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Security intelligence firm Recorded Future's Insikt Group has written a paper alleging China was behind attacks on India's electricity grid. The attack is considered the probable source of Mumbai's power outage in October of the same year.
Germany-based cybersecurity company Genua has fast-tracked a fix for a critical flaw in one of its firewall products. Affected by the critical flaws is the GenuGate High Resistance Firewall, which Genua touts as a two-tier firewall that includes an application-level gateway and a packet filter for blocking malicious data.
Even if you have one or all of "The big three" Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime, you still won't be able to watch "Wandavision," "The Servant" or "The Mandalorian." What if you're compelled to see those shows and can't justify subscribing to the channel? Using phishing pages, spam letters, cloned urls and more, these cybercriminals are hard at work finding ways to monetize viewers' interests.
Identity-as-a-Service company Auth0 announced on Monday that Jameeka Green Aaron has joined the company as Chief Information Security Officer. Aaron brings more than 20 years of industry experience and will be responsible for the security and compliance of Auth0's platform, products, and corporate environment.
A report released Monday by security provider Tanium examines some of the threats facing organizations with a remote work scenario and offers tips on how to manage them. As a result, 73% said they now face new IT security challenges, while 52% acknowledged that their security challenges have become more complex.
USDT cryptocurrency developer Tether has said they are being extorted by threat actors who are demanding 500 bitcoins, or approximately $24 million, not to leak allegedly stolen emails and documents. While Tether has stated that the documents circulating online are forged, they revealed yesterday that they received a ransom note demanding 500 bitcoins or this alleged data dump will be publicly released online.
TripleBlind, a Kansas City, Missouri-based startup that provides data privacy solutions, on Monday announced raising $8.2 million in seed funding. TripleBlind told SecurityWeek that it emerged from stealth mode in November 2020, when Accenture announced a strategic investment in the company.
French boat maker Groupe Beneteau is working on restoring operations after falling victim to a cyber-attack roughly ten days ago. Last week, Beneteau announced that it suffered a malware intrusion on some of its servers, and that it decided to disconnect all "Information systems," to prevent the malware from spreading.
The U.S. National Security Agency has published guidance on how security professionals can secure enterprise networks and sensitive data by adopting a Zero Trust security model. Titled "Embracing a Zero Trust Security Model," the document details the benefits and challenges of the security model, and also provides a series of recommendations on the implementation of Zero Trust within existing networks.
State and local governments will be required to spend a portion of nearly $1.9 billion in annual federal public safety grants on the fight against domestic extremism and improved cybersecurity, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said it was the first time since the agency, which was created in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, had directed that domestic violent extremism be specified as a national priority in programs to help state and local law enforcement agencies respond to emergencies.