What do Boeing, an Australian shipping company, the world’s largest bank, and one of the world’s biggest law firms have in common? All four have suffered cybersecurity breaches, most likely at the hands of teenage hackers, after failing to patch a critical vulnerability that security experts have warned of for more than a month, according […]
The notorious Lockbit ransomware group has leaked a trove of data belonging to the leading global aerospace company Boeing, apparently following failed ransom negotiations. The notorious LockBit ransomware group has struck again, and this time, its victim is aerospace giant Boeing. The ransomware gang infiltrated Boeing’s systems and stole a significant amount of sensitive data.
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29 new ransomware groups have emerged in 2023 as attacks intensify A number of new ransomware groups have caused a surge in attacks in the first three quarters of 2023, research suggests A surge in the number of new ransomware groups has contributed to an increase in data breaches in 2023, according to new research
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At Ignite 2023, Microsoft is introducing a brand new security offering. Security Copilot joins Microsoft’s other AI Copilot offerings, which bring considerable new capabilities to existing key Microsoft offerings. Tools like Microsoft Sentinel, which monitors and analyzes data across an organization, and Microsoft Defender XDR, which currently provides a wide range of threat detection and
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More than 100 teams of students from around the country on Saturday are taking on the role of an energy company defending itself from cyberattacks, part of a broader effort to keep up with quickly changing workforce needs. The Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) and the Argonne National
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Former National Security Agency Executive Director Harry Coker told members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that if he’s confirmed as the next national cyber director, he’d largely continue along the same path as his predecessors. Coker, who also spent 17 years at the Central Intelligence Agency and had made few public
Cyber security practitioners believe their work-life balance is becoming increasingly strained as the stress of their roles and growing workloads impacts their home life. Professionals were found to be sacrificing more personal time than ever, according to a study from Centripetal. The survey of security practitioners raised concerns that staff risk burning out and damaging
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KandyKorn is a stealthy backdoor designed to extract data, file uploading/downloading, directory listing, process termination, secure deletion, and command execution. A new macOS malware dubbed KandyKorn is currently targeting devices of unsuspected cryptocurrency users and blockchain engineers. The malware, KandyKorn, has been linked to the North Korean hacking group Lazarus and was discovered by cybersecurity
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The global demand for cybersecurity workers is not only increasing but quickly outpacing supply, according to a new study released Tuesday. The cybersecurity workforce study by the nonprofit ISC2 looked at data from nearly 15,000 cybersecurity practitioners and found that almost half have been impacted by cutbacks, including budget cuts, layoffs and hiring and promotion
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The United States and a consortium of some four dozen countries will pledge this week to no longer pay ransoms demanded as part of ransomware attacks, a senior administration official said Monday. The statement will come as part of a meeting of the International Counter Ransomware Initiative set to take place Tuesday. The commitment to
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