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Healthcare – Navigating your path to cyber wellness
The healthcare industry is progressing towards a more mature cybersecurity posture. However, given it remains a popular attack target, more attention is needed. Results from The Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023 reported that healthcare has had the highest industry cost of breach for 13 consecutive years, to the tune of $10.93M. In 2022,…
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HackerOne Exceeds $300m in Bug Bounty Payments
Thirty hackers have earned over one million dollars each Read More
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Boeing Investigates LockBit Ransomware Breach Claims
Group alleges it stole large volume of sensitive data Read More
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Friday Squid Blogging: On the Ugliness of Squid Fishing
And seafood in general: A squid ship is a bustling, bright, messy place. The scene on deck looks like a mechanic’s garage where an oil change has gone terribly wrong. Scores of fishing lines extend into the water, each bearing specialized hooks operated by automated reels. When they pull a squid on board, it squirts…
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US-B Careful: Public iPhone Chargers Lie in Wait
It is common knowledge that connecting your devices to public Wi-Fi can expose them to potential malware and other security risks. But have you ever considered the dangers that might be lurking within public USB chargers? In a surprising revelation, researchers at Georgia Tech discovered that public iPhone chargers can be a conduit for malicious…
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Cyber Monday: Protect Yourself and Your Family from Online Shopping Scams
The eagerly awaited holiday sales such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday are just around the corner. As consumers, we look forward to getting the best deals online, but we’re not the only ones. Hackers are also keenly anticipating these holidays but for different reasons. They use this period to come up with all sorts…
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Have you accidentally hired a North Korean IT worker who’s spying on your company?
South Korea and the United States’s FBI are warning organisations that they might have inadvertently recruited a North Korean spy to work in their IT department. Read More
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#ISC2Congress: Generative AI A Boon for Organizations Despite the Risks, Experts Say
Experts highlighted the ways generative AI tools can help security teams, and how to mitigate the risks they pose Read More
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Messaging Service Wiretap Discovered through Expired TLS Cert
Fascinating story of a covert wiretap that was discovered because of an expired TLS certificate: The suspected man-in-the-middle attack was identified when the administrator of jabber.ru, the largest Russian XMPP service, received a notification that one of the servers’ certificates had expired. However, jabber.ru found no expired certificates on the server, as explained in…
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Security Agency Rolls Out Protective DNS for Schools
Local authorities urged to sign up today Read More