Our roundtable of experts weighs in on implications for Apple and lawmakers in the wake of the bombshell report showing widespread surveillance of dissidents, journalists and others.
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Security
Mitigate Threats with Data Risk Assessments
Before an organization can re-engineer its approach to data privacy, it must first understand its current state. Similar to cybersecurity risk assessments, a data risk assessment (DRA) is a systemized…
What’s Next for REvil’s Victims?
Podcast: Nothing, says a ransomware negotiator who has tips on staying out of the sad subset of victims left in the lurch, mid-negotiation, after REvil’s servers went up in smoke.
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Managing Zero-Day Exploits
There’s a trend toward supply chain attacks, meaning that the zero-day vulnerability could have far-reaching impacts for the company, its partners and customer. The Kayesa ransomware attack is the mos…
Windows 0-Days Used Against Dissidents in Israeli Broker’s Spyware
Candiru, aka Sourgum, allegedly sells the DevilsTongue surveillance malware to governments around the world.
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Critical Juniper Bug Allows DoS, RCE Against Carrier Networks
Telecom providers, including wireless carriers, are at risk of disruption of network service if the bug in SBR Carrier is exploited.
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The Evolving Role of the CISO
Curtis Simpson, CISO at Armis, discusses the top qualities that all CISOs need to possess to excel.
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Top CVEs Trending with Cybercriminals
An analysis of criminal forums reveal what publicly known vulnerabilities attackers are most interested in.
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Linux Variant of HelloKitty Ransomware Targets VMware ESXi Servers
HelloKitty joins the growing list of ransomware bigwigs going after the juicy target of VMware ESXi, where one hit gets scads of VMs.
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Zero-Day Attacks on Critical WooCommerce Bug Threaten Databases
The popular e-commerce platform for WordPress has started deploying emergency patches.
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