The FCC approved new guidelines that note how data breaches "have only grown in frequency and severity" since the commission adopted its privacy protection policies 16 years ago. The new rules aim to provide customers and law enforcement with real-time information about critical security incidents.
Hackers are exploiting OAuth applications to compromise user accounts, manipulate and confer elevated privileges, and set up cryptomining operations, which has cost some organizations up to $1.5 million in losses, according to Microsoft's Threat Intelligence team.
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.
The cybersecurity landscape is structured like Swiss cheese - fragmented and full of vulnerabilities. This complex, ever-evolving environment requires a multifaceted approach to address gaps and a specific focus on data security and identity protection, said Maxine Holt, senior director at Omdia.
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.
A Kentucky-based hospital chain is notifying millions of individuals that their information was potentially exfiltrated in a May attack. Russian-speaking ransomware-as-a-service group Alphv/BlackCat - which is currently reportedly undergoing its own disruptions - took credit for the data theft.
In this video, learn about how Palo Alto Networks and Google Cloud partner and integrate to secure the entire value chain for today’s omnichannel retailers.
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.
Cybersecurity professionals must choose their own destiny, former CSO Joe Sullivan said at this week's Black Hat Europe in London. CISOs will either remain down in the weeds, technically speaking, or learn to become true senior executives and be treated as such by the board.
After the latest Israel-Hamas war began, Kollender found herself trying to return to her homeland, but "no airline was flying to or from Israel," she said. In this episode of CyberEd.io's podcast series "Cybersecurity Insights," she discussed her personal views about the Israel-Hamas war.
A New York medical imaging services provider is notifying nearly 606,000 individuals that their information was potentially accessed and copied in a recent hacking incident. The entity is one of several medical imaging centers that have reported major hacking breaches in recent weeks and months.
Genetics testing firm 23andMe says hackers, in a credential-stuffing attack this fall, siphoned the ancestry data of 6.9 million individuals. 23andMe disclosed the attack on Oct. 1, stating the attackers had scraped the profiles of 23andMe users who opted in to the company's DNA Relatives feature.
Winter in London features Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland, Christmas lights galore, and the return of the Black Hat Europe cybersecurity conference, featuring briefings on everything from quantum cryptography and router pwning to dissecting iOS zero-days and training generative AI to attack.
Ensure your team is prepared for advanced threat actors. Join this fireside chat with Niall Browne, CISO at Palo Alto Networks, and guest speaker Allie Mellen, senior analyst at Forrester.
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