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snake, threat
Disk wiping malware knows no borders

Fortinet announced the latest semiannual FortiGuard Labs Global Threat Landscape Report which revealed that ransomware threat continues to adapt with more variants enabled by …

cloud hand
How vulnerable supply chains threaten cloud security

Organizations are struggling to sufficiently secure new cloud environments implemented during the pandemic, while maintaining legacy equipment and trying to adapt their …

week in review
Week in review: Apple fixes exploited zero-days, 1,900 Signal users exposed, Amazon Ring app vuln

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Tackling the dangers of internal communications: What can companies do? In …

cookies
Exploiting stolen session cookies to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA)

Active adversaries are increasingly exploiting stolen session cookies to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) and gain access to corporate resources, according to Sophos. …

New infosec products of the week: August 19, 2022

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from AuditBoard, Raytheon Technologies, Tenacity, and Transmit Security. AuditBoard …

Gambling
Cybercriminals are using bots to deploy DDoS attacks on gambling sites

Imperva releases data showing that 25% of all gambling sites were hit with DDoS attacks executed by botnets in June. As the Wimbledon tennis tournament began at the end of …

Ring Android app
Vulnerability in Amazon Ring app allowed access to private camera recordings

A vulnerability in the Android version of the Ring app, which is used to remotely manage Amazon Ring outdoor (video doorbell) and indoor surveillance cameras, could have been …

Apple
Apple fixes exploited zero-days: Update your devices! (CVE-2022-32894, CVE-2022-32893)

Apple has released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Monterey to fix CVE-2022-32894 and CVE-2022-32893, two code execution vulnerabilities exploited by attackers in …

find
APT41 group: 4 malicious campaigns, 13 victims, new tools and techniques

Group-IB has released new research on the state-sponsored hacker group APT41. The Group-IB Threat Intelligence team estimates that in 2021 the threat actors gained access to …

IoT
IoT: The huge cybersecurity blind spot that’s costing millions

In many ways, IoT has made our lives easier. We are technologically connected in ways we never thought possible. But organizations need to be aware of the cybersecurity blind …

Dan Tucker
How government CISOs tackle digital transformation initiatives

In this interview for Help Net Security, Dan Tucker, Senior VP at Booz Allen, and leader of the firm’s cloud and data engineering solutions for citizen services, talks about …

zero trust
The factors driving today’s accelerated zero trust adoption

Zero trust has quickly progressed from a buzzword to a critical business imperative, Okta’s 2022 State of Zero Trust Security Report has found. Today, 97% of businesses say …

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