitor…
Takeaways from The Oldsmar Water Attack & What Security Leaders Can Do About It
With Real Examples & Screenshots of Cyber Attacks on Water & Wastewater Facilities By Michael Yehoshua, VP of Global Marketing, SCADAfence Over the last few months, cybersecurity journalists and the…
WildPressure APT expands operations targeting the macOS platform
Researchers from Kaspersky have spotted a new malware used by the WildPressure APT group to targets both Windows and macOS systems. The WildPressure was spotted for the first time in August 2019…
The Mobile Attack Pyramid
Identifying Attack Surfaces is Key to Protecting Mobile Applications By David Stewart, CEO, Approov, Inc. A regular pyramid has 5 surfaces, 4 sloping ones and another as its base. In…
REvil ransomware gang demands $70M for universal decryptor for Kaseya victims
REvil ransomware is demanding $70 million for decrypting all systems locked during the Kaseya supply-chain ransomware attack. REvil ransomware is asking $70 million worth of Bitcoin for decrypting all systems…
New LinkedIn breach exposes data of 700 Million users
A new massive LinkedIn breach made the headlines, the leak reportedly exposes the data of 700M users, more than 92% of the total 756M users. A new massive LinkedIn breach…
Cybersecurity in Healthcare: Benefits, Examples, and Usage Tips Healthcare cybersecurity framework
By Kate Orekhova, Cleveroad company Health organizations deal with a large amount of sensitive personal information. That’s why they face challenges complying with tightening regulations, and they’re constantly combating increased…
All the User Experience, None of The Security?
EU telcos gather a lot of highly sensitive customer information. New research suggests it’s not as well protected as you might think. By Deepika Gajaria, Vice President of Product, Tala…
Overcoming Security as a Barrier to Cloud Adoption
By Ron Newman, SVP at NTT Ltd. Security Division The last year has forced organizations into change, both planned and unplanned. Companies have had to pivot, rethink their business strategies…
Why We Care About Cybersecurity Hygiene
By James Opiyo, Senior Consultant Security Strategy, Kinetic By Windstream Maintaining good cybersecurity hygiene habits is just as important as maintaining good personal hygiene habits. We must maintain high cybersecurity…
Why XDR is Not Enough
By Guy Rosefelt, Security CMO, Sangfor Technologies What is XDR? One of the latest trends in cybersecurity is Extended Detection and Response, more commonly known as XDR. Although originally defined…
Avaddon ransomware gang shuts down their operations and releases decryption keys
The Avaddon ransomware gang has shut down its operations and released the decryption keys to allow victims to recover their files for free. Good news for the victims of the…
A Digital Journey: A Long and Winding Road
How did we build the internet and not secure it? By David Jemmett, CEO and Founder, Cerberus Sentinel Many people are under the impression that the internet is essentially safe…
Rethinking Remote Monitoring and Management: How MSPs Can Put Security First and Better Protect Their Clients
By Ryan Heidorn, Managing Partner, Steel Root For most Managed Service Providers (MSPs), using a remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform to centrally manage their clients’ networks is a foregone…
Siloscape, first known malware that drops a backdoor into Kubernetes clusters
Siloscape is a new strain of malware that targets Windows Server containers to execute code on the underlying node and spread in the Kubernetes cluster. Researchers from Palo Alto Networks…
DoJ: Investigations into ransomware attacks must have similar priority as terrorism
The U.S. Department of Justice was to assign investigation on ransomware attacks the same priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack. The U.S. Department of Justice…
A dozen Android apps exposed data of 100M+ users
Check Point researchers found 23 Android apps that exposed the personal data of more than 100 million users. Security researchers from Check Point have discovered 23 Android applications that exposed…
Housekeeping Pitfalls of Vulnerability Management
By Srinivas Mukkamala, Co-Founder and CEO, RiskSense Vulnerability management doesn’t always get the attention it needs until it’s too late. Vulnerability management is siloed and is slow to adapt to…
When it comes to your zero trust strategy, a modern approach to IGA is key
By Rod Simmons, vice president of product strategy, Omada The traditional perimeter approach to security was being dramatically altered long before COVID-19. However, the massive shift to a largely remote…
The Case for Open XDR
The current model for cybersecurity is broken. It consists of acquiring and deploying a lot of stand-alone tools, each with its own console, to analyze logs or traffic and detect…
A new Linux Botnet abuses IaC Tools to spread and other emerging techniques
A new Linux botnet uses Tor through a network of proxies using the Socks5 protocol, abuses legitimate DevOps tools, and other emerging techniques. Researchers from Trend Micro have spotted a new Linux botnet…