Ransomware Is Not the Problem
Arbitrarily powerful software -- applications, operating systems -- is a problem, as is preventing it from running on enterprise systems. There's an infinite number of studies of ransomware lately,...
CISA Addresses Rise in Ransomware Threatening OT Assets
The agency has released guidance in response to a rise of ransomware attacks affecting OT assets and control systems.The Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)...
Required MFA Is Not Sufficient for Strong Security: Report
Attackers and red teams find multiple ways to bypass poorly deployed MFA in enterprise environments, underscoring how redundancy and good design are still required.Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is among the...
Fastly: global internet outage caused by a software bug
Fastly Inc., the company behind a major global internet outage this week, said on Wednesday the incident was caused by a bug in its software that was triggered when...
Cybercrime: it will get worse before it gets better
Online crime has been increasing by orders of magnitude for years now. Modern automation capabilities increasingly used by threat actors will hinder attempts to reverse the trend soon, says...
Congress pummels Colonial Pipeline CEO over government coordination after disruptive ransomware incident
Written by Tim Starks Jun 9, 2021 |...
DarkSide Pwned Colonial With Old VPN Password
Attackers accessed a VPN account that was no longer in use to freeze the company’s network in a ransomware attack whose repercussions are still vibrating.
It took only one dusty,...
Intel Plugs 29 Holes in CPUs, Bluetooth, Security
The higher-rated advisories focus on privilege-escalation bugs in CPU firmware: Tough to patch, hard to exploit, tempting to a savvy attacker.
Intel has unleashed 29 security advisories to plug up...
Mysterious Custom Malware Collects Billions of Stolen Data Points
A nameless malware resulted in a huge data heist of files, credentials, cookies and more that researchers found collected into a cloud database.
Researchers have uncovered a 1.2-terabyte database of...
How law enforcement can stay a step ahead of hackers
Cybercrime presents a range of challenges for law enforcement officials around the globe. Investigating and responding to these incidents requires technical expertise, the ability to see beyond borders, and...
