Most orgs only discover their security controls failed after a breach. With OnDefend's continuous validation, you can test, measure, and prove your defenses work—before attackers exploit blind spots. [...]
A new version of the Triada trojan has been discovered preinstalled on thousands of new Android devices, allowing threat actors to steal data as soon as they are set up. [...]
Cisco warns admins to patch a critical Cisco Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU) vulnerability, which exposes a built-in backdoor admin account now used in attacks. [...]
Organizational, technological resilience combined defeat the disease that is cybercrime When IT disasters strike, it can become a matter of life and death for healthcare organizations – and criminals know it.... [...]
Organizational, technological resilience combined defeat the disease that is cybercrime When IT disasters strike, it can become a matter of life and death for healthcare organizations – and criminals know it.... [...]
John Kelsey and I wrote a short paper for the Rossfest Festschrift : “ Rational Astrologies and Security “: There is another non-security way that designers can spend their security budget: on making their own lives easier. Many of these fall into the category of what has been called rational astrology. First …
Victims expect to spend considerable time and money over privacy incident, lawyers argue Specialist class action lawyers have launched proceedings against Oracle in Texas over two alleged data breaches.... [...]
Tip-lipped for 30 years before becoming an 'unrivaled advocate' for the site Obit Betty Webb MBE, one of the team who worked at the code-breaking Bletchley Park facility in England during the Second World War, has died at the age of 101.... [...]
Cupertino already squashed 'em in more recent releases - which this week get a fresh round of fixes Apple has delivered a big batch of OS updates, some of which belatedly patch older versions of its operating systems to address exploited-in-the-wild flaws the iGiant earlier fixed in more recent releases …
With help from UK operatives, because it’s getting tougher to run the scam in the USA North Korea’s scamming, thieving, and AI-abusing fake IT workers are increasingly targeting European employers.... [...]
But his emails! Sharing them with Google! Senior members of the US National Security Council, including the White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have been accused of using their personal Gmail accounts to exchange sensitive information.... [...]
North Korea's IT workers have expanded operations beyond the United States and are now increasingly targeting organizations across Europe. [...]
A RAR file, a fake summons, and a Nietzsche quote—all part of a multi-stage malware chain delivering DCRat & Rhadamanthys. Acronis TRU breaks down how attackers use VBS, batch, and PowerShell scripts to slip past defenses. [...]
Copilot told us that half a century is 25 years. It feels much longer Microsoft will officially hit the half-century mark on Friday as the Windows giant turns 50 years old. What do you consider the highs and lows of the company's journey to dominance?... [...]
Google has started rolling out a new end-to-end encryption (E2EE) model for Gmail enterprise users, making it easier to send encrypted emails to any recipient. [...]
A significant spike in scanning activity targeting Palo Alto Network GlobalProtect login portals has been observed, with researchers concerned it may be a prelude to an upcoming attack or flaw being exploited. [...]
Apple has released security updates that backport fixes for actively exploited vulnerabilities that were exploited as zero-days to older versions of its operating systems. [...]
The UK government must be thrilled Google will soon offer end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) email for all users, even those who do not use Google Workspace, and says it'll do so without imposing any undue stress on IT admins.... [...]
Attackers are now targeting a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the CrushFTP file transfer software using exploits based on publicly available proof-of-concept code. [...]
Tech secretary reveals landmark legislation's full details for first time The UK's technology secretary revealed the full breadth of the government's Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR) Bill for the first time this morning, pledging £100,000 ($129,000) daily fines for failing to act against specific threats under consideration …
I have heard stories of more aggressive interrogation of electronic devices at US border crossings. I know a lot about securing computers, but very little about securing phones. Are there easy ways to delete data—files, photos, etc.—on phones so it can’t be recovered? Does resetting a …
Not exactly Snowden levels of skill A student at Britain's top eavesdropping government agency has pleaded guilty to taking sensitive information home on the first day of his trial.... [...]
Resurge an apt name for malware targeting hardware maker that has security bug after security bug Owners of Ivanti’s Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateway products have a new strain of malware to fend off, according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, aka CISA.... [...]
Indiana Uni rm -rf online profiles while agents haul boxes of evidence A tenured computer security professor at Indiana University and his university-employed wife have not been seen publicly since federal agents raided their homes late last week.... [...]
1990s incident response in 2025 Two Oracle data security breaches have been reported in the past week, and the database goliath not only remains reluctant to acknowledge the disasters publicly – it may be scrubbing the web of evidence, too.... [...]
Microsoft used its AI-powered Security Copilot to discover 20 previously unknown vulnerabilities in the GRUB2, U-Boot, and Barebox open-source bootloaders. [...]
A phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform named 'Lucid' has been targeting 169 entities in 88 countries using well-crafted messages sent on iMessage (iOS) and RCS (Android). [...]
Hackers are utilizing the WordPress mu-plugins ("Must-Use Plugins") directory to stealthily run malicious code on every page while evading detection. [...]
Explanation leaves a 'lot of questions unanswered,' says infosec researcher A digital burglar is claiming to have nabbed a trove of "highly sensitive" data from Check Point - something the American-Israeli security biz claims is a huge exaggeration.... [...]
Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for March 2025. Today, Archana Ramamoorthy, senior director of product management, Google Cloud, explains our approach to digital sovereignty and we believe strongly in meeting this vital customer need. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted …
The notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group has reportedly adopted 'ClickFix' tactics to deploy malware targeting job seekers in the cryptocurrency industry, particularly centralized finance (CeFi). [...]
US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who started the now-infamous group chat coordinating a US attack against the Yemen-based Houthis on March 15, is seemingly now suggesting that the secure messaging service Signal has security vulnerabilities. "I didn’t see this loser in the group," Waltz told Fox News …
Think AWS has security covered? Think again. Discover real-world examples of what it doesn’t secure and how to protect your environment Advertorial AWS customers might assume that security is taken care of for them - however, this is a dangerous misconception.... [...]
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PLUS: Indonesia crimps social media, allows iPhones; India claims rocket boost; In-flight GenAI for Japan Airlines Asia In Brief China last week commenced a crackdown on inappropriate collection and subsequent use of personal information.... [...]
PLUS: OpenAI bumps bug bounties bigtime; INTERPOL arrests 300 alleged cyber-scammers; And more! Infosec in brief Oracle Health appears to have fallen victim to an info stealing attack that has led to patient data stored by American hospitals being plundered.... [...]
A newly discovered Android malware dubbed Crocodilus tricks users into providing the seed phrase for the cryptocurrency wallet using a warning to back up the key to avoid losing access. [...]
Miscreants warming to Delphi, Haskell, and the like to evade detection Malware authors looking to evade analysis are turning to less popular programming languages like Delphi or Haskell.... [...]
Join a loyalty scheme and you often get a reward or discount on your special day – but it may have strings attached Celebrating your birthday isn’t just about getting presents and cards from family and friends. Signing up to loyalty schemes and newsletters can give you access to …
In another rare squid/cybersecurity intersection, APT37 is also known as “ Squid Werewolf.” As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. [...]
AWS has been a proud participant in FedRAMP since 2013. As FedRAMP continues to modernize federal cloud security assessments, we are excited to support this transformation toward a more automated and efficient compliance framework. Today, we’re emphasizing our support for both APN partners and government customers through this …
Oracle isn’t commenting on recent reports that it has experienced two separate data breaches that have exposed sensitive personal information belonging to thousands of its customers. The most recent data breach report, published Friday by Bleeping Computer, said that Oracle Health—a health care software-as-a-service business the company …
Sam's Club, an American warehouse supermarket chain owned by U.S. retail giant Walmart, is investigating claims of a Clop ransomware breach. [...]
Artificial intelligence company OpenAI has announced a fivefold increase in the maximum bug bounty rewards for "exceptional and differentiated" critical security vulnerabilities from $20,000 to $100,000. [...]
A newly discovered phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation that researchers call Morphing Meerkat, has been using the DNS over HTTPS (DoH) protocol to evade detection. [...]
Three security bypasses have been discovered in Ubuntu Linux's unprivileged user namespace restrictions, which could be enable a local attacker to exploit vulnerabilities in kernel components. [...]
A breach at Oracle Health impacts multiple US healthcare organizations and hospitals after a threat actor stole patient data from legacy servers. [...]
Department director admits Welsh capital's council still trying to get heads around threat of dark web leaks Cardiff City Council's director of children's services says data was leaked or stolen from the organization, although she did not clarify how or what was pilfered.... [...]
This is a truly fascinating paper: “ Trusted Machine Learning Models Unlock Private Inference for Problems Currently Infeasible with Cryptography.” The basic idea is that AIs can act as trusted third parties: Abstract: We often interact with untrusted parties. Prioritization of privacy can limit the effectiveness of these interactions, as …
In the growing canon of AI security, the indirect prompt injection has emerged as the most powerful means for attackers to hack large language models such as OpenAI’s GPT-3 and GPT-4 or Microsoft’s Copilot. By exploiting a model's inability to distinguish between, on the one hand, developer-defined …