Attackers stick with effective intrusion points, valid credentials and exploits
IBM X-Force observed an identical breakdown of the top methods cybercriminals used to intrude networks for two years running, the company said in its annual…
Category: Cyberscoop
Rebuilding Maritime Cybersecurity Resilience: Charting an America First Course to Secure the U.S. Homeland
U.S. ports are vital to the flow of imports and exports; however, the entire maritime transportation system’s cybersecurity is exceedingly vulnerable. The August 2024 ransomware…
Judge limits evidence about NSO Group customers, victims in damages trial
A federal judge last week placed strict limits on the kind of evidence NSO Group can raise during a trial on damages in the lawsuit…
Multiple top CISA officials behind ‘Secure by Design’ resign
Two top officials at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who worked with the private sector to manufacture secure products and technology are leaving the…
House investigation into DeepSeek teases out funding, security realities around Chinese AI tool
A House panel has concluded that the U.S. government should double down on export controls and other tools to slow down the progress of Chinese…
Chris Krebs resigns from SentinelOne to focus on fighting Trump’s executive order
Chris Krebs has resigned from SentinelOne, saying he needs to devote himself fully to fighting the executive order President Donald Trump signed to target his…
35 countries use Chinese networks for transporting mobile user traffic, posing cyber risks
U.S. allies are among the 35 countries where mobile providers employ China-based networks for transporting user traffic, opening travelers and residents in those nations to…
CISA reverses course, extends MITRE CVE contract
In a last-minute switch, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said it will continue funding a contract for MITRE to manage the CVE program and…
Exclusive: Peters, Rounds tee up bill to renew expiring cyber threat information sharing law
A bipartisan pair of senators are kicking off the race Wednesday to reauthorize a 2015 cyber threat information sharing law, a move that industry groups…
Chinese law enforcement places NSA operatives on wanted list over alleged cyberattacks
China stepped up its allegations of U.S. cyberattacks Tuesday, with local law enforcement saying they were investigating three National Security Agency operatives they had placed…
Chinese espionage group leans on open-source tools to mask intrusions
A Chinese state-sponsored hacking group has been observed using recently released open-source offensive security tools and other tactics in an effort to blend in with…
Is Ivanti the problem or a symptom of a systemic issue with network devices?
Network edge devices — hardware that powers firewalls, VPNs and network routers — have quickly moved up the list of attackers’ preferred intrusion points into…