Security News

Dept of Defense engineer took home top-secret docs, booked a fishing trip to Mexico – then the FBI showed up
2025-03-20 23:02

So much for that vacation A US Department of Defense electrical engineer has turned his world upside down after printing 155 pages from 20 documents, all of which were marked top secret and...

Too many software supply chain defense bibles? Boffins distill advice
2025-03-20 13:31

How to avoid another SolarWinds, Log4j, and XZ Utils situation Organizations concerned about software supply chain attacks should focus on role-based access control, system monitoring, and...

CERT-UA Warns: Dark Crystal RAT Targets Ukrainian Defense via Malicious Signal Messages
2025-03-20 06:08

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) is warning of a new campaign that targets the defense sectors with Dark Crystal RAT (aka DCRat). The campaign, detected earlier this...

Data Theft Drove 94% of Global Cyberattacks in 2024 & Ransomware Defenses are “Increasingly Complex”
2025-02-26 14:00

Ransomware groups now steal, encrypt, and threaten to leak company data on the dark web, forcing victims to pay or risk exposing sensitive information.

Becoming Ransomware Ready: Why Continuous Validation Is Your Best Defense
2025-02-24 11:17

Ransomware doesn’t hit all at once—it slowly floods your defenses in stages. Like a ship subsumed with water, the attack starts quietly, below the surface, with subtle warning signs that are easy...

Spending watchdog blasts UK govt over sloth-like progress to shore up IT defenses
2025-01-29 07:24

Think government cybersecurity is bad? Guess again. It’s alarmingly so The UK government is significantly behind on its 2022 target to harden systems against cyberattacks by 2025, with a new...

US freezes foreign aid, halting cybersecurity defense and policy funds for allies
2025-01-27 22:16

Uncle Sam will 'no longer blindly dole out money,' State Dept says US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has frozen nearly all foreign aid cash for a full-on government review, including funds to...

Defense strategies to counter escalating hybrid attacks
2025-01-23 05:30

In this Help Net Security interview, Tomer Shloman, Sr. Security Researcher at Trellix, talks about attack attribution, outlines solutions for recognizing hybrid threats, and offers advice on how...

Using cognitive diversity for stronger, smarter cyber defense
2025-01-15 05:00

In this Help Net Security interview, Mel Morris, CEO of Corpora.ai, discusses how cognitive biases affect decision-making during cybersecurity incidents. Morris shares insights on the challenges...

'Bitter' cyberspies target defense orgs with new MiyaRAT malware
2024-12-17 22:29

A cyberespionage threat group known as 'Bitter' was observed targeting defense organizations in Turkey using a novel malware family named MiyaRAT. [...]