A critical vulnerability in the widely used MOVEit file transfer software has led to one of the most extensive corporate data leaks in recent history, affecting millions of employees across 25 major organizations. The breach, attributed to a zero-day vulnerability known as CVE-2023-34362, has exposed sensitive employee information from global companies in the finance, technology, healthcare, […]
When training and credential provider ISC2s released its latest workforce analysis recently, the report’s continued focus on a gap between the number of “needed” cybersecurity professionals and the estimate of the current workforce touched off a backlash. Following discussions with dozens of unemployed cybersecurity professionals, field CISO Ira Winkler of CYE Security wrote an open […]
WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) – U.S. cybersecurity agency director Jen Easterly said on Monday that her department has not seen evidence of any activity that could directly impact the outcome of the election, despite a surge in disinformation. She added that the 2024 election has faced an “unprecedented amount of disinformation” from foreign adversaries. U.S. […]
US security agencies warn of Russian election disinformation blitz in swing states Russia the ‘most active threat’ as false tales of election fraud pose risk of violence, say ODNI, FBI and cybersecurity agency Russia-linked disinformation operations have falsely claimed officials in battleground states plan to fraudulently sway the outcome of the US presidential election, authorities […]
Google really does take your security seriously and has been proving as much by the swathe of increasingly sophisticated protections against cyber attack it has introduced in recent months. With an estimated 2.5 billion active users, one of the main targets for hackers is your Gmail account. As reports of the latest session cookie stealing, […]
The director of cyber and infrastructure security says U.S. adversaries are targeting the election, with Russian, Chinese and Iranian operators trying to disrupt the vote with disinformation ahead of Election Day. NBC News’ Tom Costello reports. Video Link Source: NBC News
Since the acquisition of VMware by Broadcom in 2023, the company’s new owners have been doing their utmost to alienate a broad swathe of its customers. Or, as the company would have it, “build the world’s leading infrastructure technology company.” In addition to discouraging the next generation of systems developers and architects from using the platform […]
The security researchers at Google’s renowned Threat Analysis Group, alongside threat intelligence specialists from Mandiant, have confirmed a suspected Russian espionage and influence dual-pronged attack has been underway against both Android and Windows users. Here’s what we know so far. What We Know About The UNC5812 Cyber Attack The UNC5812 cyber attack was discovered by […]
The Ukrainian Computer Emergency Response Team has issued a new security warning after discovering a cyber attack campaign carried out by the APT28 threat group, also known as Fancy Bear. This group is thought, with a high degree of confidence, to be affiliated with Russian military intelligence operations. Here’s what we know so far and […]
Comedy fans may well recognize “have you tried turning it off and on again” from the British sitcom The IT Crowd. But what if the National Security Agency told all smartphone users to do it? And, more to the point, if you follow that advice, will you be safe from malware and spyware in 2024 […]