US convenience store chain, 7-Eleven, said Monday that it had closed its outlets in Denmark after a suspected hacker attack knocked out their cash tills.
Slack Forces Password Resets After Discovering Software Flaw
Workplace productivity software giant Slack on Friday forced password resets for a tiny fraction of its users after the discovery of a security flaw that exposed Slack credentials.
Slack’s security response team alerted users to the issue via email and followed up with a blog post warning about the risk of passwords leaking to a skilled attacker.
Traffic Light Protocol 2.0 Brings Wording Improvements, Label Changes
The Forum of Incident Response and Security Team (FIRST) announced on Thursday the release of Traffic Light Protocol version 2.0, which brings important updates to the widely used sensitive information classification system.
The Secret to Automation? Eat the Elephant in Chunks.
The goal of security automation is to accelerate detection and response, but you’ll waste a lot of time if you try to eat the elephant all at once
Microsoft Connects USB Worm Attacks to ‘EvilCorp’ Ransomware Gang
Cybersleuths at Microsoft have found a link between the recent ‘Raspberry Robin’ USB-based worm attacks and EvilCorp, a notorious Russian ransomware operation sanctioned by the U.S. government.
Major Cybersecurity Breach of US Court System Comes to Light
The US federal court system suffered a major cybersecurity breach in 2020, House Judiciary chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler revealed in a public hearing on Thursday.
Calls Mount for US Gov Clampdown on Mercenary Spyware Merchants
Cybersecurity professionals from Google’s threat hunting unit and the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab are upping the pressure on mercenary hacking firms selling high-end surveillance spyware with fresh calls for the U.S. government to urgently clamp down on these businesses.
Microsoft Catches Austrian Company Exploiting Windows, Adobe Zero-Days
Malware hunters at Microsoft have caught an Austrian hack-for-hire company exploiting zero-day flaws in Windows and Adobe software products in “limited and targeted attacks” against European and Central American computer users.
Mailing List Provider WordFly Scrambling to Recover Following Ransomware Attack
Mailing list provider WordFly has been offline for more than two weeks after ransomware encrypted data on some of its systems.
WordFly provides digital marketing for arts, culture, entertainment, and sports organizations, offering email and SMS marketing, forms, and surveys, among other options.
IBM Security: Cost of Data Breach Hitting All-Time Highs
A study commissioned by IBM Security says the global average cost of a data breach reached an all-time high of $4.35 million and warned that the absence of zero trust principles at studied organizations are pushing those costs even higher.
