South Korea orders ‘Star Wars’ lasers to blast Northern drones out of the sky 2024-07-12 at 08:31 By Laura Dobberstein Ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side South Korea has commenced an effort to shoot drones out of the sky using lasers – and has named it the “Star Wars […]
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How to design a third-party risk management framework 2024-07-12 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Most organizations focus on securing routers, servers, firewalls, and other endpoints, but threats can also arise from unfamiliar sources such as third-party networks, which can be used by hackers to attack an organization. Through a strong TPRM framework, companies gain
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The importance of inclusion 2024-07-12 at 07:16 By Lynn Dohm, Executive Director of nonprofit organization WiCyS discusses the importance of inclusion when solving the cybersecurity workforce gap. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source
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Creating Conversations in Times of Mistrust 2024-07-12 at 07:16 By Retaining team cohesion and trust is easier said than done and takes extraordinary leaders to carry out. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source
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Top cyber threats targeting the Paris Olympics 2024-07-12 at 07:16 By The 2024 Paris Olympics are quickly approaching, presenting a compelling opportunity for cybercriminals. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source
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Managing cyberattack fallout: Financial and operational damage 2024-07-12 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security, Ashley Harrington, Director of Cybersecurity at Aspida, discusses the impact of cyberattack on business operations and financial health. Beyond immediate disruptions and financial burdens, cyber incident can severely damage a company’s reputation among customers and partners. Can
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Singapore’s banks to ditch texted one-time passwords 2024-07-12 at 06:31 By Laura Dobberstein Accessibility be damned, preventing phishing is the priority After around two decades of allowing one-time passwords (OTPs) delivered by text message to assist log ins to bank accounts in Singapore, the city-state will abandon the authentication technique.… This article is an excerpt
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Top priorities for compliance leaders this year 2024-07-12 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Legal, compliance and privacy leaders list strengthening their personal impact on company strategy as their top priority for 2024, according to Gartner. Improving third party risk management (TPRM), and ensuring compliance programs can keep pace with fast-moving regulatory requirements are the
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New infosec products of the week: July 12, 2024 2024-07-12 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from AttackIQ, IT-Harvest, Pentera, Prompt Security, and Quantum Xchange. AttackIQ Mission Control simplifies security testing for distributed teams AttackIQ Mission Control enhances AttackIQ Enterprise BAS
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SoftBank buys struggling UK AI chipmaker Graphcore 2024-07-12 at 05:31 By Simon Sharwood Potential for combo with Arm tantalizes Japan’s SoftBank, which owns chip designer Arm, has acquired UK chipmaker Graphcore for an unspecified sum.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source
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China’s APT41 crew adds a stealthy malware loader and fresh backdoor to its toolbox 2024-07-12 at 04:46 By Jessica Lyons Meet DodgeBox, son of StealthVector Chinese government-backed cyber espionage gang APT41 has very likely added a loader dubbed DodgeBox and a backdoor named MoonWalk to its malware toolbox, according to cloud security service provider Zscaler’s
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‘Gay furry hackers’ say they’ve disbanded after raiding Project 2025’s Heritage Foundation 2024-07-12 at 03:31 By Jessica Lyons Ultra-conservative org funnily enough not ready to turn the other cheek After claiming to break into a database belonging to The Heritage Foundation, and then leaking 2GB of files belonging to the ultra-conservative think tank, the hacktivist
An In-Depth Look at Crypto-Crime in 2023 Part 2 2024-07-12 at 02:01 By In 2023, the cryptocurrency industry faced a significant increase in illicit activities, including money laundering, fraud, and ransomware attacks. Ransomware attacks were especially prevalent and profitable for attackers. However, other forms of criminal activity also saw a rise. This article is an
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Russia Directs Apple to Remove VPN Apps 2024-07-12 at 00:02 Apple has removed 25 VPN apps from its app store in Russia following a request from Roskomnadzor, the country’s internet regulator. The affected apps include popular services such as NordVPN, Proton VPN, Red Shield VPN, and Planet VPN. This action comes as part of a
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Biden throws $1.7B at automakers to prepare fading factories for EV production 2024-07-12 at 00:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo Ice ICE, baby The Biden administration’s electric vehicle ambitions are getting another boost, this time in the form of $1.7 billion in public funding to convert 11 at-risk and shuttered auto manufacturing plants into electric vehicle (EV)
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Trump threatens to send Meta’s Mark ‘Zuckerbucks’ to prison if reelected president 2024-07-11 at 22:46 By Matthew Connatser If you were wondering how the US White House race is going in 2024, it’s going like this… Florida Man Donald Trump has said that if elected President of the United States again, he will jail so-called
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OpenSSH bug leaves RHEL 9 and the RHELatives vulnerable 2024-07-11 at 22:31 By Liam Proven Newly discovered flaw affects OpenSSH 8.7 and 8.8 daemon The founder of Openwall has discovered a new signal handler race condition in the core sshd daemon used in RHEL 9.x and its various offshoots.… This article is an excerpt from
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With users mostly happy to keep older kit, Macs just ain’t selling like they used to 2024-07-11 at 21:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo And the AI PC revolution probably won’t help, we’re told Owners of Apple Mac devices simply aren’t buying new hardware as quickly as they used to. … This article is an excerpt from The
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FCC: US telcos a long way off, several billions short of removing Chinese kit 2024-07-11 at 20:16 By Dan Robinson Just 12% of providers have completed rip and replace of ZTE, Huawei The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reiterated to Congress that more cash is needed if smaller broadband providers are to be compensated for
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Former Autonomy CFO banned from chartered accounting group until 2038 2024-07-11 at 19:16 By Matthew Connatser Sushovan Hussain’s failure in 2020 to appeal his 2018 fraud conviction in the US means he won’t be a member of ICAEW for 20 years The expulsion of Sushovan Hussain, Autonomy’s former CFO, from a chartered accountant organization is
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