UK says AI will empower ransomware over the next two years
The United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns that artificial intelligence (AI) tools will have an adverse near-term impact…
How to secure AD passwords without sacrificing end-user experience
To increase password security, regulatory bodies recommend longer and unique passwords. Despite this, many still stick to using the same…
SEC Says SIM Swap to Blame for Breached X Account
Crypto hackers gained control of a phone number associated with the government agency's account after MFA was disabled in July.
Hackers start exploiting critical Atlassian Confluence RCE flaw
Security researchers are observing exploitation attempts for the CVE-2023-22527 remote code execution flaw vulnerability that affects outdated versions of Atlassian Confluence servers.…
Fostering Total Trust with A ‘Zero-Trust’ Approach in Financial Services
By Stefan Auerbach, CEO, Utimaco Despite annual spending on cybersecurity by the financial services industry reaching $600 million annually –…
Russian hackers stole Microsoft corporate emails in month-long breach
Microsoft warned Friday night that some of its corporate email accounts were breached and data stolen by a Russian state-sponsored…
Massive Data Breach at VF Hits 35M Vans, Retail Customers
A month on from a retail conglomerate's data breach, it's still not clear exactly what the hackers stole, but impacted…
Chinese hackers exploit VMware bug as zero-day for two years
A Chinese hacking group has been exploiting a critical vCenter Server vulnerability (CVE-2023-34048) as a zero-day since at least late…
VMware confirms critical vCenter flaw now exploited in attacks
VMware has confirmed that a critical vCenter Server remote code execution vulnerability patched in October is now under active exploitation.…
US govt wants BreachForums admin sentenced to 15 years in prison
The United States government has recommended that Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the creator and lead administrator of the now-defunct BreachForums hacking…