Avast acquires SecureKey Technologies
The move will bolster Avast's digital authentication and identity management portfolio.
Avast announced this week that they will acquire SecureKey Technologies, a global provider of digital identity and authentication solutions headquartered in Canada. SecureKey’s privacy-enhancing services ar... Read more
‘DDoS attacks were bigger and more complex in 2021’
F5 researched the development of last year's DDoS attacks. Though the amount of attacks dropped in 2021, the average incident was larger and more complex.
According to F5, the volume of global DDoS attacks decreased by 3 percent. Attacks were much larger in scale. The average size rose to more ... Read more
British police arrest seven Lapsus$ suspects
British police arrested seven suspects in connection to Lapsus$'s attacks on Okta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Samsung.
Reuters reports that the suspects are aged between 16 and 21. Among the suspects is Lapsus$'s alleged 16-year-old mastermind. Family members of the young hacker declined to comment.
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Microsoft’s initiative to fill cybersecurity jobs is expanding to more countries
In October 2021, Microsoft announced a cybersecurity skills campaign to help more people get careers in the field. The IT giant has revealed that the program will be expanded to 23 other nations.
Microsoft will invest in countries with a high cyber threat risk and a cybersecurity workforce short... Read more
‘Lapsus$ is masterminded by 16-year-old Brit’
Reportedly, Lapsus$ is led by a 16-year-old British male. The criminal group recently managed to penetrate Microsoft, Nvidia, Okta and Samsung.
Bloomberg writes that cybersecurity experts acting on behalf of affected organizations traced the attacks to a 16-year-old British male. The teenager re... Read more
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Why Businesses Need Advanced Threat Protection for Email Security
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) consistently provides solutions to prevent critical business-sensitive data from cyber threats before they reach their employees and react promptly when things go wrong. ATP also provides, detects, and notifies you of advanced threats via email, mobile, social, and ... Read more
Hundreds of HP printer models are highly vulnerable to RCE and DoS
HP warns of critical vulnerabilities in hundreds of HP printer models, including the LaserJet Pro, OfficeJet and DeskJet series.
The first vulnerability allows a buffer overflow. The vulnerability affects dozens of models (see: Affected Products). The buffer overflow creates the risk of Remote C... Read more
Ransomware encrypts 100,000 files in 43 minutes
The average ransomware variant takes 43 minutes to encrypt 100,000 files.
SURGe, the study's author, says that reactive measures are no match for ransomware speeds.
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SURGe is a research arm of Splunk. Recently, SURGe investigated the speed of encryption. The team unleashed ten common ... Read more
Okta confirms breach: up to 366 customers affected by Lapsus$
Lapsus$ caused a data breach at authentication specialist Okta. The data of 366 customers is at stake. Okta confirmed the incident today.
On Monday, Lapsus$ shared screenshots of an internal Okta admin account. The crime group claimed to have access to customer accounts. Today, the claim appears... Read more
GTT introduces Secure Connect solution for SASE
GTT introduces Secure Connect, a SASE-based networking solution.
GTT Secure Connect secures the Internet connection of corporate networks and provides access for any employee, regardless of location and device.
The service combines a SASE security model with the GTT's managed SD-WAN solution... Read more