The disruption of Maryland’s reporting of COVID-19 data last month was caused by a ransomware attack, state officials said Wednesday.
Chip Stewart, the state’s chief information security officer, said the state has not paid extortion demands for the attack, which began on Dec. 4.
Cisco on Wednesday announced patches for a critical vulnerability in Unified Contact Center Management Portal (Unified CCMP) and Unified Contact Center Domain Manager (Unified CCDM) that could be exploited remotely to elevate privileges to administrator.
Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) on Wednesday announced the targets, prizes and rules for Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022, scheduled to take place May 18-20 alongside the CanSecWest conference.
The U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) on Wednesday officially tied the advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as MuddyWater to Iranian intelligence.
Dozens of journalists and human rights defenders in El Salvador had their cellphones repeatedly hacked with sophisticated spyware over the past year and a half, an internet watchdog said Wednesday.
A ransomware attack locked down a US jail, knocking out security cameras and leaving inmates confined to their cells, court documents show.
Apple has released an iOS security update with a fix for a persistent denial-of-service flaw in the HomeKit software framework but only after an independent researcher publicly criticized the company for ignoring his discovery.
Mozilla has released Firefox 96 with patches for 18 security vulnerabilities affecting its flagship web browser and the Thunderbird mail program.
Of the newly patched security flaws, nine are rated high-severity while six carry a “medium-severity” rating.
Israel-based startup Eureka on Wednesday announced emerging from stealth mode with a cloud data security posture management platform and $8 million in seed funding.
Automated security validation firm has now raised nearly $190 million in funding
Boston, USA and Tel Aviv, Israel-based automated security validation (ASV) firm Pentera has raised $150 million in a Series C funding round led by K1 Investment Management, with participation from Evolution Equity Partners and Insight Partners.
