MITRE has released an updated CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses list, with cross-site scripting (XSS) at the top.
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ICS Security: 145,000 Systems Exposed to Web, Many Industrial Firms Hit by Attacks
Censys and Kaspersky publish ICS security reports looking into exposure to attacks and actual attacks suffered by industrial organizations.
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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
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
“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,
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,