Millions of Devices Vulnerable to ‘PKFail’ Secure Boot Bypass Issue – Dark Reading
Several vendors for consumer and enterprise PCs share a compromised crypto key that should never have been on the devices in the first place. – Read More
2024
CrowdStrike Outage Losses Estimated at a Staggering $5.4B – Dark Reading
Researchers track the healthcare sector as experiencing the biggest financial losses, with banking and transportation following close behind. – Read More
Targeted PyPi Package Steals Google Cloud Credentials from macOS Devs – Dark Reading
The campaign is laser-targeted, bucking the trend of “spray-and-pray” malicious open source packages turning up in code repositories seemingly every other day. – Read More
Companies Struggle to Recover From CrowdStrike’s Crippling Falcon Update – Dark Reading
The cybersecurity firm says that 97% of sensors are back online, but some organizations continue to recover with costs tallied at $5.4 billion for the Fortune 500 alone. – Read…
US Offers $10M Reward for Information on North Korean Hacker – Dark Reading
The individual is part of a DPRK-backed group known as Andariel, which is known for using the ‘Maui’ ransomware strain to target and extort healthcare entities. – Read More
Nvidia Embraces LLMs & Commonsense Cybersecurity Strategy – Dark Reading
Nvidia doesn’t just make the chips that accelerate a lot of AI applications — the company regularly creates and uses its own large language models, too. – Read More
Counting the cost of CrowdStrike: the bug that bit billions – CSO Online
As eye-popping estimates emerge for the cost to enterprises of dealing with aftermath of last week’s CrowdStrike-induced outages, it’s crucial to break down the sources of these expenses and understand…
Download the unified endpoint management (UEM) platform enterprise buyer’s guide – CSO Online
From the editors of our sister publication Computerworld, this enterprise buyer’s guide helps IT staff understand what the various unified endpoint management (UEM) platforms can do for their organizations and…
ICO takes action against two organisations for “risking public trust” by failing to respond to public requests for information – ICO News
We have taken action against two trusted public services after investigations found they’d failed to meet basic information request requirements, as set out under the Freedom of Information Act 2000…
Distributing Security Responsibilities (Responsibly) – Dark Reading
Outlining the wider organization’s proactive role in fortifying the security program allows the security team to focus on the most pressing issues that only they can solve. – Read More
Could Intel Have Fixed Spectre & Meltdown Bugs Earlier? – Dark Reading
Intel works closely with academic researchers on hardware flaws and coordinates efforts with other vendors to roll out fixes for emerging vulnerabilities. That wasn’t always the case. – Read More
New cyber security training packages launched to manage supply chain risk – NCSC Blog
NCSC publishes free e-learning to help organisations manage the cyber security risks across their supply chains. – Read More
This AI-Powered Cybercrime Service Bundles Phishing Kits with Malicious Android Apps – The Hacker News
A Spanish-speaking cybercrime group named GXC Team has been observed bundling phishing kits with malicious Android applications, taking malware-as-a-service (MaaS) offerings to the next level. Singaporean cybersecurity company Group-IB, which…
The Crowdstrike global IT outage – Early lessons learned – Legal IT Insider
We ran a quick fire poll on who was affected by the global IT outage on 19 July and here we take a look at the results, as well as…
Offensive AI: The Sine Qua Non of Cybersecurity – The Hacker News
“Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime. Yet it is often in the furnace of war that the sharpest tools of peace are forged.” – Victor Hugo.…