Fortanix announced Key Insight, a new capability in the Fortanix Data Security Manager TM (DSM) platform designed to help enterprises discover, assess, and remediate risk and compliance gaps across hybrid multicloud environments. Data breaches lead to massive monetary losses, hefty penalties and severe brand damage. While traditional firewall and cloud security defenses shield the perimeter, […]
A North Korean threat group breached a Taiwanese software company and leveraged its systems to deliver malware to devices in North America and Asia, Microsoft reported this week. The threat actor is tracked by the tech giant as Diamond Sleet (Zinc). Previously described as a sub-group of the notorious Lazarus, the hacker gang has been […]
We are excited to start the early access program (EAP) for Sophos DNS Protection for networks. This new cloud-based service is part of our growing suite of Secure Access Service Edge products and services, expanding upon what we started with Sophos ZTNA and Sophos SD-WAN Orchestration. Enhanced internet and web security Sophos DNS Protection adds […]
PRESS RELEASE Hack The Box (HTB), the leading gamified cybersecurity upskilling, certification, and talent assessment platform, is announcing its fifth annual global University Capture The Flag (CTF) competition that will take place from December 8 to 10, 2023. Targeting university students and higher education, the CTF marks a pivotal moment for the next generation of cyber […]
Nov 21, 2023NewsroomRansomware-as-a-service The ransomware strain known as Play is now being offered to other threat actors “as a service,” new evidence unearthed by Adlumin has revealed. “The unusual lack of even small variations between attacks suggests that they are being carried out by affiliates who have purchased the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) and are following step-by-step […]
Two environmentalists told a federal judge Thursday that the public was the real victim of a global computer hacking campaign that targeted those fighting big oil companies to get the truth out about global warming. A climate scientist and the director of a fund that creates initiatives to address climate change spoke at the sentencing […]
Socure has launched Sigma Synthetic Fraud v4. The product uses advanced machine learning and diverse, third-party and network feedback data to uncover patterns linked to insidious synthetic identity fraud. The Deloitte Center for Financial Services expects synthetic identity fraud to generate at least $23 billion in losses by 2030. Synthetic identity fraud is a financial […]
Video An attack against a port operator that ultimately hobbled some 40 percent of Australia’s import and export capacity highlights the kinds of supply chain shocks that a successful cyberattack can cause 17 Nov 2023 This week, one of Australia’s major port operators, DP World, had to pull the plug on its internet connection and […]
Microsoft on Tuesday released patches for 57 vulnerabilities, including 31 for Windows. Eleven other product groups are also affected. Of the 57 CVEs addressed, just 3 are considered Critical in severity; 2 of those are in Windows, while the third falls in Azure. One CVE, an Important-severity elevation-of-privilege issue (CVE-2023-36049), affects both .NET and Visual […]
BLACK HAT MEA – Riyadh – Wednesday, Nov. 15 – Cyber resilience is more important than ever, particularly with the added dimensions of deepening geopolitical threats and risks coming from new technology like AI. In a fireside chat at the Black Hat Middle East and Africa conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this week, Reem Alshammari, cybersecurity […]