Florida has become the second state in the US to forbid its government agencies to make ransomware payments, following similar rules passed in North Carolina in May.
Cisco network breach showed that while voice phishing is a sophisticated threat often undertaken by well-funded attackers, leveraging MFA fatigue is simple and can be done by nearly anyone.
A new study found that 3,200 mobile apps that link to users’ Twitter accounts are leaking Twitter API keys that could be used for account hijacking and other types of attacks.
Large-scale attempt to manipulate Github code repositories reinforces the importance of paying attention to exactly what you’re downloading. Malicious code tied to a single actor was found in about 35,000 forks and clones on the platform.
The entire U.S. population relies on FEMA’s Emergency Alert Systems for its first warning of natural disasters and threats to public safety. Vulnerable software can be exploited to issue messages and even gain full control of these systems.
Twitter says that the security breach occurred in December 2021, but was not public knowledge until July 21 of this year. An attacker using a zero-day was able to capture phone numbers and email addresses from anonymous accounts.
“Known exploited vulnerabilities” are usually the simplest category of cyber weakness to shut down. They are also the biggest danger to networks. Why does this apparent contradiction exist? Because, in some cases, organizations do not keep on top of vulnerability scanning and patching.
Four encryption algorithms have been selected to be part of the emerging cryptographic standards designed to defend against the quantum computing threat.
The government is keeping the data breach of the federal courts out of the public eye. The electronic records system was breached sometime between 2020 and January 2021, and “three foreign hostile actors” may have had access.
Cross-chain bridges have already lost over $1 billion to crypto hacks in 2022. The attack on Nomad may well have set the new record had there been more money on hand to steal.