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ransomware
The various ways ransomware impacts your organization

Despite increased investment in tools to fight ransomware, 90% of organizations were affected by ransomware in some capacity over the past 12 months, according to …

open source
Open source projects under attack, with enterprises as the ultimate targets

Sonatype has found a massive year-over-year increase in cyberattacks aimed at open source projects. According to early data from Sonatype’s 8th annual State of the …

zero trust
Why zero trust should be the foundation of your cybersecurity ecosystem

For cybersecurity professionals, it is a huge challenge to separate the “good guys” from the “villains”. In the past, most cyberattacks could simply be traced to external …

ransomware
To encrypt or to destroy? Ransomware affiliates plan to try the latter

Ransomware gangs are planning on trying out a new tactic, and it involves the destruction of the victims’ data. Targeting the data Researchers from Symantec, Cyderes and …

Sophos
RCE in Sophos Firewall is being exploited in the wild (CVE-2022-3236)

Sophos has patched an actively exploited remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2022-3236) in its Firewall solutions, and has pushed the fix to customers who have automatic …

Fuzz CLI
CI Fuzz CLI: Open-source tool simplifies fuzz testing for C++

Fuzz testing helps developers protect their applications against memory corruptions, crashes that cause downtime, and other security issues, including DoS and uncaught …

phishing
Phishing attacks skyrocketing, over 1 million observed

The APWG’s Phishing Activity Trends Report reveals that in the second quarter of 2022, the APWG observed 1,097,811 total phishing attacks — the worst quarter for …

Woman working on laptop
How confident are IT pros in their tech career?

SolarWinds unveils the results of its survey examining the state of the technology job market amid industry-wide labor shortages and hiring challenges. Released to coincide …

week in review
Week in review: Revolut data breach, ManageEngine RCE flaw, free Linux security training courses

GTA 6 in-development footage leaked American video game publisher Rockstar Games has suffered an unfortunate data leak: someone has released online in-development …

Hand
Critical ManageEngine RCE flaw is being exploited (CVE-2022-35405)

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added CVE-2022-35405, a critical remote code execution vulnerability in ManageEngine PAM360, Password …

New infosec products of the week: September 23, 2022

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from 42Crunch, Cloudflare, Code42, Commvault, and Onfido. Code42 Incydr enhanced …

identity theft
How does identity crime affect victims?

The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) has published a research that shows nearly 40 percent of ITRC victims say their personal information was stolen, compromised or …

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