A prominent cybersecurity executive is calling on the U.S. government to resist the urge to match China’s reported mandates around early vulnerability disclosure, warning that such a move would “meaningfully and dramatically increase the risk” of zero-day flaws landing in the wrong hands.
The Pendulum Effect and Security Automation
The last few years have been filled with examples of the “Pendulum Effect”, where trends swing from one extreme to another before settling at an equilibrium, somewhere in the middle. Think about it from an IT and security perspective.
Microsoft Releases Open Source Toolkit for Generating SBOMs
Software giant Microsoft has open-sourced its internal tool for generating SBOMs (software bill of materials) as part of a move to help organizations be more transparent about supply chain relationships between components used when building a software product.
Microsoft Patch Tuesday: 84 Windows Vulns, Including Already-Exploited Zero-Day
Microsoft has issued an urgent Patch Tuesday bulletin to warn of in-the-wild zero-day exploitation of a privilege escalation flaw in the Windows operating system.
Adobe Patch Tuesday: Critical Flaws in Acrobat, Reader, Photoshop
Software maker Adobe has rolled out a major security update for its flagship Acrobat and Reader products to fix at least 22 documented vulnerabilities, some serious enough to cause arbitrary code execution attacks.
UK Warns Lawyers Not to Advise Ransomware Payments
The NCSC and the ICO have warned UK lawyers not to advise clients to pay a ransom to cybercriminals
In a letter addressed to UK lawyers dated July 7, 2022, the UK’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), have reiterated – with teeth – the official stance on not paying a ransom.
As Cybercriminals Recycle Ransomware, They’re Getting Faster
Marriott Confirms Small-Scale Data Breach
International hotel chain Marriott has confirmed that an unknown threat actor has accessed data on a computer at one of its hotels.
Apple Adds ‘Lockdown Mode’ to Thwart .Gov Mercenary Spyware
Faced with a surge in state-sponsored mercenary spyware attacks targeting its flagship iOS platform, Apple plans to add a new ‘Lockdown Mode’ that significantly reduces attack surface and adds technical roadblocks to limit sophisticated software exploits.
Researchers Flag ‘Significant Escalation’ in Software Supply Chain Attacks
Security researchers at ReversingLabs are warning of a “significant escalation in software supply chain attacks” after discovering more than two dozen malicious NPM packages siphoning user data from mobile and desktop applications.












