Security firms Herjavec Group, SentinelOne and Tenable were all involved in merger and acquisition activity this past week, continuing a consolidation wave within the cybersecurity industry.
Following the hacking of a Florida water treatment plant, CISA is warning the operators of other plants to be on the lookout for hackers who exploit remote access software and outdated operating systems - and to take risk mitigation steps. The advice applies to other organizations as well, some security experts say.
Organizations must adopt a new approach to security automation that's tailor-made to address today's threats, says Joseph Blankenship, vice president and research director at Forrester.
SAP has issued a patch and remediation advice for a critical remote code execution vulnerability in its SAP Commerce product that could, if exploited, disrupt the entire system.
The ongoing lockdown may be complicating the path of Cupid's arrows. But as another Valentine's Day rolls around, authorities are warning that romance scammers - and other types of fraudsters - are alive and well and have been increasingly preying on unsuspecting victims around the world.
E-commerce and fraud - they evolved and grew together in 2020, and it's time for fraud defenses to do the same. Smriti Jaggi of F5 details how to deploy a multi-layered fraud defense without adding extra friction to the process.
The Biden administration has appointed Anne Neuberger, the deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology, to coordinate the investigation into the cyberattack that targeted SolarWinds and other organizations, following criticism from two senators that the probe has lacked coordination.
Did Russia pass a tough new cryptocurrency law to help authorities recruit or compel criminal hackers to assist the government? That's the thesis of a new report, which notes that the new regulation includes a host of provisions designed to unmask cryptocurrency users' transactions - or else.
The Florida city that experienced a breach of its water treatment system used now-unsupported Windows 7 machines, shared the same password for remote access and had no firewall. The incident is likely to raise questions about the vulnerability of critical infrastructure in small towns on slim IT security budgets.
Citing a lack of coordination and transparency, U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Marco Rubio of the Intelligence Committee are urging the four federal agencies investigating the cyberattack that targeted SolarWinds and other organizations to designate a leader for their investigative efforts.
The developers of LodaRAT malware, which has previously only targeted Windows devices, have developed a new variant, Loda4Android, that targets Android devices, according to Cisco Talos.
Pre-IPO investments in Israeli cybersecurity firms totaled $2.9 billion in 2020, up 70% from the previous year, and exports of products and services increased as well, according to the Israel National Cyber Directorate. Security experts offer insights on the reasons behind the growth.
Hackers used a fake Forcepoint extension, leveraging the Google Chrome Sync feature, to exfiltrate data and send commands to infected browsers, according to a report by a Croation security researcher writing for the SANS Institute.
Get answers to all your questions about how to seize cloud opportunities and realize your business’ potential—while also protecting all your data beyond what’s possible on-premises—in this wide-ranging conversation among experts and thought leaders from Microsoft and Barracuda. And a sneak peek of the Cloud to...
After being hit by SolarWinds hackers, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts instructed the nation's district courts to restrict the filing of sensitive information to hard copy or "secure electronic devices." But will this defense create an even bigger bureaucratic fallout than the attack itself?
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