The Week in Ransomware – November 3rd 2023
Over the past couple of months, ransomware attacks have been escalating as new operations launch, old ones return, and existing operations continue to target the…
Month: November 2023
Okta customer support system breach impacted 134 customers
Okta customer support system breach impacted 134 customers Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2023 Threat actors who breached the Okta customer support system also gained access…
Dutch hacker jailed for extortion, selling stolen data on RaidForums
A former Dutch cybersecurity professional was sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of hacking and blackmailing more than a dozen companies…
Lazarus Group uses KandyKorn macOS malware for crypto theft
KandyKorn is a stealthy backdoor designed to extract data, file uploading/downloading, directory listing, process termination, secure deletion, and command execution. A new macOS malware dubbed…
QR Codes are a Security Blindspot
By Mary Blackowiak, Director of Product Management and Development, AT&T Business Whether at the grocery store, eating dinner at a restaurant, locating a gate at…
American Airlines pilot union hit by ransomware attack
Allied Pilots Association (APA), a labor union representing 15,000 American Airlines pilots, disclosed a ransomware attack that hit its systems on Monday. The APA union…
Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative Boosts Cybersecurity Against Advanced Attacks
Microsoft’s new AI-powered Secure Future Initiative aims to assist governments, businesses, and consumers in combatting cybersecurity threats. Microsoft has announced its first-ever Secure Future Initiative…
Google Play adds security audit badges for Android VPN apps
Google Play, Android’s official app store, is now tagging VPN apps with an ‘independent security reviews’ badge if they conducted an independent security audit of…
The Future of Encryption: Navigating Change with Crypto-Agility
“Agility” has been quite a buzzword recently. You will likely find it on most companies’ 5-year plan slide decks. Yet, there is one area where…
Top 5 Kubernetes Vulnerabilities in 2023
Kubernetes is a popular open-source platform for managing containerized workloads and services. It’s a system that simplifies a wide array of deployment, scaling, and operations…
Apache ActiveMQ vulnerability used in ransomware attacks
On the 27 October, the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) announced a very serious vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ that can be used to achieve remote code…
Salesforce Teams Up With All-Star Hackers at H1-4420
“With help from hackers, Salesforce can consistently put its products and systems to the test, as well as boost security throughout the entire software development…