In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed what the thousands of attendees at RSA Conference 2024 can expect this year, key insights from Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report, and how significant funding rounds are shaping the cybersecurity industry.
Hackers are taking advantage of D-Link home routers left unpatched for a decade and turning them into a newly formed botnet researchers dubbed "Goldoon." The vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely via the proprietary Home Network Administration Protocol.
The German and Czech governments on Friday disclosed that Russian military intelligence hackers targeted political parties and critical infrastructure as part of an espionage campaign that began last year. "The EU will not tolerate such malicious behavior," the European Union said in a statement.
While fewer healthcare websites appear to be using online trackers now than a year ago, nearly 1 in 3 firms are still using Meta Pixel and similar tech tools despite warnings from regulators and a rise in class action litigation alleging privacy violations, said Ian Cohen, CEO of Lokker.
Information Security Media group CTO and CISO Dan Grosu discusses the challenges of realistically implementing the directives in President Joe Biden's executive order on artificial intelligence. Hint: He thinks it's going to be "a madhouse" if enterprises don't get more educated about AI.
A high-risk flaw in R statistics programming language could lead to a supply chain hack, warn security researchers who say they uncovered a deserialization flaw. Security researchers have long known that hackers sneak malicious code into serialized data.
Permira has acquired a majority stake in BioCatch at a $1.3 billion valuation, solidifying the company's global expansion plans. The behavioral biometrics company is exploring mergers and acquisitions, aiming to expand into key markets while consolidating its position in online fraud detection.
Space industry executives say they're feeling left out of a push to better national cybersecurity, calling a White House update on Tuesday to a memo organizing critical infrastructure efforts a missed opportunity. Experts said the exclusion could leave the U.S. space sector vulnerable to attacks.
A Texas-based operator of rehabilitation hospitals is facing multiple federal proposed class action lawsuits in the wake of an apparent ransomware attack that affected dozens of its facilities in several states, potentially compromising the sensitive information of more than 101,000 individuals.
This week, REvil hacker sentenced; ZDI saw possible Ivanti-zero-day; FBI said to strengthen DMARC policies; Okta saw surge in credential stuffing attacks; French hospital refused to pay ransom; JPMorgan, debt collection agency and healthcare company were breached; and ex-NSA employee was sentenced.
New Veracode CEO Brian Roche discusses the importance of artificial intelligence in managing application risk, the integration of startup Longbow Security into Veracode's ecosystem, and the convergence of traditional application security with cloud security.
This week, SEC filed suit against Geosyn, prosecutors fought dismissed Tornado Cash charges, analyst tracked North Korean crypto laundering, European Parliament OK'd anti-money laundering law, FBI warned of unregistered crypto entities and South Korea may make crypto investigative unit permanent.
Who's responsible for a breach that exposed personal information for 1.1 million individuals? While a Maine consultancy blamed the breach on a managed service provider's network getting hacked, the MSP said the network was entirely owned and operated by its now-former customer.
Dropbox said hackers breached its infrastructure and stole swaths of customer data for its legally binding electronic signature service, Dropbox Sign, including names, emails, hashed passwords and authentication tokens. The company has begun forcing password resets and API key rotation.
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