Security Leaders Struggle to Handle COVID-Related Infosec Challenges
Many security leaders view their efforts to keep pace with COVID-19-related challenges as insufficient, and express great concern for the increased attack surface at many organizations caused by the shift to...
US Census Bureau Failed Breach Response, Watchdog Says
Attackers breached the network of the US Census Bureau in January 2020 through its remote-access servers, but the agency did not initially detect the breach, effectively respond to close...
T-Mobile Reports 5.3M More Affected in Data Breach
T-Mobile today confirmed at least 5.3 million more customers are affected in its most recent data breach, the details of which have been emerging since it confirmed the attack on...
ShadowPad Malware Platform Proves a Threat to Watch
Security researchers who took a deep dive into the ShadowPad malware platform discovered a new controller and several details that shed light on how this modular malware operates and...
Ransomware Attacker Offers Employees a Cut if They Install DemonWare on Their Organization’s Systems
Researchers masqueraded as a rogue employee to engage with a ransomware operator soliciting insiders to plant ransomware on their own organization's servers in exchange for a portion of the...
More Than 47M Affected in T-Mobile Breach
Nearly 48 million current, former, and prospective T-Mobile customers were compromised in a data breach that is still under investigation, the company confirmed late yesterday.
The investigation began last week,...
Confucius Targets Pakistani Military With Pegasus Spyware Lures
Researchers have observed the Confucius threat group conducting a recent spear-phishing campaign in which attackers used lures related to Pegasus spyware to target Pakistani military.
The campaign was detected during...
Security Vendors Sound the Alarm on LockBit Ransomware’s Return
The operators of LockBit, a ransomware-as-a-service outfit that first surfaced in 2019, have re-emerged with a vengeance, touting an improved version of their malware as well as an aggressive new...
One-Third of Organizations Have Been Hit by Ransomware
More than a third of organizations worldwide have experienced a ransomware attack or breach in the last year, according to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC). Those that...
SOC Investment Leads to Improved Incident Response Times
Enterprise organizations are ramping up on incident response (IR) and security operations center (SOC) capabilities amid heightened concerns over data breaches, third-party risk, and loss of intellectual property. As...
