Cybersecurity agency shares the lessons learned from a red team assessment of a critical infrastructure organization. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has detailed how, during a cybersecurity red team assessment, it was able to gain access to
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GitHub is instituting the requirement to help protect the open-source software supply chain from malicious threats. But the rollout will be gradual. To stop hackers from tampering with the software supply chain, GitHub will force users to adopt two-factor authentication (2FA) starting
Read More about GitHub Makes Two-Factor Authentication MandatoryIs Windows 11 spying on you? New report details eye-opening levels of telemetry
Worried about privacy and Windows 11? This YouTube clip won’t be a comfortable watch It turns out things are very different these days – to no one’s surprise, really – and even before you connect to the internet, or open
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The LockBit attack forced major companies to switch to manual trade processing A recent ransomware attack against ION Group has sent ripples throughout the finance industry and trading world, being so disruptive that the FIA global trading organization released a statement
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The British postal service currently can’t handle any international mail due to the attack. British postal service the Royal Mail has been hit by ransomware, rendering it unable to send any mail internationally and causing a huge backlog of undelivered packages.
Read More about Royal Mail’s ‘Cyber Incident’ Turns Out to Be RansomwarePeople are already trying to get ChatGPT to write malware
Analysis of chatter on dark web forums shows that efforts are already under way to use OpenAI’s chatbot to help script malware. The ChatGPT AI chatbot has created plenty of excitement in the short time it has been available and
Read More about People are already trying to get ChatGPT to write malwareHardware drivers approved by Microsoft used in ransomware attacks
Thought you could trust Microsoft-approved drivers? Think again Researchers at Sophos have identified that vulnerabilities in Microsoft-approved hardware drivers have been exploited in ransomware attacks by a group known as Cuba. A pair of files were found on compromised machines that Sophos says “work
Read More about Hardware drivers approved by Microsoft used in ransomware attacksEU’s ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Includes False Claims About People
The EU Court of Justice rules that Google and similar providers must remove search results on request when they’re ‘manifestly inaccurate.’ The “right to be forgotten” in the European Union now extends to false claims made about a person after
Read More about EU’s ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Includes False Claims About PeopleGoogle One Premium Subscribers Now Get VPN Protection on Windows, Mac
Google unlocks access to its own VPN for desktop users. Starting today, Google is allowing subscribers to the Premium Google One plan to use its VPN service on Windows and Mac devices for the first time. A VPN was introduced as a free perk for Google
Read More about Google One Premium Subscribers Now Get VPN Protection on Windows, MacHundreds of US news sites hacked to send out malware
American news outlets hijacked to deliver SocGholish malware Hundreds of news websites across the US have been compromised to deliver malware to their readers, researchers are saying. Experts from Proofpoint discovered a malware (opens in new tab) distribution campaign that targeted an
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