The Cure is Cybersecurity Hygiene
Cybersecurity in healthcare has never been more urgent. As the most vulnerable industry and largest target for cybercriminals, healthcare is facing an increasing wave of…
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Microsoft Warns of New INC Ransomware Targeting U.S. Healthcare Sector
Sep 19, 2024Ravie LakshmananHealthcare / Malware Microsoft has revealed that a financially motivated threat actor has been observed using a ransomware strain called INC for…
GitLab Patches Critical SAML Authentication Bypass Flaw in CE and EE Editions
Sep 19, 2024Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / DevOps GitLab has released patches to address a critical flaw impacting Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) that…
New “Raptor Train” IoT Botnet Compromises Over 200,000 Devices Worldwide
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a never-before-seen botnet comprising an army of small office/home office (SOHO) and IoT devices that are likely operated by a Chinese…
Chinese Engineer Charged in U.S. for Years-Long Cyber Espionage Targeting NASA and Military
A Chinese national has been indicted in the U.S. on charges of conducting a “multi-year” spear-phishing campaign to obtain unauthorized access to computer software and…
Why Pay A Pentester?
The evolution of software always catches us by surprise. I remember betting against the IBM computer Deep Blue during its chess match against the grandmaster…
North Korean Hackers Target Energy and Aerospace Industries with New MISTPEN Malware
Sep 18, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware A North Korea-linked cyber-espionage group has been observed leveraging job-themed phishing lures to target prospective victims in energy…
Chrome Introduces One-Time Permissions and Enhanced Safety Check for Safer Browsing
Sep 18, 2024Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Privacy Google has announced that it’s rolling out a new set of features to its Chrome browser that gives…
GSMA Plans End-to-End Encryption for Cross-Platform RCS Messaging
Sep 18, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Encryption The GSM Association, the governing body that oversees the development of the Rich Communications Services (RCS) protocol, on…
Patch Issued for Critical VMware vCenter Flaw Allowing Remote Code Execution
Sep 18, 2024Ravie LakshmananVirtualization / Network Security Broadcom on Tuesday released updates to address a critical security flaw impacting VMware vCenter Server that could pave…
Meta to Train AI Models Using Public U.K. Facebook and Instagram Posts
Sep 17, 2024Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Regulatory Compliance Meta has announced that it will begin training its artificial intelligence (AI) systems using public content shared…
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Executives Linked to Intellexa Predator Spyware Operation
Sep 17, 2024Ravie LakshmananSpyware / Privacy The U.S. Department of Treasury has imposed fresh sanctions against five executives and one entity with ties to the…