How Adversarial Exposure Validation is changing the way we approach vulnerability management Partner content Two decades ago, CVSS revolutionized vulnerability management, enabling security teams to speak a common language when measuring and prioritizing risks posed by the vulnerability to the affected asset. However, today, the same tool that once …
Nightwing claims insider intel helped secure lucrative CISA work but US says decision is unrelated The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) scrapped a highly lucrative cybersecurity contract originally awarded to Leidos following a legal challenge from rival bidder Nightwing, yet insists the pushback had nothing to do with it …
Vendor says vulns are linked with 2 mystery open source libraries integrated into EPMM product Australia's intelligence agency is warning organizations about several new Ivanti zero-days chained for remote code execution (RCE) attacks. The vendor itself has said the vulns are linked to two mystery open source libraries which …
'Legitimate interest' won't wash, says privacy outfit, as Zuck's org claims activists want to 'delay AI innovation' There's a Max Schrems-shaped object standing in the way of Meta's plans to train its AI on the data of its European users, and he's come armed with several justifications for why …
Admits due diligence fell short - furious users cry ‘gaslighting’ Customers are blasting VPN Secure's new parent company after it abruptly axed thousands of "lifetime" accounts. The reason? The CEO admits in an interview with The Register that his team didn't dig deep enough before acquiring the virtual private network …
No rush, according to Gartner chap who says: 'Nobody has ever out-patched threat actors at scale' Patch Tuesday has rolled around again, but if you don't rush to implement the feast of fixes it delivered, your security won't be any worse off in the short term – and may improve …
Crickets as senior security folk asked about risks at NCSC conference CYBERUK Peter Garraghan – CEO of Mindgard and professor of distributed systems at Lancaster University – asked the CYBERUK audience for a show of hands: how many had banned generative AI in their organizations? Three hands went up.... [...]
Defenses are weaker, and victims are more likely to pay, SANS warns Criminals who attempt to damage critical infrastructure are increasingly targeting the systems that sit between IT and operational tech.... [...]
Plus: All the fun and frolic of fixes from Adobe, SAP, Ivanti Patch Tuesday It's that time of the month again, and Microsoft has made it extra spicy by revealing five flaws it says are under active exploitation – but rates as important rather than critical fixes.... [...]
ETH Zurich boffins exploit branch prediction race condition to steal info from memory, fixes have mild perf hit Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have found a way around Intel's defenses against Spectre, a family of data-leaking flaws in the x86 giant's processor designs that simply won't die.... [...]
Air Force Dumb The Trump administration is set to accept a $400 million luxury 747-8 from the royal family of Qatar – a lavish "palace in the sky" meant as a temporary Air Force One. But getting it up to presidential security standards could take years and cost hundreds of …
Pay-to-play security on CVSS 10 issue is now fixed An update that fixed a critical flaw in data protection biz Commvault's Command Center was initially not available to a significant user subset – those testing out a free trial version of the product. That is, until a security researcher pointed …
Both agencies seem unbothered despite tech world's clear concerns for US infoseccers CYBERUK The top brass from the UK's cyber agency say everything is business as usual when it comes to the GCHQ arm's relationship with CISA, amid growing unease about the current administration's treatment of its US equivalent …
Market cap down by more than £1B since April 22 Marks & Spencer has confirmed that customer data was stolen as part of its cyberattack, fueling conjecture that ransomware was involved.... [...]
EUVD comes into play not a moment too soon The European Vulnerability Database (EUVD) is now fully operational, offering a streamlined platform to monitor critical and actively exploited security flaws amid the US struggles with budget cuts, delayed disclosures, and confusion around the future of its own tracking systems …
'MarbledDust' gang has honed the skills it uses to assist Ankara Turkish spies exploited a zero-day bug in a messaging app to collect info on the Kurdish army in Iraq, according to Microsoft, which says the attacks began more than a year ago.... [...]
Support for the underlying OS is another story Microsoft has pledged to support and issue security fixes for M365 apps on Windows 10 into late 2028. That's well past a cut-off point of October 14 this year, when Redmond's support for Windows 10 officially ends unless you buy an …
Cripes, we were only joking when we called Elon's social network the new state media The US government's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced Monday that going forward, only urgent alerts tied to emerging threats or major cyber activity will appear on its website. Routine updates, guidance, and …
Today’s complex IT environments demand a new approach Partner content For many organizations, managing IT assets is like trying to complete a jigsaw puzzle without all the pieces. Despite massive investments in security tools and controls, many companies still have critical gaps in their ecosystems that leave them …
Intruders claim they stole GlobalX's flight records and manifests GlobalX, a charter airline used for deportations by the US government, has admitted someone broke into its network infrastructure.... [...]
Providers argue that if end users prioritized security, they'd get it CYBERUK Intervention is required to ensure the security market holds vendors to account for shipping insecure wares – imposing costs on those whose failures lead to cyberattacks and having to draft in cleanup crews. The security market must properly …
We need to make taking IT systems 'off the books' a problem for corporate types Opinion It's been a devastating few weeks for UK retail giants. Marks and Spencer, the Co-Op, and now uber-posh Harrods have had massive disruptions due to ransomware attacks taking systems down for prolonged periods …
PLUS: Celsius scammer sent to slammer; Death-by-hacking victim warns you're never safe; and more Infosec in brief Good cybersecurity habits don't appear to qualify anyone to work at DOGE, as one Musk minion seemingly fell victim to infostealer malware.... [...]
Rapid7 threat hunter wrote a PoC. No, he's not releasing it RSAC If Rapid7's Christiaan Beek decided to change careers and become a ransomware criminal, he knows exactly how he'd innovate: CPU ransomware.... [...]
The FBI also issued a list of end-of-life routers you need to replace Earlier this week, the FBI urged folks to bin aging routers vulnerable to hijacking, citing ongoing attacks linked to TheMoon malware. In a related move, the US Department of Justice unsealed indictments against four foreign nationals …