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Mideast, Turkey Cyber Threats Spike, Prompting Defense Changes

Mideast, Turkey Cyber Threats Spike, Prompting Defense Changes

The vast majority of organizations in the region saw more attacks in the past year, but most don't feel prepared for future incidents.

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

GorillaBot Goes Ape With 300K Cyberattacks Worldwide

GorillaBot Goes Ape With 300K Cyberattacks Worldwide

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Salt Typhoon APT Subverts Law Enforcement Wiretapping: Report

Salt Typhoon APT Subverts Law Enforcement Wiretapping: Report

Oct 7, 2024

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Episode 3: On Sept. 11, 2019, two cybersecurity professionals, Gary De Mercurio and Justin Wynn, were arrested in Dallas County, Iowa, and forced to spend the night in jail — just for doing their jobs. Despite the criminal charges against them eventually being dropped, the saga that night five years ago continues to haunt De Mercurio and Wynn personally and professionally. In this episode, the pair and Coalfire CEO Tom McAndrew share how the arrest and fallout has shaped their lives and careers as well as how it has transformed physical penetration tests for the cybersecurity industry as a whole.

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

American Water Suffers Network Disruptions After Cyberattack

American Water Suffers Network Disruptions After Cyberattack

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Mideast, Turkey Cyber Threats Spike, Prompting Defense Changes

Mideast, Turkey Cyber Threats Spike, Prompting Defense Changes

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GorillaBot Goes Ape With 300K Cyberattacks Worldwide

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byJai Vijayan, Contributing Writer

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Salt Typhoon APT Subverts Law Enforcement Wiretapping: Report

Salt Typhoon APT Subverts Law Enforcement Wiretapping: Report

byTara Seals, Managing Editor, News, Dark Reading

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CISO Paychecks: Worth the Growing Security Headaches?

CISO Paychecks: Worth the Growing Security Headaches?

byRobert Lemos, Contributing Writer

Malicious Chrome Extensions Skate Past Google's Updated Security

Malicious Chrome Extensions Skate Past Google's Updated Security

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Endpoint Security

Single HTTP Request Can Exploit 6M WordPress Sites

Single HTTP Request Can Exploit 6M WordPress Sites

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Threat Intelligence

MITRE Launches AI Incident Sharing Initiative

MITRE Launches AI Incident Sharing Initiative

byJennifer Lawinski, Contributing Writer

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iPhone 'VoiceOver' Feature Could Read Passwords Aloud

iPhone 'VoiceOver' Feature Could Read Passwords Aloud

byNate Nelson, Contributing Writer

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Insider Threat Damage Balloons as Visibility Gaps Widen

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Apono Raises $15.5M Series A Funding for AI-driven, Least Privilege Solution Set

Apono Raises $15.5M Series A Funding for AI-driven, Least Privilege Solution Set

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Identity & Access Management Security

Startup Finds 'Hydden' Identities in IT Environment

Startup Finds 'Hydden' Identities in IT Environment

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Сloud Security

Startup Spotlight: RAD Security Brings Behavioral Profiling to Cloud

Startup Spotlight: RAD Security Brings Behavioral Profiling to Cloud

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Criminals Are Testing Their Ransomware Campaigns in Africa

The booming economies of Africa, rich in natural resources and brimming with potential, are attracting not just investors but also cybercriminals.

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MITRE Launches AI Incident Sharing Initiative

The collaboration with industry partners aims to improve collective AI defenses. Trusted contributors receive protected and anonymized data on real-world AI incidents.

What Communications Companies Need to Know Before Q-Day

NIST standardized three algorithms for post-quantum cryptography. What does that mean for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry?

4 Ways to Fight AI-Based Fraud

Generative AI is being used to make cyberscams more believable. Here's how organizations can counter that using newly emerging tools and reliable methods.

DPRK's APT37 Targets Cambodia With Khmer, 'VeilShell' Backdoor

It's North Korea versus Cambodia, with Windows default settings and sheer patience allowing the bad guys to avoid easy detection.

China-Backed APT Group Culling Thai Government Data

CeranaKeeper is bombarding Southeast Asia with data exfiltration attacks via file-sharing services such as Pastebin, OneDrive, and GitHub, researchers say.

UAE, Saudi Arabia Become Plum Cyberattack Targets

Hacktivism-related DDoS attacks have risen 70% in the region, most often targeting the public sector, while stolen data and access offers dominate the Dark Web.

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