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Mexico’s President Says Government Is Investigating Reported Ransomware Hack of Legal Affairs Office

Mexico’s president says the government is investigating a reported ransomware hack of the country’s legal affairs office.

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Financial Software Firm Finastra Investigating Data Breach

Finastra is investigating a data breach after a hacker claimed the theft of information from an internal file-transfer application.

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US Charges Five Alleged Scattered Spider Members

Five alleged members of the Scattered Spider cybercrime group were charged for phishing and stealing millions in cryptocurrency.

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10 Most Impactful PAM Use Cases for Enhancing Organizational Security

Privileged access management (PAM) plays a pivotal role in building a strong security strategy. PAM empowers you to significantly reduce cybersecurity risks, gain tighter control over privileged access, achieve regulatory compliance, and reduce the burden on your IT team.
As an established provider of a PAM solution, we’ve witnessed firsthand how PAM transforms organizational security. In

North Korean Front Companies Impersonate U.S. IT Firms to Fund Missile Programs

Threat actors with ties to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are impersonating U.S.-based software and technology consulting businesses in order to further their financial objectives as part of a broader information technology (IT) worker scheme.
“Front companies, often based in China, Russia, Southeast Asia, and Africa, play a key role in masking the workers’ true origins and

AI – Implementing the Right Technology for the Right Use Case

Just like other technologies that have gone before, such as cloud and cybersecurity automation, right now AI lacks maturity.

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Cyber Story Time: The Boy Who Cried “Secure!”

As a relatively new security category, many security operators and executives I’ve met have asked us “What are these Automated Security Validation (ASV) tools?” We’ve covered that pretty extensively in the past, so today, instead of covering the “What is ASV?” I wanted to address the “Why ASV?” question. In this article, we’ll cover some common use cases and misconceptions of how people misuse

Over 145,000 Industrial Control Systems Across 175 Countries Found Exposed Online

New research has uncovered more than 145,000 internet-exposed Industrial Control Systems (ICS) across 175 countries, with the U.S. alone accounting for over one-third of the total exposures.
The analysis, which comes from attack surface management company Censys, found that 38% of the devices are located in North America, 35.4% in Europe, 22.9% in Asia, 1.7% in Oceania, 1.2% in South America,

Now BlueSky hit with crypto scams as it crosses 20 million users

As users are flocking to BlueSky from social media platforms like X/Twitter, so are threat actors. BleepingComputer has spotted cryptocurrency scams popping up on BlueSky just as the decentralized microblogging service surpassed 20 million users this week. […]

Exploitation Attempts Target Citrix Session Recording Vulnerabilities

Exploitation attempts seen for two recently patched Citrix Session Recording vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2024-8068 and CVE-2024-8069.

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