Sinclair TV stations downtime allegedly caused by a ransomware attack
A ransomware attack is likely the cause of the recent downtime for TV stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group broadcast television company. TV stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast…
New SOVA Android Banking trojan is rapidly growing
SOVA is a new Android banking trojan that targets banking applications, cryptocurrency wallets, and shopping apps from the U.S. and Spain. Researchers from cybersecurity firm ThreatFabric have spotted in the…
Gold Optis: Most Innovative and Socially Conscious Technologies at Black Hat
By Olivia Gallucci, Cybersecurity Reporter, Cyber Defense Magazine I interviewed approximately sixty industry leaders from over forty companies who attended Black Hat. Although this article series—The Optis—can be read as…
Understanding The Importance of Designing for Security
By Camille Morhardt, Director of Security Initiatives and Communications at Intel, and Tom Garrison, VP and GM of Client Security Strategy and Initiatives at Intel Robust security is a necessary…
Vice Society ransomware also exploits PrintNightmare flaws in its attack
Another ransomware gang, the Vice Society ransomware operators, is using Windows print spooler PrintNightmare exploits in its attacks. The Vice Society ransomware operators are actively exploiting Windows print spooler PrintNightmare…
How to Accelerate SecOps efficiency and extend capabilities with XDR
By Ed Martin, Director of Product Management, Secureworks Security Operations (SecOps) teams have been under pressure since their inception to perform the role of enterprise defender for firms in every…
Maximizing the Impact of AI/ML Threat Detection Tools
By Cary Wright, VP Product Management, Endace Companies are increasingly looking to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) threat detection tools to improve the security posture of the enterprise….
Biden discussed Russian ransomware gangs with Putin in a phone call
President Joe Biden expressed concerns about ransomware attacks carried out by Russian gangs during a phone call with President Vladimir Putin. The recent wave of ransomware attacks carried out by…
Why A ‘Layers and Lists’ Approach to Cybersecurity Is Doomed to Fail
By Gary Fischer, VP Americas, XM Cyber Why is cyber-defense such an asymmetrical war? Hackers can launch a barrage of attacks on a single target and keep going until they find…
Threat actors in January attempted to poison the water at a US facility
Threat actors in January attempted to poison the water at a US facility, a circumstance that highlights the importance of cybersecurity for water and wastewater utilities. The news that a…
Crypto-mining campaign targets Kubeflow installs on a large scale
Microsoft uncovered a malicious campaign targeting Kubeflow workloads to deploy TensorFlow pods that are used to mine cryptocurrency. Microsoft researchers uncovered a malicious campaign targeting Kubeflow workloads to deploy TensorFlow…
Data Loss Prevention in Turbulent Times
By Otavio Freire, CTO & Co-Founder at SafeGuard Cyber Data, the saying goes, is the new oil. This probably understates the case: Not only is data at the core of…