DarkSide Ransomware Variant Targets Disk Partitions
A newly discovered DarkSide ransomware variant can detect and compromise partitioned hard drives, researchers report.Researchers have discovered a DarkSide variant capable of seeking out partition information and compromising multiple...
Security Trends to Follow at RSA Conference 2021
Here are three key categories of sessions that provide an inside look at some of today's most interesting cybersecurity trends.RSA Conference 2021, appropriately themed "Resilience" in this post-pandemic year,...
Wi-Fi Design, Implementation Flaws Allow a Range of Frag Attacks
Every Wi-Fi product is affected by at least one fragmentation and aggregation vulnerability, which could lead to a machine-in-the-middle attack, researcher says.The ubiquitous Wi-Fi standard has at least three...
SOC Teams Burdened by Alert Fatigue Explore XDR
ESG research finds a complex attack surface and threat landscape make alerts too overwhelming to monitor accuratelyCybersecurity analytics and operations is more difficult today than it was 2 years...
Cisco Confirms Plans to Acquire Kenna Security
Cisco plans to integrate Kenna's vulnerability management technology into its SecureX platform.Cisco today confirmed plans to acquire Kenna Security, provider of vulnerability management technology, with plans to integrate its...
Rapid7 Source Code Accessed in Supply Chain Attack
An investigation of the Codecov attack revealed intruders accessed Rapid7 source code repositories containing internal credentials and alert-related data.Security firm Rapid7 has confirmed attackers have accessed a subset of...
When AI Becomes the Hacker
Bruce Schneier explores the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) systems gone rogue in society.
Source: Bruce Schneier
For the past couple of years, renowned technologist and researcher Bruce Schneier has...
85% of Data Breaches Involve Human Interaction: Verizon DBIR
Ransomware, phishing, and Web application attacks all increased during a year in which the majority of attacks involved a human element.Web application attacks, phishing, and ransomware increased over the...
Vulnerable Protocols Leave Firms Open to Further Compromises
Companies may no longer have Internet-facing file servers or weakly secured Web servers, but attackers that get by the perimeter have a wide-open landscape of vulnerability.Nearly nine out of...
Putting The Spotlight on DarkSide
Incident responders share insight on the DarkSide ransomware group connected to the recent Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack.Details continue to emerge about the ransomware attack that hit Colonial Pipeline late...
