Tag: Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity – Singapore startup touts need to mitigate risks, automate cloud security (Eileen Yu, ZD Net)

Every business, large of small, is a target of cybercriminals and should look at minimising security risks, not simply preventing them. This is essential...
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Cyberseurity – Survey finds massive gap in awareness of cyberattacks (Jonathan Greig, ZD Net)

A new survey from cybersecurity company Armis found that awareness of major cybersecurity incidents in the US is lacking. Survey finds massive gap in awareness...
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Cybersecurity – Open Cybersecurity Alliance (OCA) (Charlie Osborne, ZD Net)

IBM has contributed the Kestrel threat analysis language to the Open Cybersecurity Alliance (OCA). IBM Kestrel threat hunting language granted to Open Cybersecurity Alliance |...
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Cybersecurity – Ransomware: Paying up won’t stop you from getting hit again, says cybersecurity chief (Danny Palmer, ZD Net)

Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) has been praised for its response after falling victim to a major ransomware attack and for not giving into cyber criminals...
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Cybersecurity – New ransomware highlights widespread adoption of Golang language by cyberattackers (Charlie Osborne, ZD Net)

A new ransomware strain that utilizes Golang highlights the programming language's increasing adoption by threat actors. New ransomware highlights widespread adoption of Golang language by...
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Europe – What Europe’s SMEs need to do for a cyber-secure future (Alba Perez Grandi, Anna Sarri, Viktor Paggio, WEF)

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) constitute 99% of businesses in the EU and face diverse cybersecurity challenges including low management awareness and commitment; ...
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Cybersecurity – Why we need a global framework to regulate harm online (Cathy Li, Farah Lalani, WEF)

Digital platforms used by billions of people around the world are being misused to cause harm and endanger people. Urgent areas of concern,...
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Cybersecurity – GitHub paid out over $500K through its bug bounty program for 203 flaws in 2020 (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Code repository hosting service GitHub announced that it has paid out more than $1.5 million through its bug bounty program since 2016. GitHub paid out over...
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Cybersecurity – Microsoft investigates threat actor distributing malicious Netfilter Driver (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Microsoft is investigating an strange attack, threat actor used a driver signed by the company, the Netfilter Driver, to implant a Rootkit. Microsoft investigates threat...
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Cybersecurity – Cyber Insurance and the Cyber Security Challenge (Jamie MacColl, Dr Jason R. C. Nurse and James Sullivan, RUSI)

Cyber risk poses a complicated and growing challenge for governments, businesses and consumers. This paper explores cyber insurance’s potential contribution to solving this problem. Cyber...
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Cybersecurity – The builder for Babuk Locker ransomware was leaked online (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

The builder for the Babuk Locker ransomware was leaked online, threat actors can use it to create their own ransomware strain. The builder for Babuk Locker ransomware...
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Cybersecurity – Six typosquatting packages in PyPI repository laced with crypto miner (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Researchers discovered six rogue packages in the official Python programming language’s PyPI repository containg cryptocurrency mining malware. Six typosquatting packages in PyPI repository laced with crypto...
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Cybersecurity – A zero-trust approach to cyber security (David Morris, The Interpreter)

Amid the steady deterioration of the US–China relationship in recent years, China has become the focus of a new narrative on cyber risks, with...
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Cybersecurity – Crackonosh Monero miner made $2M after infecting 222,000 Win systems (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Researchers have discovered a strain of cryptocurrency-mining malware, tracked as Crackonosh, that abuses Windows Safe mode to avoid detection. Crackonosh Monero miner made $2M after infecting 222,000...
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Cybersecurity – Hackers target Cisco ASA devices after a PoC exploit code was published online (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Experts warn of attacks against Cisco ASA devices after researchers have published a PoC exploit code on Twitter for a known XSS vulnerability. Hackers target...
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Cybersecurity – Microsoft: Russia-linked SolarWinds hackers breached three new entities (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Microsoft discovered that Russia-linked SolarWinds hackers, tracked as Nobelium, have breached the network of three new organizations. Microsoft: Russia-linked SolarWinds hackers breached three new entitiesSecurity...
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