16 Oct

BLOODALCHEMY provides backdoor to southeast Asian nations’ secrets

Security researchers have uncovered a backdoor used in attacks against governments and organizations in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Dubbed “BLOODALCHEMY” by researchers

Author rabih
16 Oct

Regulator, insurers and customers all coming for Progress after MOVEit breach

Infosec in brief The fallout from the exploitation of bugs in Progress Software’s MOVEit file transfer software continues, with the US Securities and Exchange Commission

Author rabih
13 Oct

Thwarted ransomware raid targeting WS_FTP servers demanded just 0.018 BTC

An early ransomware campaign against organizations by exploiting the vulnerability in Progress Software’s WS_FTP Server was this week spotted by security researchers. Sophos X-Ops revealed

Author rabih
13 Oct

530K people’s info feared stolen from cloud PC gaming biz Shadow

Shadow, which hosts Windows PC gaming in the cloud among other services, has confirmed criminals stole a database containing customer data following a social-engineering attack

Author rabih
13 Oct

Bungled ransomware raid targeting WS_FTP servers demanded just 0.018 BTC

The first ransomware campaign against organizations using the vulnerability in Progress Software’s WS_FTP Server was this week spotted by security researchers. Sophos X-Ops revealed on

Author rabih
13 Oct

Calls for Visual Studio security tweak fall on deaf ears despite one-click RCE exploit

Perceived weaknesses in the security of Microsoft’s Visual Studio IDE are being raised once again this week with a fresh single-click exploit. Developed by Zhiniang

Author rabih
13 Oct

Staying on top of security updates – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Video Why keeping software up to date is a crucial security practice that should be followed by everyone from individual users to SMBs and large

Author rabih
13 Oct

Can open source be saved from the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act?

Opinion When I was in Bilbao recently for the Open Source Summit Europe event, the main topic of conversation was the European Union’s (EU) Cyber

Author rabih
13 Oct

Equifax scores £11.1M slap on wrist over 2017 mega breach

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Equifax a smidge over £11 million ($13.6 million) for severe failings that put millions of consumers at

Author rabih
13 Oct

Squid games: 35 security holes still unpatched in proxy after 2 years, now public

35 vulnerabilities in the Squid caching proxy remain unfixed more than two years after being found and disclosed to the open source project’s maintainers, according

Author rabih
12 Oct

User Data from 23andMe Leaked Online – What Users Should Do, and the Rest of Us Too

A hacker claims to have hijacked profile information of “millions” of users from the popular genetic testing site 23andMe.com.   What’s at risk? Some of the

Author rabih
12 Oct

Everest cybercriminals offer corporate insiders cold, hard cash for remote access

The Everest ransomware group is stepping up its efforts to purchase access to corporate networks directly from employees amid what researchers believe to be a

Author rabih
12 Oct

Building cyber resilience with data vaults

Sponsored Feature In August 2023, Danish hosting subsidiaries CloudNordic and AzeroCloud were on the receiving end of one of the most serious ransomware attacks ever

Author rabih
12 Oct

US construction giant unearths concrete evidence of cyberattack

Simpson Manufacturing Company yanked some tech systems offline this week to contain a cyberattack it expects will “continue to cause disruption.” The California-headquartered engineering biz,

Author rabih
12 Oct

HM Government has partnered with SANS to train cyber security experts

Partner Content According to the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 26 percent of medium businesses, 37 percent of large businesses and 25 percent of high-income charities

Author rabih
11 Oct

US Navy sailor admits selling secret military blueprints to China for $15K

A US Navy service member pleaded guilty yesterday to receiving thousands of dollars in bribes from a Chinese spymaster in exchange for passing on American

Author rabih
11 Oct

CISOs’ salary growth slows – with pay gap widening

The gap between the top and bottom-earning CISOs is growing wider, with the highest-paid execs having their salaries increased at three times the rate of

Author rabih
11 Oct

End the Hate: 10 Ways to Stand Up and Help Stomp Out Bullying

Bullying is a pervasive problem in our society, occurring in schools, workplaces, online, and even within families. It can cause immense physical and emotional pain,

Author rabih
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