Cloud solutions are more widespread – and therefore more exposed – than ever. In 2023 alone, a staggering 82% of data breaches took place against public, private, or hybrid cloud…
Category: Cyber Security
Google to erase billions of browsing records in ‘incognito mode’ privacy lawsuit settlement.
02 April 2024PressroomBrowser Security/Data Security Google has agreed to delete billions of data records reflecting users’ browsing activities to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleges the search giant tracked them…
Cyber threats intensify in the Middle East during Ramadan
The holy month of Ramadan is a time when Middle East-based companies step up cybersecurity with increased vigilance and external support amid reduced working hours and increased e-commerce activity. The…
Venom RAT targeting multiple sectors
02 April 2024PressroomMalvertising/threat intelligence The menacing actor known as TA558 has been attributed to a massive new phishing campaign targeting a wide range of industries in Latin America with the…
AT&T confirms that 73 million customers are affected by the data leak
Two weeks after a massive amount of data, including supposedly sensitive information on more than 70 million AT&T customers, was put up for sale on the Dark Web, the telecommunications…
Buy it, build it or break it?
Looking for ways to use large language models (LLMs) to simplify attacks and evade defenses, cyber attackers are faced with three choices: Play a cat-and-mouse game to evade guardrails put…
XZ Utils Backdoor implanted in intricate supply chain attack
A backdoor just discovered in XZ Utils, a data compression utility found in nearly every Linux distribution, has revived the ghosts of previous major software supply chain security scares like…
Microsoft strengthens defenses in Azure artificial intelligence
Microsoft announced several new features in Azure AI Studio that the company says should help developers build generative AI apps that are more robust and resistant to malicious model manipulation…
The vast Sellafield nuclear waste site is being prosecuted for cybersecurity failings
Sellafield Ltd, the management company of the Sellafield nuclear site, will be prosecuted by the UK’s independent nuclear safety regulator for alleged cyber security offences. According to the safety regulator,…
Collaboration needed to fight ransomware
COMMENT Dramatic images of law enforcement “breaking down doors” to disrupt ransomware operations capture the essence of the tangible actions being taken against cybercriminals. Having served as CISO, I have…