Network Security
At Least 48 Companies Targeted in Cyber Attacks Across Several IndustriesAttackers have been targeting chemical and defense companies around the world in a cyber-campaign...
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Cybercrime
We all know they’re watching us. But we don’t know who they are, nor why nor how they are doing it.
Cybercrime
Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers were prosecuted over a 2024 cyberattack targeting Transport for London (TfL).
Cybercrime
Prosecutors say 19-year-old Peter Stokes was a member of Scattered Spider, the hacking group linked to more than 100 network intrusions and over $100...
Cybercrime
NetNut rented access to millions of compromised devices, allowing cybercriminals and nation-state actors to mask their identities during attacks.
Cybercrime
After one of their own was kidnapped while participating in Operation PaperStorm, Anonymous has threatened to expose the Zetas drug cartel unless the Anon...
Malware & Threats
In Mumbai, Indian authorities seized components from servers in a data center, after Symantec informed them that they were communicating with the command and...
Malware & Threats
Microsoft has dismissed a lawsuit against a company it contended a month ago was at the heart of the now-defunct Kelihos botnet.In September, Microsoft...
Tracking & Law Enforcement
A Chinese national pleaded guilty today to one count of economic espionage to benefit a university tied to the People’s Republic of China and one...
Tracking & Law Enforcement
Operation Swiper: More than 100 people have been indicted in connection with what may be the largest identity theft crackdown in the country’s history....
Malware & Threats
Finnish security vendor F-Secure, along with the U.K.’s Sophos, have each pledged to detect a new backdoor, allegedly developed and used by the German...
Malware & Threats
Over the weekend, the “Chaos Computer Club” (CCC), a group considered to be the largest European Hacker Club, said it had identified and reverse...
Tracking & Law Enforcement
Company Conspired to Fix Prices of Drives Sold to Dell, HP, and Microsoft; Agrees to Pay $21.1 Million Criminal FineHitachi-LG Data Storage, a joint...
Tracking & Law Enforcement
Defendant planned to attack the Pentagon and the Capitol using aircraft similar to “small drone airplanes” filled with explosives and guided by GPS equipment.
Cybercrime
Dealing with the Aftermath of a Breach Is Challenging, but there are Things you Can do to Keep Things from Going from Bad to...
Cybercrime
Microsoft Crushes Another Botnet: "Operation b79" Neutralizes Kelihos BotnetMicrosoft today announced it has taken down the notorious Kelihos botnet, scoring yet another legal victory...
Cybercrime
On Friday, the last of 27 defendants arrested in connection with a global cybercrime operation that compromised dozens of accounts and used false identities...
Cybercrime
The FBI said it has arrested a member of the notorious LulzSec hacking group in connection with his role in attacking the computer systems...
Cybercrime
Solution providers and policy makers from both worlds need to meet up and share ideas, thoughts and experience for the benefit of both.
Application Security
If Patch Tuesday is a party, this would be the IT security version of pre-gaming.On Aug. 9, Microsoft accidentally released information on the five...
Cybercrime
In my previous column I presented five commonly used weapons in arsenals of security researchers. This week, we complete the list with a mix...
Tracking & Law Enforcement
A former vice president in Citigroup's treasury finance department, pleaded guilty today to bank fraud arising from his embezzlement of more than $22 million...
Cloud Security
Credit Card Purchase at McDonald's Helped FBI Connect Culprit to Cyber Attack OriginA disgruntled ex-IT administrator pleaded guilty this week to taking down most...
Compliance
In my previous column, I outlined how software vendors can best identify if they have a piracy problem. Once software piracy is identified it...
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Organizations are rushing to implement AI without fully grasping where its legal protections begin and end.
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Build your strategy around answering these questions to ensure employees use AI productively while keeping sensitive data, IP, and agent behavior within the boundaries set for safe AI use.
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The best compliance programs aren't the biggest ones. They're the ones built on a short list of questions that can actually be answered, and that still hold true when the models change.
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You cannot out-patch a machine that writes a working exploit from a vulnerability description in twenty hours. Stop trying to optimize a game you cannot win.
(Danelle Au)
Identity confidence changes throughout every interaction and should be reassessed continuously as new risk signals emerge.
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