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How SSL Misconfigurations Impact Your Attack Surface
2025-04-02 10:00

When assessing an organization’s external attack surface, encryption-related issues (especially SSL misconfigurations) receive special attention. Why? Their widespread use, configuration...

North Korean IT workers set their sights on European organizations
2025-04-02 09:49

North Korean IT workers are expanding their efforts beyond the US, and are seeking to fraudulently gain employment with organizations around the world, but most especially in Europe. According to...

One of the last of Bletchley Park's quiet heroes, Betty Webb, dies at 101
2025-04-02 09:36

Kept quiet for 30 years before becoming an 'unrivalled advocate' for the site Obit Betty Webb MBE, one of the team who worked at the code-breaking Bletchley Park facility during the Second World...

3 Ways the UK Government Plans to Tighten Cyber Security Rules with New Bill
2025-04-02 08:00

Amid a sharp spike in ransomware attacks disrupting essential services and critical infrastructure, the U.K. government has set out the scope of its upcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill for...

FIN7 Deploys Anubis Backdoor to Hijack Windows Systems via Compromised SharePoint Sites
2025-04-02 06:52

The financially motivated threat actor known as FIN7 has been linked to a Python-based backdoor called Anubis (not to be confused with an Android banking trojan of the same name) that can grant...

Get a Lifetime of 1TB Cloud Storage for Only $60 with FolderFort
2025-04-02 06:30

Fast, affordable cloud storage isn’t always easy to find for businesses, but now you can have a massive amount with maximum security.

Apple belatedly patches actively exploited bugs in older OSes
2025-04-02 06:13

Cupertino already squashed 'em in more recent releases - which this week get a fresh round of fixes Apple has delivered a big batch of OS updates, some of which belatedly patch older versions of...

North Korea’s fake tech workers now targeting European employers
2025-04-02 05:58

With help from UK operatives, because it’s getting tougher to run the scam in the USA North Korea’s scamming, thieving, and AI-abusing fake IT workers are increasingly targeting European employers.…

New Malware Loaders Use Call Stack Spoofing, GitHub C2, and .NET Reactor for Stealth
2025-04-02 05:55

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an updated version of a malware loader called Hijack Loader that implements new features to evade detection and establish persistence on compromised...

Balancing data protection and clinical usability in healthcare
2025-04-02 05:00

In this Help Net Security interview, Aaron Weismann, CISO at Main Line Health, discusses the growing ransomware threat in healthcare and why the sector remains a prime target. He explains the...