Accenture has finalized its acquisition of U.K. tech consultancy firm 6point6, which specializes in cybersecurity, cloud and digital transformation solutions. The acquisition will add 6point6's 400 staffers to Accenture in support of its business in the U.K. market.
A previously undiscovered critical exploit can allow threat actors to gain persistent, unauthorized access to Google services and connected accounts even after users have changed their passwords, cybersecurity researchers warn. They said the flaw enables hackers to manipulate the OAuth 2 protocol.
All has not been quiet on the malicious cybersecurity front this year, thanks to constant cybercrime innovation, cyberattacks and cyberespionage, and malicious or inadvertent data breaches. Here are 12 notable incidents and trends of 2023 and their implications for the bigger cybersecurity picture.
Scammers are stealing hotels' log-in credentials for online travel site Booking.com and targeting their customers, experts warn. In many cases, attackers use Booking's own messaging system to contact customers and request their payment card data, they say.
British prosecutors have sentenced a teenager behind high-profile hacks while he was part of the now-inactive Lapsus$ hacking group. Arion Kurtaj, from Oxford, will remain in medical care after doctors declared he was unfit to stand for trial owing to severe autism.
The DFIR landscape is constantly evolving, driven by technological advancements and new cyberthreats. "Tsurugi," developed by Giovanni Rattaro, senior cybersecurity expert, and Marco Giorgi, senior DFIR analyst, is an open-source Linux distribution project designed for blue teams.
An Iowa medical center is among the latest healthcare entities reporting to federal regulators a breach tied to a data theft hack on medical transcription vendor Perry Johnson and Associates earlier this year. Meanwhile, stacks of federal lawsuits continue to pile up against the Nevada firm.
A late October hacking incident at mortgage lender Mr. Cooper affected 14.7 million individuals, the Texas company disclosed Friday. The incident triggered a four-day shutdown of corporate systems and a suspension in lending. Hackers gained access on Oct. 30 and were ejected on Nov. 1.
The Idaho National Laboratory said hackers stole personal data of more than 45,000 individuals connected with the facility following a self-proclaimed hacktivist group's claims of a breach. The data theft stems from a Nov. 20 incident affecting the organization's off-site Oracle HCM HR system.
This week, French police arrested an alleged Hive "banker," Amazon cracked down on a refund fraud ring, Ukraine military intelligence said it hacked the Russian tax system, the U.K. Ministry of Defense was fined and Kraft Heinz said it is doing fine after an alleged ransomware attack.
A recently spotted hacking group with a penchant for using open-source tools has been using a less-than-novel tactic: exploiting SQL injection flaws. So warn researchers who recently detected attacks by the group, which has the codename GambleForce and appears to focus on gambling and retail firms.
Russia and China are expert at picking the "most difficult nexuses" in society - such as free speech protections in the United States - and using them against us, said Jeff Moss, creator of the Black Hat conference, as he outlined near-term geopolitical challenges facing cybersecurity defenders.
Seeking to maximize profits no matter the cost, ransomware groups have been bolstering their technical prowess and psychological shakedowns with a fresh strategy: attempting to control the narrative. Experts are warning security researchers and journalists to beware being co-opted.
Following an information security breach rated as the worst in U.K. policing history, which exposed all serving Northern Ireland police officers' personal details online, officials have promised to implement data protection and cybersecurity changes recommended by an independent review.
This week, Meta debuted end-to-end encryption on Messenger, AeroBlade cyberespionage targeted U.S. aerospace, Trojan-Proxy threatened cracked apps, Tipalti investigated a ransomware attack, a Pennsylvania hospital faced lawsuits, Nissan probed a cyber incident and the U.S. FCC teamed up with states.
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