Chaebol already the subject of suits for a pair of past indiscretions The UK division of Samsung Electronics has allegedly alerted customers of a year-long data breach – the third such incident the South Korean giant has experienced around the…
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AI disinformation campaigns pose major threat to 2024 elections
AI, post-quantum cryptography, zero trust, cryptography research, and election security will shape cybersecurity strategies in the present and for 2024, according to NTT. As the world emerged from the pandemic and continued to adapt to the rapid implementation of digital…
Traditional cloud security isn’t up to the task
In the last year, 47% of all data breaches originated in the cloud, and more than 6 in 10 respondents believe cloud security is lacking and poses a severe risk to their business operations, according to Illumio. The average organization…
CISA Adds Three Security Flaws with Active Exploitation to KEV Catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added three security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog based on evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerabilities are as follows – CVE-2023-36584 (CVSS score: 5.4) – Microsoft Windows…
Transforming cybersecurity from reactive to proactive with attack path analysis
An attack path is important to prioritize potential risks in cloud environments. The attack path offers the ability to look at cloud environments from the attacker’s perspective. With today’s general awareness and concerted effort toward cybersecurity, cybercriminals rarely find a…
ChatGPT’s popularity triggers global generative AI investment surge
While AI is not a new technology – companies have been investing heavily in predictive and interpretive AI for years – the announcement of the GPT-3.5 series from OpenAI in late 2022 captured the world’s attention and triggered a surge…
Rise in automated attacks troubles ecommerce industry
Automated attacks on application business logic, carried out by sophisticated bad bots, were the leading threat for online retailers, according to Imperva. In addition, account takeover, DDoS, API abuse, and client-side attacks were significant risks. The ecommerce industry remains a…
Navigating the Legal Seas: Cybersecurity Regulations for Business
The emergence of digital technologies has given rise to the need for businesses to have a robust cybersecurity system in place. As such, legal and… The post Navigating the Legal Seas: Cybersecurity Regulations for Business appeared first on Security Zap.…
Look out, Scattered Spider. FBI pumps ‘significant’ resources into snaring data-theft crew
Absence of arrests doesn’t mean nothing’s happening, cyber-cops insist The FBI is applying “significant” resources to find members of the infamous Scattered Spider cyber-crime crew, which seemingly attacked a couple of high-profile casinos a few months ago and remains active,…
Check Point Software Technologies Expands SecureAcademy™ Program in Canada with Eight New Universities and Colleges to Empower the Next-Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals
The cybersecurity education program provides programming to academic institutions across the country, including Sheridan College, Willis College, and, most recently, the University of Calgary. Canadian organizations across all sectors are being targeted by cyberattacks. As the incidence of cybercrime continues…
November Shopping Schemes: Check Point Research Unveiling Cybercriminal Tactics as Luxury Brands Become Pawns in Email Scams
Highlights: Delivery service and shipping sectors are the focus of cybercriminals during this shopping period. October 2023 saw a 13% increase in the number of malicious files related to orders and delivery/shipping compared to October 2022. Check Point Research Exposes…
Dangerous Apache ActiveMQ Exploit Allows Stealthy EDR Bypass
There’s no time to waste: For organizations on the fence about patching the critical bug in ActiveMQ, the new proof-of-concept exploit should push them towards action. This article has been indexed from Dark Reading Read the original article: Dangerous Apache…
How to Pitch Cybersecurity Packages
By Brandi Crown, Director of Sales at Syncro If you have a tool that has proven to improve threat protection for your clients, but you don’t know how to sell it effectively, it’s a lose-lose for everyone. Your client misses…
An Inside Look at Ransomware’s Record-Breaking Pace in 2023
Ryan Bell, Threat Intel Manager, Corvus Insurance There is still more than one month left in the books for 2023, and it’s safe to say that once we flip the calendar to January, we will have also closed the books…
ALPHV (BlackCat) Ransomware Gang Uses Google Ads for Targeted Victims
By Deeba Ahmed Yet another day, another instance of a Google service being exploited for spreading malware infections. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: ALPHV (BlackCat) Ransomware Gang Uses Google Ads for Targeted Victims This article…
Check Point Software Technologies Expands SecureAcademy™ Program in Canada with Eight New Universities and Colleges to Empower the Next-Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals
The cybersecurity education program provides programming to academic institutions across the country, including Sheridan College, Willis College, and, most recently, the University of Calgary. Canadian organizations across all sectors are being targeted by cyberattacks. As the incidence of cybercrime continues…
Avito – 2,721,835 breached accounts
In November 2022, the Moroccan e-commerce service Avito suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of 2.7M customers. The data included name, email, phone, IP address and geographic location. This article has been indexed from Have I Been…
Acuity – 14,055,729 breached accounts
In mid-2020, a 437GB corpus of data attributed to an entity named "Acuity" was created and later extensively distributed. However, the source could not be confidently verified as any known companies named Acuity. The data totalled over 14M unique email…
Check Point Software Technologies Expands SecureAcademy™ Program in Canada with Eight New Universities and Colleges to Empower the Next-Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals
The cybersecurity education program provides programming to academic institutions across the country, including Sheridan College, Willis College, and, most recently, the University of Calgary. Canadian organizations across all sectors are being targeted by cyberattacks. As the incidence of cybercrime continues…
Cybersecurity investor Ballistic Ventures seeks $300M for new fund
Ballistic Ventures, a venture capital firm dedicated to funding and incubating cybersecurity startups, is looking to raise as much as $300 million for a new fund, according to a regulatory filing. The San Francisco-based VC firm Wednesday filed with the…