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
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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
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
Mimecast Joins Human Risk Management Fray With Code42 Deal – Dark Reading
Mimecast’s acquisition of Code42 helps the company move into insider risk management, joining key rival Proofpoint and others in the space. – Read More
CrowdStrike ‘Updates’ Deliver Malware & More as Attacks Snowball – Dark Reading
Phishing and fraud surges during any national news story. This time though, the activity is both more voluminous and more targeted. – Read More
Feds Warn of North Korean Cyberattacks on US Critical Infrastructure – Dark Reading
The Andariel group is targeting critical defense, aerospace, nuclear, and engineering companies for data theft, the FBI, NSA, and others said. – Read More
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Gets Revived to Lure in Windows Victims – Dark Reading
Though IE was officially retired in June 2022, the vulnerability ramped up in January 2023 and has been going strong since. – Read More
Unexpected Lessons Learned From the CrowdStrike Event – Dark Reading
How your organization can leverage the disruptive CrowdStrike update to become more resilient. – Read More
Security Firm Accidentally Hires North Korean Hacker, Did Not KnowBe4 – Dark Reading
A software engineer hired for an internal IT AI team immediately became an insider threat by loading malware onto his workstation. – Read More
Is Our Water Safe to Drink? Securing Our Critical Infrastructure – Dark Reading
Our critical systems can be protected from looming threats by embracing a proactive approach, investing in education, and fostering collaboration between IT and OT professionals. – Read More
Pro-Palestinian Actor Levels 6-Day DDoS Attack on UAE Bank – Dark Reading
DDoS cyberattack campaign averaged 4.5 million requests per second, putting the bank under attack 70% of the time. – Read More