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Fujitsu found malware on several systems, confirms data breach
2024-03-18 14:01

Japanese tech giant Fujitsu discovered that several of its systems were infected by malware and warns that the hackers stole customer data. [...]

How the New NIST 2.0 Guidelines Help Detect SaaS Threats
2024-03-18 13:51

Throughout CSF 2.0, NIST recommendations dovetail with SaaS security needs. Read about how to apply the NIST 2.0 guidelines to your SaaS stack.

Cyberattack gifts esports pros with cheats, forcing Apex Legends to postpone tournament
2024-03-18 13:15

Esports pros competing in the Apex Legends Global Series Pro League tournament were forced to abandon their match today due to a suspected cyberattack. In the early hours of Monday morning, two professional Apex Legends players competing in two separate matches were forcibly given cheats on their accounts - events that have seen the tournament temporarily shut down.

Fortra Patches Critical RCE Vulnerability in FileCatalyst Transfer Tool
2024-03-18 12:58

Fortra has released details of a now-patched critical security flaw impacting its FileCatalyst file transfer solution that could allow unauthenticated attackers to gain remote code execution on...

Hackers Using Sneaky HTML Smuggling to Deliver Malware via Fake Google Sites
2024-03-18 12:35

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware campaign that leverages bogus Google Sites pages and HTML smuggling to distribute a commercial malware called AZORult in order to facilitate...

Drones and the US Air Force
2024-03-18 11:03

Fascinating analysis of the use of drones on a modern battlefield-that is, Ukraine-and the inability of the US Air Force to react to this change. The Air Force is planning to buy 1,763 of the aircraft, which will remain in service through the year 2070.

Nissan breach exposed data of 100,000 individuals
2024-03-18 10:43

Nissan Oceania has confirmed that the data breach it suffered in December 2023 affected around 100,000 individuals and has begun notifying them.In early December 2023, the company - a regional Nissan division which includes Nissan Motor Corporation and Nissan Financial Services in Australia and New Zealand - revealed that an unauthorized third party accessed its local IT servers and caused downtime.

WordPress Admins Urged to Remove miniOrange Plugins Due to Critical Flaw
2024-03-18 09:46

WordPress users of miniOrange's Malware Scanner and Web Application Firewall plugins are being urged to delete them from their websites following the discovery of a critical security flaw. The...

43 million workers potentially affected in France Travail data breach
2024-03-18 08:29

French national unemployment agency France Travail and Cap emploi, a government employment service for people with disabilities, have suffered a data breach that might have exposed personal data of 43 million people. The agencies announced on Wednesday that an intrusion exposed data of jobseekers registered in the last 20 years, as well as those with a candidate profile on the sites.

Infosec teams must be allowed to fail, argues Gartner
2024-03-18 07:29

In their keynote at the firm's Security & Risk Management Summit in Sydney, Australia, today, VP analyst Mixter and director analyst Xiu argued that no amount of effort can prevent infosec incidents, and the quality of organizations' response is a more appropriate measure of an infosec team's effectiveness than expecting they will never fail to fend off the never-ending torrent of attacks. "Adrenalin does not scale," Xiu told the event - a reference to the practice of infosec teams responding to incidents by attacking them without a rehearsed plan.