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Data Exfiltration is Now the Go-to Cyber Extortion Strategy
The abuse of zero-day and one-day vulnerabilities in the past six months led to a 143% increase in victims when comparing Q1 2022 with Q1 2023, according to a report by Akamai.
Collide+Power, Downfall, and Inception: New Side-Channel Attacks Affecting Modern CPUs
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a trio of side-channel attacks that could be exploited to leak sensitive data from modern CPUs. Called Collide+Power (CVE-2023-20583), Downfall (CVE-2022-40982), and Inception (CVE-2023-20569), the novel methods...
Hackers Prepare to Take on a Satellite at DEF CON
The annual Hack-A-Sat CTF competition held at Aerospace Village at the DEF CON in Las Vegas is the first time an on-orbit satellite will test contestants' mettle while bringing together hackers who don’t typically work on space systems.
China-Linked Hackers Strike Worldwide: 17 Nations Hit in 3-Year Cyber Campaign
Hackers associated with China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) have been linked to attacks in 17 different countries in Asia, Europe, and North America from 2021 to 2023. Cybersecurity firm Recorded Future attributed the intrusion set to a nation-state group it...
Rubrik Buys Startup Laminar to Unify Cyber Posture, Recovery
Rubrik purchased a data security posture management startup backed by Salesforce and SentinelOne to provide visibility into where a company's data lives and who has access.
Rubrik Buys Startup Laminar to Unify Cyber Posture, Recovery
Rubrik purchased a data security posture management startup backed by Salesforce and SentinelOne to provide visibility into where a company's data lives and who has access.
For TSA’s Updated Pipeline Security Directive, Consistency and Collaboration are Key
This most recent update does not vacate previously established requirements in the simple pursuit of change. Instead, the new directive pursues incremental change that builds on but does not abandon previous requirements.
Continuous Security Validation with Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS)
Validate security continuously across your full stack with Pen Testing as a Service. In today's modern security operations center (SOC), it's a battle between the defenders and the cybercriminals. Both are using tools and expertise – however, the cybercriminals have...
U.K. Electoral Commission Breach Exposes Voter Data of 40 Million Britons
The U.K. Electoral Commission on Tuesday disclosed a "complex" cyber attack on its systems that went undetected for over a year, allowing the threat actors to access years worth of voter data belonging to 40 million people. "The incident was identified in October 2022...
New Report Exposes Vice Society’s Collaboration with Rhysida Ransomware
Tactical similarities have been unearthed between the double extortion ransomware group known as Rhysida and Vice Society, including in their targeting of education and healthcare sectors. "As Vice Society was observed deploying a variety of commodity ransomware...
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