Categoria: Risk Management

Over 30 Countries Take Part in NATO’s ‘Locked Shields 2022’ Cyber Exercise

NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) on Tuesday kicked off the thirteen installment of Locked Shields, its annual live-fire cyber defense exercise.

Webex Monitors Microphone Even When Muted, Researchers Say

Cisco’s enterprise-facing Webex video conferencing and messaging utility monitors the microphone at all times, even when the user’s microphone is muted in the software, according to warning from a group of academic researchers.

North Korea APT Lazarus Targeting Chemical Sector

Threat hunters at Symantec have spotted signs that North Korea’s Lazarus APT group is targeting companies in the chemical sector in an ongoing cyberespionage campaign that includes fake job lures and clever social engineering.

VMWare Confirms Workspace One Exploits in the Wild

Less than a week after patching critical security defects affecting multiple enterprise-facing products, VMWare is warning that one of the flaws is being exploited in the wild.

Microsoft Patches 128 Windows Flaws, New Zero-Day Reported by NSA

Microsoft on Tuesday issued a warning for an in-the-wild zero-day attack hitting Windows users and raised eyebrows when it credited the U.S. government National Security Agency (NSA) with reporting the live exploitation.

OpenSSH Moves to Prevent ‘Capture Now, Decrypt Later’ Attacks

OpenSSH has joined the high-stakes fight to protect data from quantum computers.

The latest version of the widely used encryption and connectivity tool has been fitted with new features to prevent “capture now, decrypt later” attacks linked to advancements in quantum computing.

Scope Security CEO Mike Murray Passes Away

Scope Security has announced the sudden passing of its founder and CEO Mike Murray, a longtime practitioner and executive who was deeply embedded in the cybersecurity industry.

The healthcare security startup said Murray passed away on April 6. He was 46.

Thoma Bravo to Take SailPoint Private in $6.9B All-Cash Deal

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo’s deep push into the cybersecurity market continued Monday with the announcement of plans to spend $6.9 billion to acquire identity and access management powerhouse SailPoint.

Lawmakers Want to Improve Cybersecurity Info Sharing Between DHS, Congress

Senators last week introduced a bill whose goal is to improve the sharing of cybersecurity information between the Department of Homeland Security and Congress.