Port shadow: Yet another VPN weakness ripe for exploit – CSO Online
A new flaw in virtual private networks (VPNs) was reported last week at a security conference. The flaw, discovered by a collection of academic and industry researchers, has to do…
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ICS malware FrostyGoop disrupted heating in Ukraine, remains threat to OT worldwide – CSO Online
Security researchers warn about a new malware threat designed to interact with industrial control systems (ICS) over the Modbus protocol. The malicious program was used in January in a cyberattack…
CrowdStrike failure: What you need to know – CSO Online
Cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike initiated a series of computer system outages across the world on Friday, July 19, disrupting nearly every industry and sowing chaos at airports, financial institutions, and healthcare…
Google abandons plans to drop third-party cookies in Chrome – CSO Online
As a major update to Chrome’s new cross-site tracking protection policy, Google announced that it is no longer considering dropping support for third-party cookies. Third-party cookies, which refer to the…
Wiz shocks the tech world as it rejects Google’s $23 billion bid – CSO Online
In a surprising turn of events, Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz has decided to end its acquisition talks with Google-parent Alphabet, which would have resulted in a $23 billion deal, the…
NHIs may be your biggest — and most neglected — security hole – CSO Online
Non-human identities (NHIs) have been a staple of enterprise IT for decades. Giving digital components credentials to access IT networks and devices, as IT would a human user, is key…
Chinese APT group Daggerfly revamps malware toolkit with new backdoors – CSO Online
Researchers have linked a previously unattributed Mac backdoor and a new Windows Trojan to a Chinese APT group known as Daggerfly that has been around for over a decade and…
Early IT takeaways from the CrowdStrike outage – CSO Online
Whether you’ve survived the CrowdStrike incident or didn’t use CrowdStrike and are merely seeing the impact to others, taking time to learn lessons from this event is vital. After all,…
Key considerations for adopting a platform approach to cybersecurity – CSO Online
It’s no secret that the cybersecurity platform conversation is top of mind for many right now. Yet a platform approach to cybersecurity has existed for decades, and there’s long been…
Data of 13 million MediSecure customers compromised in ransomware attack – CSO Online
Approximately 12.9 million Australians using the MediSecure prescription delivery service suffered a loss of personal information from an April ransomware attack, MediSecure said in a statement. The electronic prescription provider…
5 critical IT policies every organization should have in place – CSO Online
For many enterprises, IT infrastructures have broadened to the extent that they seemingly have no boundaries. Many employees are working remotely or via a hybrid model. Cloud-based services have become…
Internships can be a gold mine for cybersecurity hiring – CSO Online
Willem Westerhof just might be the Cinderella of cybersecurity interns. The Dutchman had worked as a physiotherapist, made pies in a bakery, and toiled in overnight shifts at food and…
CrowdStrike CEO apologizes for crashing IT systems around the world, details fix – CSO Online
CrowdStrike CEO has apologized to the company’s customers and partners for crashing their Windows systems, and the company has described the error that caused the disaster. “I want to sincerely…