Not that we’re urging them to try harder or anything A series of distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks shut down nine Danish hospitals’ websites for a few hours on Sunday, but did not have any life-threatening impact on the medical centers’ operations…
CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES
CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES divya Tue, 02/28/2023 – 06:31 CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES an evolution of money and payments CBDC, or Central Bank Digital Currency, is a trending topic in the financial industry. Let’s examine the basics of CBDC and…
How to safely file your taxes online
As tax season approaches, many people are starting to think about how they will file their taxes. If you’re like most people, you’re probably considering filing your taxes online. It’s convenient, fast, and can save you a lot of time…
US Marshals Service leaks ‘law enforcement sensitive information’ in ransomware incident
It’s not just another data breach when the victim oversees witness protection programs The US Marshals Service, the enforcement branch of the nation’s federal courts, has admitted to a “major” breach of its information security defenses allowed a ransomware infection…
LastPass Reveals Second Attack Resulting in Breach of Encrypted Password Vaults
LastPass, which in December 2022 disclosed a severe data breach that allowed threat actors to access encrypted password vaults, said it happened as a result of the same adversary launching a second attack on its systems. The company said one…
CISA Issues Warning on Active Exploitation of ZK Java Web Framework Vulnerability
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a high-severity flaw affecting the ZK Framework to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog based on evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2022-36537 (CVSS score: 7.5), the issue impacts ZK Framework versions 9.6.1, 9.6.0.1,…
Decrypting Cyber Risk Quantification
Discover the evolution of cyber risk quantification, criteria for an accurate risk score, and its benefits across the organization. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: Decrypting Cyber Risk Quantification
Security teams have no control over risky SaaS-to-SaaS connections
Employees are providing hundreds to thousands of third-party apps with access to the two most dominant workspaces, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, according to Adaptive Shield. With no oversight or control from security teams, companies have no way to quantify…
Expert strategies for defending against multilingual email-based attacks
BEC (Business Email Compromise) attacks have become increasingly prevalent in recent years, with cybercriminals using a variety of tactics to gain access to sensitive information and steal money from businesses. While many people may assume that these attacks are primarily…
It only takes one over-privileged identity to do major damage to a cloud
While moving to the cloud increases efficiency and business agility, security strategies haven’t been adapted to account for this shift and traditional tools can’t effectively manage the unique associated risks. CISOs that ignore the risks are left completely exposed and…
Ransomware Attack on servers of the US Marshals Service
Ransomware attacks seem to surge day by day on the servers belonging to government agencies and the latest to fall as the victim is the computer network of the US Marshals Service, aka USMS. According to the update provided by…
LastPass publishes final analysis of hack into password infrastructure
LastPass has notified its business customers via email that it has finished the analysis of the 2022 hack of its password infrastructure. The company confirmed that it suffered a security breach in […] Thank you for being a Ghacks reader.…
(ISC)² Research Finds Cybersecurity Professionals to be Least Impacted by Layoffs in 2023
The latest (ISC)² research report, How the Cybersecurity Workforce Will Weather a Recession, found that despite looming recession concerns, cybersecurity teams will be least impacted by staffing cuts in 2023. To assess the impact of a potential economic downturn…
The ethics of biometric data use in security
The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. In a world where you can scan the…
10 US states that suffered the most devastating data breaches in 2022
Cyber attack risks faced by businesses across states and reported data breaches are relative to the respective state governments’ cybersecurity investment, according to Network Assured. Study methodology Network Assured compared data from State Attorneys Generals and the Department of Health…
White House: No More TikTok on Gov’t Devices Within 30 Days
The White House is giving all federal agencies 30 days to wipe TikTok off all government devices. The post White House: No More TikTok on Gov’t Devices Within 30 Days appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from…
LastPass: The crooks used a keylogger to crack a corporatre password vault
Seems the crooks implanted a keylogger via a vulnerable media app (LastPass politely didn’t say which one!) on a developer’s home computer. This article has been indexed from Naked Security – Sophos Read the original article: LastPass: The crooks used…
Vouched raises $6.3 million to enhance its platform
Vouched announced $6.3 million financing led by BHG VC and SpringRock Ventures, as well as prior investors Darrell Cavens and Mark Vadon. Vouched’s expansion plans build upon the company’s rapid growth over the past year. The company now serves more…
Red Hat and Samsung partner on new 5G RAN solution
Red Hat extend partnership with Samsung to introduce a virtualized radio access network (vRAN) solution that offers advanced integration and automation features. The technology will be designed to help service providers better manage networks at scale while also addressing the…
LiveRamp enhances identity resolution services on Snowflake
LiveRamp has expanded its partnership with Snowflake to upgrade its product capabilities built natively on Snowflake and increase data connectivity for next-generation, post-cookie marketing in the cloud. By building LiveRamp’s data activation solutions using Snowflake’s Native Application Framework, currently in…
LastPass says employee’s home computer was hacked and corporate vault taken
LastPass says employee’s home computer was hacked and corporate vault taken l33tdawg Tue, 02/28/2023 – 01:22 This article has been indexed from HITBSecNews – Keeping Knowledge Free for Over a Decade Read the original article: LastPass says employee’s home computer…
SpaceX unveils “V2 Mini” Starlink satellites with quadruple the capacity
SpaceX unveils “V2 Mini” Starlink satellites with quadruple the capacity l33tdawg Tue, 02/28/2023 – 01:22 This article has been indexed from HITBSecNews – Keeping Knowledge Free for Over a Decade Read the original article: SpaceX unveils “V2 Mini” Starlink satellites…
Twitter Payments chief is out as layoffs cut 10% of Twitter staff, report says
Twitter Payments chief is out as layoffs cut 10% of Twitter staff, report says l33tdawg Tue, 02/28/2023 – 01:22 This article has been indexed from HITBSecNews – Keeping Knowledge Free for Over a Decade Read the original article: Twitter Payments…
Linux is not exactly “ready to run” on Apple silicon, but give it time
Linux is not exactly “ready to run” on Apple silicon, but give it time l33tdawg Tue, 02/28/2023 – 01:22 This article has been indexed from HITBSecNews – Keeping Knowledge Free for Over a Decade Read the original article: Linux is…
Facial recognition algorithms hit new accuracy highs in latest NIST test
Facial recognition algorithms hit new accuracy highs in latest NIST test l33tdawg Tue, 02/28/2023 – 01:22 This article has been indexed from HITBSecNews – Keeping Knowledge Free for Over a Decade Read the original article: Facial recognition algorithms hit new…
Feeling VEXed by software supply chain security? You’re not alone
Chainguard CEO explains how to secure code given crims know to poison it at the source SCSW The vast majority of off-the-shelf software is composed of imported components, whether that’s open source libraries or proprietary code. And that spells a…
Fake ROBLOX and Nintendo game cracks drop ChromeLoader malware
By Deeba Ahmed What’s worse, in the new campaign, ChromeLoader malware evades detection by security software. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake ROBLOX and Nintendo game cracks drop ChromeLoader malware This article has been indexed…