Security News

Operational planning simulation for defense against an attacking drone swarm
2020-12-22 04:30

In the Department of Defense the display reinvigorated interest in counter-swarm tactics research, for drones and swarming tactics can have applications in all warfighting domains. It enables Kaminer's group to establish a multi-university, multi-year effort to develop an operational planning simulation for defense against an attacking drone swarm.

Simplifying Proactive Defense With Threat Playbooks
2020-12-21 17:10

Security defense strategy can be extremely complex, with security teams grappling with tens of thousands of information points and evolving attacker techniques, said Derek Manky, Chief of Security Insights & Global Threat Alliances at Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs. FortiGuard Labs has created threat playbooks to help companies deal with this complexity, by exposing attack techniques utilized by attackers.

Italy Says Two Arrested for Defense Data Theft
2020-12-05 16:11

Two people have been arrested for stealing defense data from the Italian aerospace and electronics group Leonardo, the interior ministry said on Saturday. "At the end of a complex investigation by the Naples prosecutor into a serious computer attack against Leonardo. a former worker and a company director were arrested," a ministry statement said.

Police arrest two in data theft cyberattack on Leonardo defense corp
2020-12-05 15:33

Italian police have arrested two people allegedly for using malware to steal 10 GB of confidental data and military secrets from defense company Leonardo S.p. A. Leonardo is one of the world's largest defense contractors, with 30% of the company owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance.

Raising defenses against ransomware in healthcare
2020-12-03 06:30

There are, of course, other factors that play a role in the attackers' preference for healthcare-related targets: the talent shortage for cybersecurity experts with healthcare expertise, the fact that most healthcare employees still don't make cybersecurity a priority, the fact that many of the devices and technologies they use run on antiquated operating systems - to name just a few. There might come a time when cybersecurity becomes a part of medical curriculums - in the meantime healthcare organizations can significantly lower the number of successful attacks with the proper defenses and training, DiMaggio notes.

The CEO’s chuckling at their email… you better check your security defenses
2020-11-30 18:00

They really know how to mix a perfectly balanced cocktail of software engineering and human insight when it comes to crafting the perfect spear-phishing attack. If a CEO or other C-level exec is hooked, they have the power to deliver virtually whatever the attackers desire - whether it's authorizing payment transfers, or spilling company secrets, or any number of actions only a chief exec can take, unchecked.

Qualys Container Runtime Security: Defense for containerized applications
2020-11-04 14:00

Qualys announced Container Runtime Security, which provides runtime defense capabilities for containerized applications. Qualys Runtime Container Security, once instrumented in the image, will work within each container irrespective of where the container is instantiated and does not need any additional administration containers.

Government-Focused Cyber Defense Company Toka Raises $25 Million
2020-10-27 11:14

Toka, an Israel-based company that provides intelligence and defense solutions to governments, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round. Toka launched in July 2018, when it also announced raising $12.5 million in seed funding.

Attackers finding new ways to exploit and bypass Office 365 defenses
2020-10-26 06:15

Over the six-month period from March to August 2020, over 925,000 malicious emails managed to bypass Office 365 defenses and well-known secure email gateways, an Area 1 Security study reveals. Attackers increasingly use highly sophisticated, targeted campaigns like business email compromise​ to evade traditional email defenses, which are based on already-known threats.

Source Defense’s client-side platform protects online businesses from data-stealing threats
2020-10-23 02:00

Source Defense announced its new offering of Website in Page Protection, as well as product enhancements and performance improvements to the VICE sandboxing technology within the Source Defense Platform. The Source Defense Platform protects online businesses and their customers from automated attacks and client-side threats, and improves operational efficiency.