Wherever There’s Ransomware, There’s Service Account Compromise. Are You Protected?
Until just a couple of years ago, only a handful of IAM pros knew what service accounts are. In the last years, these silent Non-Human-Identities (NHI) accounts have become...
FTC: Social media and video streaming companies violate user privacy on ‘vast’ scale
A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report released Thursday asserts that large social media and video streaming companies are essentially maintaining an all-seeing surveillance apparatus that spies on consumers...
US agencies say Iran offered hacked Trump docs to Democrats but was ignored
Several U.S. federal agencies said Iranian hackers tried to share material stolen from former President Donald Trump’s campaign with President Joe Biden’s campaign but were ignored. On...
Russian cyber firm Dr.Web says services are restored after ‘targeted cyberattack’
Popular Russian antivirus developer Dr.Web said it has resumed operations after suffering a security breach over the weekend. In a statement on Tuesday, the company said that...
Sen. Mark Warner hopes ‘a little bit of name-and-shame’ will make tech execs ‘up...
Some fifty days from the November presidential contest, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) says people still aren’t taking election security seriously enough. Back in the spring, to much...
Company listed on Shanghai stock exchange accused of aiding Chinese cyberattacks
The U.S. has accused a company listed on the Shanghai stock exchange of being directly involved in China’s state-sponsored hacking activities. Integrity Technology Group (Integrity Tech), also...
Instagram to bolster privacy and safety features for millions of teen users
Instagram announced Tuesday that it will make sweeping changes to how it hosts teens using the platform, asserting that the new measures will give youth more privacy and...
Meta blocks RT and other Russian state media; Kremlin says it’s ‘unacceptable’
Meta banned Russian state-owned media accounts — including RT — from its social media platforms late Monday, an action the Kremlin called “unacceptable.” The owner of Facebook,...
5 former Trump officials on what cyber policy would look like if he wins...
When the Heritage Foundation’s nearly 1,000-page Project 2025 report was published earlier this year, cybersecurity experts focused on its radical suggestion to drastically diminish the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...
23andMe pledges $30 million to the 6.4 million people affected by data breach
Genetic testing giant 23andMe will pay $30 million to more than six million people affected by a data breach that occurred in October 2023. The company settled...
