Business leaders don’t focus on cybersecurity until breached
Top management only becomes aware of cybersecurity after a significant threat occurs. A shift to a proactive approach is necessary to ensure survival in the current digital landscape.
A report from the UK Department for Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) that interviewed several managing partners... Read more
Google claims it blocked the largest DDoS attack ever
Google claims to have blocked the largest DDoS attack ever. During the attack, the number of HTTPS requests peaked at 46 million per second. The Meris botnet was likely behind the attack.
According to Google, this was the largest Layer 7 DDoS attack ever. The attack was aimed at disrupting the I... Read more
Google issues another update to fix a zero-day in Chrome
Google issued an update to the Stable channel of its Chrome browser on Wednesday containing a patch for a vulnerability currently in the wild.
According to Google's alert, CVE-2022-2856 is a remedy for "insufficient validation of untrusted input in Intents." Intents often convey data from one pr... Read more
Deep Instinct introduces Stratosphere for ransomware prevention
Deep Instinct has introduced its Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP) program Stratosphere. The program should help MSSPs more easily implement Deep Instinct's solutions, for ransomware prevention.
The goal of the dedicated partner program, according to the security specialist, is to help ... Read more
Google Chronicle gets more features for detecting cyber attacks
Google Chronicle has received new functionality for detecting cyber attacks.
The update should improve the effectiveness of the SIEM platform. Chronicle helps companies collect data from large numbers of systems and analyze it for possible breaches. Companies can also use Chronicle for mapping t... Read more
Ransomware group hacks UK water supplier
South Staffs Water confirmed that its systems were compromised.
The Cl0p ransomware group claimed an attack on UK-based utility supplier South Staffs Water. The ransomware group initially misattributed the attack to a different company, according to a report in ITPro.
South Staffs Water confi... Read more
‘Zero-trust security sees uptick due to cybersecurity concerns’
According to Okta's annual study, the use of zero-trust security is increasing amid growing organizational concern about cybersecurity issues.
Based on a survey of 700 security executives, Okta's State of Zero Trust Security 2022 research reveals that virtually all firms questioned have either... Read more
DigitalOcean hit by cyberattack via Mailchimp
DigitalOcean fell victim to a data breach via a Mailchimp account. The email addresses of a small number of customers were most likely captured.
According to a statement by DigitalOcean, the Mailchimp account of an employee was recently hacked. The hackers most likely used email address @arxxwal... Read more
Jailbreak bug in John Deere tractors drives right-to-repair wave
A hacker managed to jailbreak John Deere's software and hijack its vehicles by bypassing digital security locks.
John Deere is an agricultural vehicle manufacturing company that produces tractors, among others. A new jailbreak allows hackers to bypass digital security locks enforced by tractor m... Read more
Thoma Bravo wants to acquire security company Darktrace
Investment company Thoma Bravo set its sights on British security company Darktrace. The transaction amount of the possible acquisition is unknown at this time.
Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson released a statement to confirm that the company is in talks with Thoma Bravo about a possible acquisit... Read more