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Forescout Appoints Technology Veteran Barry Mainz as CEO

01/24/2023
Mainz brings 25 years of industry experience to execute on Forescout’s strategy and drive its next phase of growth.

Fenix24 Releases White Paper Proposing New Cyber Incident Response Paradigm

01/24/2023
Restoration teams must be part of a collaborative, initial response team to address costly downtime.

Armis State of Cyberwarfare and Trends Report: 2022-2023 Highlights Global IT and Security Professionals' Sentiment on C

01/24/2023
Respondents indicate organizations are unprepared to handle cyberwarfare, there's no one-size-fits-all response to ransomware, and cybersecurity spending is on the rise.

Chat Cybersecurity: AI Promises a Lot, But Can It Deliver?

01/24/2023
Machine learning offers great opportunities, but it still can't replace human experts.

'DragonSpark' Malware: East Asian Cyberattackers Create an OSS Frankenstein

01/24/2023
Hackers cleverly cobbled together a suite of open source software — including a novel RAT — and hijacked servers owned by ordinary businesses.

Microsoft to Block Excel Add-ins to Stop Office Exploits

01/24/2023
The company will block the configuration files, which interact with Web applications — since threat actors increasingly use the capability to install malicious code.

Security and the Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

01/24/2023
When EVs and smart chargers plug in to critical infrastructure, what can go wrong? Plenty.

Wallarm Aims to Reduce the Harm From Compromised APIs

01/23/2023
API Leak Management software discovers exposed API keys and other secrets, blocks their use, and monitors for abuse, the company says.

Pair of Galaxy App Store Bugs Offer Cyberattackers Mobile Device Access

01/23/2023
Devices running Android 12 and below are at risk of attackers downloading apps that direct users to a malicious domain.

Organizations Likely to Experience Ransomware Threat in the Next 24 Months, According to Info-Tech Research Group

01/23/2023
Security leaders must build resiliency against these complex attacks immediately.

FanDuel Sportsbook Bettors Exposed in Mailchimp Breach

01/23/2023
Amid all the NFL playoff action, FanDuel has sent an email warning to gamblers that their data was exposed in its third-party breach, putting them at risk for phishing attacks.

No One Wants to Be Governed, Everyone Wants to Be Helped

01/23/2023
Here's how a security team can present itself to citizen developers as a valuable resource rather than a bureaucratic roadblock.

TSA No-Fly List Snafu Highlights Risk of Keeping Sensitive Data in Dev Environments

01/23/2023
A Swiss hacker poking around in an unprotected Jenkins development server belonging to CommuteAir accessed the names and birthdates of some 1.5 million people on a TSA no-fly list from 2019.

Hunting Insider Threats on the Dark Web

01/23/2023
Use threat intelligence to reduce chance of success for malicious insider and Dark Web threats.

Cybersecurity Worries Around Hybrid Working Drop, but Many IT Leaders Still Concerned Over Cyber-Skills Gap

01/23/2023
S-RM reports show that cybersecurity concerns surrounding hybrid work prevail for 37% of organizations.

T-Mobile Breached Again, This Time Exposing 37M Customers' Data

01/20/2023
This time around, weak API security allowed a threat actor to access account information, the mobile phone giant reported.

Ransomware Profits Decline as Victims Dig In, Refuse to Pay

01/20/2023
Two new reports show ransomware revenues for threat actors dropped sharply in 2022 as more victims ignored ransom demands.

Compromised Zendesk Employee Credentials Lead to Breach

01/20/2023
Zendesk has alerted customers to a successful SMS phishing campaign that has exposed "service data," but details remain scarce.

GPT Emerges as Key AI Tech for Security Vendors

01/20/2023
Orca Security is one of the companies integrating conversational AI technology into its products.

Critical Manufacturing Sector in the Bull's-eye

01/20/2023
Serious security flaws go unpatched, and ransomware attacks increase against manufacturers.