Category: SecurityWeek

Microsoft addresses Cobalt Strike abuse
20
Nov
2023

Microsoft Hires Sam Altman and OpenAI’s New CEO Vows to Investigate His Firing

Microsoft snapped up Sam Altman and another architect of OpenAI for a new venture after their sudden departures shocked the…

Johnson Controls
20
Nov
2023

Johnson Controls Patches Critical Vulnerability in Industrial Refrigeration Products

Johnson Controls recently announced patches for a critical vulnerability found by an external researcher in some of its industrial refrigeration…

Patch Tuesday: Critical Flaws in Adobe Commerce Software
20
Nov
2023

Yamaha Motor Confirms Data Breach Following Ransomware Attack

The personal information of employees was stolen in a ransomware attack targeting a Philippines subsidiary of Yamaha Motor. The incident,…

Deep Packet Inspection
20
Nov
2023

5 Steps to Assessing Risk Profiles of Third-Party SSE Platforms

Shifting the approach to cybersecurity from multi-vendor security tools sprawl to a converged Secure Services Edge (SSE) model with a…

Patch Tuesday: Critical Flaws in Adobe Commerce Software
20
Nov
2023

Russia’s LitterDrifter USB Worm Spreads Beyond Ukraine

A recently identified USB worm attributed to the Russia-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) group Gamaredon appears to have spread beyond…

GridEx VII security exercise
20
Nov
2023

250 Organizations Take Part in Electrical Grid Security Exercise

More than 250 organizations took part last week in GridEx VII, the seventh edition of the biennial exercise focusing on…

Patch Tuesday: Critical Flaws in Adobe Commerce Software
20
Nov
2023

US Announces $70 Million Cybersecurity Boost for Rural, Municipal Utilities

The US Department of Energy has announced a $70 million funding opportunity for electric cooperative, small investor-owned, and municipal utilities…

Patch Tuesday: Critical Flaws in Adobe Commerce Software
20
Nov
2023

K-12 Schools Improve Protection Against Online Attacks, but Many Are Vulnerable to Ransomware Gangs

Some K-12 public schools are racing to improve protection against the threat of online attacks, but lax cybersecurity means thousands…

OpenAI Security
18
Nov
2023

ChatGPT-Maker OpenAI Fires CEO Sam Altman, the Face of the AI Boom, for Lack of Candor With Company

ChatGPT-maker Open AI said Friday it has pushed out its co-founder and CEO Sam Altman after a review found he…

Patch Tuesday: Critical Flaws in Adobe Commerce Software
17
Nov
2023

FCC Tightens Telco Rules to Combat SIM-Swapping

Moving to clamp down on the growing scourge of SIM-swapping and port-out fraud, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has unveiled…

Patch Tuesday: Critical Flaws in Adobe Commerce Software
17
Nov
2023

2 Environmentalists Who Were Targeted by a Hacking Network Say the Public Is the Real Victim

Two environmentalists told a federal judge Thursday that the public was the real victim of a global computer hacking campaign…

Cybersecurity News tidbits
17
Nov
2023

In Other News: Major Law Firm Hacked, Chinese Bank Pays Ransom, PyPI Security Audit

SecurityWeek is publishing a weekly cybersecurity roundup that provides a concise compilation of noteworthy stories that might have slipped under…