2024

Change Healthcare faces second ransomware dilemma weeks after ALPHV attack 2024-04-08 at 16:16 By Connor Jones Theories abound over who’s truly responsible Change Healthcare is allegedly being extorted by a second ransomware gang, mere weeks after recovering from an ALPHV attack.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

CNAPP, CSPM, CIEM, CWPP – Oh My! 2024-04-08 at 16:01 By David Broggy We all know the cybersecurity industry loves its acronyms, but just because this fact is widely known doesn’t mean everyone knows the story behind the alphabet soup groups of letters, we must deal with on a regular basis. This article is an

Engine cover flies from Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 during takeoff 2024-04-08 at 15:31 By Lindsay Clark FAA investigation set to examine failure after aircraft fire in Texas last week The engine cover on a Boeing 737-800 used by Southwest Airlines detached during takeoff from Denver on Sunday, prompting an investigation by aviation regulators.… This article

Security leaders discuss the U.S. Treasury’s concerns regarding AI 2024-04-08 at 15:16 By The U.S. Department of the Treasury released a report regarding cybersecurity threats in the financial sector, specifically related to AI.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Watch Out for ‘Latrodectus’ – This Malware Could Be In Your Inbox 2024-04-08 at 14:31 By Threat hunters have discovered a new malware called Latrodectus that has been distributed as part of email phishing campaigns since at least late November 2023. “Latrodectus is an up-and-coming downloader with various sandbox evasion functionality,” researchers from Proofpoint and Team Cymru said in

The Drop in Ransomware Attacks in 2024 and What it Means 2024-04-08 at 14:31 By The ransomware industry surged in 2023 as it saw an alarming 55.5% increase in victims worldwide, reaching a staggering 5,070. But 2024 is starting off showing a very different picture. While the numbers skyrocketed in Q4 2023 with 1309 cases, in Q1 2024, the

A cheeky intern nearly turned MS-DOS into NSFW-DOS 2024-04-08 at 14:16 By Richard Speed Easter egg in test build could have scrambled Microsoft’s reputation More than 30 years before the xz backdoor became the near disaster of the week, an intern tried to sneak some unexpected code into MS-DOS. Not a backdoor, but potentially a

What happened to agility and new business models? Cloud benefits have all gone to IT 2024-04-08 at 13:32 By Lindsay Clark Orgs are missing a trick when it comes to the white fluffy stuff, survey says The migration of IT workloads to the cloud is benefiting tech departments rather than the wider business, according to