Harrison County Schools Secure Systems After Cyberattack
On Saturday, January 18, the Harrison County Board of Education experienced a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to some of its computer systems. The school…
Month: January 2025
Nearly half of CISOs now report to CEOs, showing their rising influence
The CISO’s rise to the C-suite comes with more engagement with the boardroom, an audience with the CEO, and the power to make strategic decisions…
GUI frontends for GnuPG, the free implementation of the OpenPGP standard
GnuPG is a free and comprehensive implementation of the OpenPGP standard. It enables encryption and signing of data and communications, featuring a key management system…
Deepfakes force a new era in fraud detection, identity verification
The rise in identity fraud over the past two years has significantly impacted all industries, especially finance, banking, fintech, and crypto, according to Regula. With…
New infosec products of the week: January 24, 2025
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Bitsight, DataDome, DigitalOcean, Lookout, and XONA Systems. Lookout Mobile Intelligence…
U.S. CISA adds JQuery flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. CISA adds JQuery flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2025 U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds JQuery…
Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 Day 2: organizers awarded $335,500
Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 Day 2: organizers awarded $335,500 Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2025 Bug hunters earned $129,000 for Tesla charger exploits and over $700,000 total…
North Korean IT workers steal source code to extort employers
The FBI warned today that North Korean IT workers are abusing their access to steal source code and extort U.S. companies that have been tricked…
Chinese PlushDaemon APT Targets S. Korean IPany VPN with Backdoor
Cybersecurity firm ESET uncovers PlushDaemon, a previously unknown APT group targeting South Korea, deploying a SlowStepper backdoor. This article analyses the attack techniques, the capabilities…
New Android Identity Check locks settings outside trusted locations
Google has announced a new Android “Identity Check” security feature that lock sensitive settings behind biometric authentication when outside a trusted location. The new feature…
Memcyco Announces Next-Gen, AI Solution to Combat Fraud and Impersonation Attacks in Real Time
Memcyco’s AI-based solution enables organizations of all sizes to better protect their customers from phishing, impersonation fraud and online scams. New York, NY / January…
UK to investigate Apple and Google’s mobile ecosystems – Security
Britain has launched an investigation into Apple and Google’s smartphone operating systems, app stores and browsers, its second use of recently bulked-up regulatory powers to…