Information Security (Page 64)

In an unprecedented development, major fishing gear company Angling Direct was the target of an unusual cyberattack that resulted in the redirection of its web domain to the popular adultRead More →

This will be a busy week for system administrators, as technology companies Siemens and Schneider Electric announced the release of dozens of security patches to address all sorts of flawsRead More →

In its latest investigation, Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 detailed how a group of unknown hackers has used a number of malicious tools to spy on enterprise networks in theRead More →

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a private industry alert to notify casino owners on tribal properties about an aggressive ransomware campaign that has infected various establishments, completely cripplingRead More →

In mid-2021, U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Steve Daines presented a document titled “Study on Cyber-Attack Response Options Act”, as a way to request (or require) the Department of HomelandRead More →

A security report notes that Command-Option-Argument (coa), the popular npm library, has been infiltrated with a malicious backdoor code, which could have severe consequences worldwide. This library is downloaded aboutRead More →

Cybersecurity specialists identified a hacker known as “Tortilla” launching powerful ProxyShell cyberattacks against Microsoft Exchange implementations in order to inject the Babuk ransomware variant into the affected systems. The reportRead More →

Earlier this week, Facebook announced that it would stop using its facial recognition systems for user authentication on its social platform, although Meta, the now parent company of the socialRead More →