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Apple protected App Store users from $1.5 billion fraud last year
PRIVACY PRIVACY Apple says that it protected many millions of users from being defrauded to the tune of nearly $1.5 billion dollars in the last year, by policing its official App Store. According to a newly published report by Apple, over 1.6 million risky and untrustworthy apps and app updates were stopped in their tracks…
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State-Backed Hacker Believed to Be Behind Follina Attacks on EU and US
PRIVACY PRIVACY An unnamed state actor is behind a phishing campaign targeting European and local US government entities Read More
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Bringing External Attack Surface Management to the Masses with Bit Discovery
PRIVACY PRIVACY External Attack Surface Management (EASM) is an essential foundation of cybersecurity best practices. Soon, you’ll be able to take advantage of automated attack surface discovery in Tenable products. Visibility remains at the heart of cybersecurity today. Full and complete visibility — of assets, data, exposures, privileges, threats — is essential in order to…
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Does Windows 10 or 11 Need Antivirus Software?
PRIVACY PRIVACY If your PC runs on Windows 10, you’re in very good company. The Microsoft operating system is the most widely used OS in the world. Many Windows 10 users have also been upgraded to Windows 11 through a rollout that began in 2021. Microsoft plans to complete the Windows update by mid-2022. Unfortunately,…
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Gloucester Council IT Systems Still Not Fully Operational Six Months After Cyber-Attack
PRIVACY PRIVACY The authority said its servers were compromised on December 20 last year Read More
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AT&T Cybersecurity’s Partner Program and SentinelOne enter managed XDR market with robust alliance
PRIVACY PRIVACY The partnership between these two market-leading vendors enables MSSPs around the world to fast-track cutting-edge MXDR services. AT&T, the leader in network and managed security services, and SentinelOne, the leader in next generation, autonomous endpoint protection, today announced a strategic alliance to help prevent cybercrime. The partnership focuses on providing managed security service…
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Hottest new cybersecurity products at RSA 2022
PRIVACY PRIVACY Every year, global security vendors use the RSA Conference (RSAC) to exhibit new products and capabilities. This year, the show returns as an in-person event (with a virtual component) in San Francisco after going all-virtual in 2021 due to the pandemic. At RSAC 2022, starting June 6, new product showcases are dominated by…
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Russian Ministry Website Reportedly Hacked
PRIVACY PRIVACY Russia’s state news agency said hackers were demanding a ransom Read More
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Friday Squid Blogging: More on the “Mind Boggling” Squid Genome
PRIVACY PRIVACY Octopus and squid genes are weird. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here. Read More
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What Counts as “Good Faith Security Research?”
PRIVACY PRIVACY The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently revised its policy on charging violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a 1986 law that remains the primary statute by which federal prosecutors pursue cybercrime cases. The new guidelines state that prosecutors should avoid charging security researchers who operate in “good faith” when…