Western Digital provides details on March data breach
The US hardware giant gave us an update on the extent of the damage done in the recent cyberattack.
Last Friday Western Digital (WDC) issued an official "update" on the results of the cyberattack the company had suffered in March.
Calling the attack a "network security incident", the San Jose... Read more
Insurer must pay $1.4 billion due to ransomware damage
The U.S.-based Ace Insurance has been forced to pay $1.4 billion to pharmaceutical company Merck. The latter was hit by a ransomware attack by the Russian NotPetya. The insurer did not want to pay out on the grounds that the attack had supposedly been an act of war.
The US judge argued that the ... Read more
Google finally adds passkeys: ‘beginning of the end for passwords’
Following in the footsteps of Apple and Microsoft, Google has also opted to introduce passkeys. The company announced via its security blog how users can enable the new feature. Not all websites currently support the login method, but Google's support may change this.
Google is certainly not the... Read more
Apple unveils Rapid Security Response update
Last summer, during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, the company announced macOS Ventura, iPadOS 16, and iOS 16 but also mentioned adding something called "Rapid Security Response.'
It was presented as a feature meant to power faster and more regular security fixes for the company's ne... Read more
‘T-Mobile admits second data breach since the start of 2023’
The US subsidiary of the German telecoms giant has suffered its second hack of the year - and the year is not even half over yet.
This week T-Mobile (US) admitted that it had suffered its second data breach of 2023. BleepingComputer has reported the breach after seeing a copy of the data breach ... Read more
‘German IT services company Bitmarck knocked offline by cyberattack’
The German IT services company Bitmarck has been feeling the effects of a cyberattack. Its internal systems remain out of action as it struggles to bring them back online, SiliconANGLE reports.
Bismarck is a leading provider of outsourced IT services to the German healthcare industry. The cybera... Read more
‘Department of Justice already knew of SolarWinds hack in May 2020’
The U.S. Department of Justice was aware of the SolarWinds hack earlier than it had previously admitted. Suspicious traffic in its own IT environment was noticed as early as May 2020, while the government agency claimed it did not know about the hack until December 24 of that year.
This is the c... Read more
Amazon announces general availability of AWS Verified Access
This week Amazon announced that it was making its new AWS Verified Access service generally available. The expanded offering boasts some new features. Many of these were absent in the original preview version launched at AWS re:Invent 2022 last November.
In a blog post, Amazon's Riggs Goodman II... Read more
Google touts success in handling “bad actors” in 2022
The tech giant says it cancelled thousands of developer accounts and blocked over a million apps from reaching Google Play.
Google has issued an internal report on how successful the tech giant was in enforcing its new security policies on its Google Play app store.
Anu Yamunan and Khawaja Sh... Read more
RSA Conference 2023 round-up: Cisco, Noname, Rubrik/Zscaler & more
The 2023 RSA Conference featured announcements from all over the cybersecurity sector. We're presenting a round-up of what companies have brought to the fore this year.
Cisco
We have written extensively about "Cisco's worst-kept secret": Cisco XDR. The company is adding the extended detection... Read more