The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged four current and former public companies for making “materially misleading disclosures” related to the large-scale cyber attack that stemmed from the hack of SolarWinds in 2020. The SEC said the companies – Avaya, Check Point, Mimecast, and Unisys – are being penalized for how they handled […]
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With 100 years of history, Interpol is the police organization par excellence, bringing together 196 countries in the fight against crime. But in this century, crime has undergone a transformation, with new technologies added to the mix, giving rise to cybercrime, one of Interop’s main battles today. To find out what challenges Interpol faces, Computerworld […]
The third day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 continued to showcase the expertise of white hat hackers as they exposed 11 zero-day vulnerabilities, adding $124,750 to the total prize pool, which now stands at $874,875. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
The third day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 continued to showcase the expertise of white hat hackers as they exposed 11 zero-day vulnerabilities, adding $124,750 to the total prize pool, which now stands at $874,875. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
The Irish data protection watchdog on Thursday fined LinkedIn €310 million ($335 million) for violating the privacy of its users by conducting behavioral analyses of personal data for targeted advertising. “The inquiry examined LinkedIn’s processing of personal data for the purposes of behavioral analysis and targeted advertising of users who have created LinkedIn profiles (members),” […]
In einem falschen Security-Mindset gefangen? Foto: Paul Craft – shutterstock.com Dass Jobs im Bereich Cybersecurity ein hohes Burnout-Potenzial aufweisen, ist längst kein Geheimnis mehr: Das Umfeld von Sicherheitsprofis ist vor allem geprägt von dem (gefühlten) Druck, täglich steigenden Anforderungen gerecht werden zu müssen. Dafür sind diverse Gründe ursächlich – in erster Linie aber die Art […]
UnitedHealth has confirmed for the first time that over 100 million people had their personal information and healthcare data stolen in the Change Healthcare ransomware attack, marking this as the largest healthcare data breach in recent years. […] Go to Source Author: Lawrence Abrams
Apple created a Virtual Research Environment to allow public access to testing the security of its Private Cloud Compute system, and released the source code for some “key components” to help researchers analyze the privacy and safety features on the architecture. […] Go to Source Author: Ionut Ilascu
Amazon’s open source Cloud Development Kit generates dangerously predictable naming patterns that could lead to an account takeover. Go to Source Author: Becky Bracken, Senior Editor, Dark Reading
Henry Schein has finally disclosed a data breach following at least two back-to-back cyberattacks in 2023 by the BlackCat Ransomware gang, revealing that over 160,000 people had their personal information stolen. […] Go to Source Author: Lawrence Abrams