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A new variant of powerful cryptojacking and DDoS-based malware is exploiting severe vulnerabilities in order to infect Windows machines. Dubbed Lucifer, the malware is part of an active campaign against Windows hosts and uses a variety of weaponized exploits in the latest wave of attacks, Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 said on Wednesday. The malware […] More
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation sent out on Tuesday a security alert to K12 schools about the increase in ransomware attacks during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and especially about ransomware gangs that abuse RDP connections to break into school systems. The alert, called a Private Industry Notification, or PIN, tells schools that “cyber actors […] More
Telstra has announced the appointment of a new chief information security officer for Asia Pacific. Narelle Devine will join the telco from late July, where she will be charged with helping to “shape” the cybersecurity “landscape” and “drive” Telstra’s policy, governance, and incident response for cybersecurity across the organisation. “Most importantly, she will play a […] More
The US Department of Justice has filed today a superseding indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. “The new indictment [PDF] does not add additional counts to the prior 18-count superseding indictment returned against Assange in May 2019,” the DOJ said in a press release. Instead, the newly updated indictment clarifies the depth of Assange’s alleged […] More
Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that it has acquired Massachusetts-based internet-of-things (IoT) and industrial control system (ICS) security vendor CyberX. While the purchase price was not disclosed, media reports are speculating that the purchase price was somewhere between $150 million to $165 million. Founded in 2013, CyberX has raised $48 million in venture capital, so this deal […] More
Jason Lee, Zoom CISO Image via LinkedIn Video conferencing software company Zoom announced today it hired a new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in Jason Lee, who, until recently, served as Salesforce’s Senior Vice President of Security Operations. Zoom said Lee will start in his new role at the company starting next week, on June […] More
Image: Lee Paz on Unsplash Sony launched today a bug bounty program for the PlayStation Network and the PlayStation 4 gaming console, a company spokesperson told ZDNet. The program aims to reward security researchers who find bugs in PlayStation-related devices and websites and report them to Sony’s security team to have them patched before getting […] More
Two years on from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into the force, the data privacy laws still face challenges across the European Union, with fragmentation around how member states are implementing it and more. A report by the European Commission broadly paints the data protection laws as a success when it comes to providing […] More
