The White House announced on Wednesday that the Biden-Harris administration is issuing an executive order to boost the cybersecurity of US ports, highlighting the risks posed by the use of cranes made by China. Ports, vessels, shipping companies, and other entities in the maritime sector are regularly impacted by cyber incidents, as shown by the […]
Google has announced a new initiative aimed at fostering the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in cybersecurity. The internet giant believes that AI is pivotal for digital security, having the potential to provide defenders with a definitive advantage over attackers and to upend the Defender’s Dilemma. “AI allows security professionals and defenders to scale their […]
Cybersecurity spending is predicted to be cut by 41% of SMEs over the coming year amid the challenging economic environment, according to new research by JumpCloud. Nearly three-quarters (72%) of IT admins surveyed in the US, UK and India agreed that any cuts to their security budgets will increase organizational risk. SMEs in India were […]
Apple macOS users are the target of a new Rust-based backdoor that has been operating under the radar since November 2023. The backdoor, codenamed RustDoor by Bitdefender, has been found to impersonate an update for Microsoft Visual Studio and target both Intel and Arm architectures. The exact initial access pathway used to propagate the implant […]
It is not quite accurate to say that the cyber-attack against the British Library took place on 28 October 2023. Most probably, Rhysida, the hacker gang that orchestrated the attack and is thought to be Russian, had already been creeping undetected through the digital territories of the British Library for months, Enrico Mariconti, a lecturer […]
Employment agencies and retail companies chiefly located in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region have been targeted by a previously undocumented threat actor known as ResumeLooters since early 2023 with the goal of stealing sensitive data. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB said the hacking crew’s activities are geared towards job search platforms and the theft of resumes, with as many […]
VMware partners continue searching for alternatives post-Broadcom acquisition, and plenty of vendors are jumping in to fill the void. It’s a big difference from the picture VMware painted a year ago. Back then the company said it was doubling-down into managed services, recognizing that it’s partners were moving into new revenue streams as the marketplace […]
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed an updated version of the malware HeadCrab that’s known to target Redis database servers across the world since early September 2021. The development, which comes exactly a year after the malware was first publicly disclosed by Aqua, is a sign that the financially-motivated threat actor behind the campaign is actively adapting […]
Two major water companies, Veolia North America in the United States and Southern Water in the United Kingdom, have been targeted in ransomware attacks that resulted in data breaches. Veolia describes itself as the world’s largest private player in the water sector, providing water and wastewater services to tens of millions of people. In a […]
The supermassive leak contains data from numerous previous breaches, comprising an astounding 12 terabytes of information, spanning over a mind-boggling 26 billion records. The leak, which contains LinkedIn, Twitter, Weibo, Tencent, and other platforms’ user data, is almost certainly the largest ever discovered. There are data leaks, and then there’s this. A supermassive Mother of […]