The CrowdStrike Outage and Market-Driven Brittleness
Friday’s massive internet outage, caused by a mid-sized tech company called CrowdStrike, disrupted major airlines, hospitals, and banks. Nearly 7,000…
Security Firm Accidentally Hires North Korean Hacker, Did Not KnowBe4
A software engineer hired for an internal IT AI team immediately became an insider threat by loading malware onto his…
North Korean Hackers Shift from Cyber Espionage to Ransomware Attacks
A North Korea-linked threat actor known for its cyber espionage operations has gradually expanded into financially-motivated attacks that involve the…
Is Our Water Safe to Drink? Securing Our Critical Infrastructure
Our critical systems can be protected from looming threats by embracing a proactive approach, investing in education, and fostering collaboration…
Meta Removes 63,000 Instagram Accounts Linked to Nigerian Sextortion Scams
Meta Platforms on Wednesday said it took steps to remove around 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria that were found to…
6 Types of Applications Security Testing You Must Know About
While the specifics for security testing vary for applications, web applications, and APIs, a holistic and proactive applications security strategy…
Data Wallets Using the Solid Protocol
I am the Chief of Security Architecture at Inrupt, Inc., the company that is commercializing Tim Berners-Lee’s Solid open W3C…
Researchers Reveal ConfusedFunction Vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a privilege escalation vulnerability impacting Google Cloud Platform’s Cloud Functions service that an attacker could exploit…
Webinar: Securing the Modern Workspace: What Enterprises MUST Know about Enterprise Browser Security
The browser is the nerve center of the modern workspace. Ironically, however, the browser is also one of the least…
CISA Warns of Exploitable Vulnerabilities in Popular BIND 9 DNS Software
The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released patches to address multiple security vulnerabilities in the Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND)…
