government-backed attacks
25 vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese state-sponsored hackers
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a list of 25 vulnerabilities Chinese state-sponsored hackers have been recently scanning for or …
Have you patched these top 10 routinely exploited vulnerabilities?
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging organizations to patch a slew of old and new software vulnerabilities that are routinely exploited by …
Government-backed cyber attackers increasingly targeting journalists
Since the start of the year, journalists and news outlets have become preferred targets of government-backed cyber attackers, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has noticed. …
What the government infosec landscape will look this year
The information security landscape seems to evolve at a faster clip each year. The deluge of ever-changing threats, attack techniques and new breaches making headlines can be …
Companies increasingly reporting attacks attributed to foreign governments
More than one in four security managers attribute attacks against their organization to cyberwarfare or nation-state activity, according to Radware. Nation-state intrusions …
Why the 2020 US presidential election is still vulnerable to foreign interference
With the international political situation becoming increasingly fraught and divisive, it is hard to ignore the shadow of foreign interference looming over electoral …
China allegedly infiltrated US companies through implanted hardware backdoors
Many US companies, including Amazon and Apple, have been the victims of a clever supply chain attack that resulted in compromised hardware (servers) being installed at some of …
Google to warn G Suite admins of government-backed attacks
Google started warning Gmail users of state-sponsored attacks in 2012 and now the option has been made available to G Suite admins. What is G Suite? G Suite (formerly Google …