High street stationery and book retailer WH Smith disclosed it has been the target of a cyberattack affecting employee and personnel data. It stresses that customer accounts and databases were not affected by the attack as they are stored on…
Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms
Gartner has again recognized Microsoft as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms, positioned highest on the Ability to Execute. The post Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint…
BlackLotus: UEFI Bootkit Bypass Secure Boot On Windows 11
Researchers from the cybersecurity company ESET in Slovakia have discovered that a UEFI bootkit known as BlackLotus is capable of getting beyond UEFI Secure Boot, a crucial platform security feature. The researchers discovered that BlackLotus makes use of an outdated…
Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms
Gartner has again recognized Microsoft as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms, positioned highest on the Ability to Execute. The post Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint…
White House Cybersecurity Strategy Stresses Software Safety
Some say the White House cybersecurity strategy is largely aspirational. Its boldest initiatives — including stricter rules on breach reporting and software liability — are apt to meet resistance from business and Republicans in Congress. The post White House Cybersecurity…
Industry Experts Analyze US National Cybersecurity Strategy
Feedback Friday: Industry professionals commented on various aspects of the new national cybersecurity strategy, its impact, and implications. The post Industry Experts Analyze US National Cybersecurity Strategy appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek RSS Feed…
Organizations Warned of Royal Ransomware Attacks
FBI and CISA have issued an alert to warn organizations of the risks associated with Royal ransomware attacks. The post Organizations Warned of Royal Ransomware Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek RSS Feed Read…
Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms
Gartner has again recognized Microsoft as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms, positioned highest on the Ability to Execute. The post Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint…
Customers are Being Used as Cyber “Crash Test Dummy,” Says CISA Director
The CEO of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Jen Easterly, referred to the current state of commercial cybersecurity as “unsustainable,” and she argued that businesses, consumers, and the government as a whole needed to change their expectations so…
United States Launches New Cybersecurity Strategy
Biden administration launches new cybersecurity strategy, as the US seeks to improve its overall cyber defences, amid growing risks This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: United States Launches New Cybersecurity Strategy
What Is APIOps? And How to Be Successful at APIOps
Since the first introduction of the term DevOps, it seems that new ‘Ops” related terms pop up as quickly as technology trends. For example: AIOPs: Enhance and automate various IT processes with AI. MLOps: Develop, deploy, and manage machine learning.…
The Sketchy Plan to Build a Russian Android Phone
Amid isolating sanctions, a Russian tech giant plans to launch new Android phones and tablets. But experts are skeptical the company can pull it off. This article has been indexed from Security Latest Read the original article: The Sketchy Plan…
Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms
Gartner has again recognized Microsoft as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms, positioned highest on the Ability to Execute. The post Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint…
Waymo Cuts 8 Percent Of Staff
Alphabet’s self-driving car division admits it has cut approximately 8 percent of workforce in two rounds of layoffs this year This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Waymo Cuts 8 Percent Of Staff
Tripwire Patch Priority Index for February 2023
Tripwire’s February 2023 Patch Priority Index (PPI) brings together important vulnerabilities for Microsoft. First on the patch priority list this month is a patch for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint that resolves a security feature bypass vulnerability. Next are patches for…
Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms
Gartner has again recognized Microsoft as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms, positioned highest on the Ability to Execute. The post Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint…
Warning on SolarWinds-like supply-chain attacks: ‘They’re just getting bigger’
Industry hasn’t ‘improved much at all’ SCSW Back in 2020, Eric Scales led the incident response team investigating a nation-state hack that compromised his company’s servers along with those at federal agencies and tech giants including Microsoft and Intel.… This…
Cybersecurity Industry News Review: February 28, 2023
By Joe Fay Australia to scrap cybersecurity rules as part of a new regime, ransoms bankroll further ransomware attacks, Dole and PyPi attacked, while the European Commission calls time on TikTok. Australia to Overhaul Cybersecurity Rules The Australian government is…
Threat Hunting with VirusTotal
We recently conducted our first “Threat Hunting with VirusTotal” open training session, providing some ideas on how to use VT Intelligence to hunt for in-the-wild examples of modern malware and infamous APT campaigns. In case you missed it, here you…
Over 71k Impacted by Credential Stuffing Attacks on Chick-fil-A Accounts
Chick-fil-A is informing users that their accounts have been compromised in a two-month-long credential stuffing campaign. The post Over 71k Impacted by Credential Stuffing Attacks on Chick-fil-A Accounts appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek RSS…
New Flaws in TPM 2.0 Library Pose Threat to Billions of IoT and Enterprise Devices
A pair of serious security defects has been disclosed in the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 reference library specification that could potentially lead to information disclosure or privilege escalation. One of the vulnerabilities, CVE-2023-1017, concerns an out-of-bounds write, while the other, CVE-2023-1018,…
The U.S. CISA and FBI warn of Royal ransomware operation
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning of the capabilities of the recently emerged Royal ransomware. The human-operated Royal ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in September 2022, it has demanded ransoms up to millions of dollars. Unlike…
Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms
Gartner has again recognized Microsoft as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms, positioned highest on the Ability to Execute. The post Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint…
Chick-fil-A Admits Accounts Hacked In “Automated” Attack
Chick-fil-A, an American fast food company, has acknowledged that consumers’ accounts were compromised in a months-long credential stuffing assault, giving threat actors access to personal data and the ability to use saved reward balances. Chick-fil-A started looking into what it…
Microsoft and MITRE developed a tool to prepare security teams for attacks on ML systems
A new plug-in, created by Microsoft and MITRE, integrates various open-source software tools to aid cybersecurity professionals in bolstering their defenses against attacks on machine learning (ML) systems. The Arsenal tool implements tactics and techniques defined in the MITRE ATLAS…
Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms
Gartner has again recognized Microsoft as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms, positioned highest on the Ability to Execute. The post Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint…
German Digital Affairs Committee hearing heaps scorn on Chat Control
Proposal to break encryption to scan messages for abuse material challenged as illegal and unworkable Europe’s proposed “Chat Control” legislation to automatically scan chat, email, and instant message communications for child sexual exploitation material (CSEM) ran up against broad resistance…