A Third of Americans Use Easy-to-Guess Pet Passwords
Far too many turn to Jingles, Mittens, or Bella for password inspiration, given that these are some of the easiest…
SolarWinds Attackers Gear Up for Typosquatting Attacks
The same infrastructure traced back to Russian-speaking threat group Nobelium is being used to set up misspelled domain names, presaging…
New Regulations in India Require Orgs to Report Cyber Incidents Within 6 Hours
CERT-In updates cybersecurity rules to include mandatory reporting, record-keeping, and more.
Good News! IAM Is Near-Universal With SaaS
The less-good news: IAM only works for applications your IT department knows about, so watch for "shadow IT" programs installed…
Cloudflare Flags Largest HTTPS DDoS Attack It’s Ever Recorded
This scale of this month's encrypted DDoS attack over HTTPS suggests a well-resourced operation, analysts say.
IT Teams Worry Staff Lack Cloud-Specific Skills
Security, cost, and reliability top the list of concerns IT teams have about their cloud operations, according to a recent…
Microsoft: Russia Using Cyberattacks in Coordination With Military Invasion of Ukraine
Six Russian state-backed threat actors have lunched 237 cyberattacks on Ukraine's infrastructure, new research from MIcrosoft shows.
CISA: Log4Shell Was the Most-Exploited Vulnerability in 2021
Internet-facing zero-day vulnerabilities were the most commonly used types of bugs in 2021 attacks, according to the international Joint Cybersecurity…
Tenable Acquires External Attack Surface Management Vendor for $44.5M
Acquisition will add Internet-facing attack surface mapping and monitoring to Tenable's internal asset management products.
Sophos Buys Alert-Monitoring Automation Vendor
Acquisition of cloud-based alert security company will help Sophos automate tasks bogging down security teams, the company says.