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Microsoft declined to answer The Register's questions about the digital heist, or its security in general. This marks the second time since 2020 the same gang of Kremlin-backed cyber spies - whom Microsoft now calls Midnight Blizzard, used to track as Nobelium, and most call Cozy Bear - has invaded Microsoft.
This policy from TechRepublic Premium provides guidelines for the reporting of information security incidents by company employees. The goal is to facilitate the security response and remediation process to ensure the least amount of potential damage to systems, networks, customers and business reputation.
Email security risks remain high with 94% of organizations experiencing incidents in the past 12 months, according to Egress. The impact of an email security incident can be severe for employees and their organizations.
A security researcher in Germany has been fined €3,000 for finding and reporting an e-commerce database vulnerability that was exposing almost 700,000 customer records. Back in June 2021, according to our pals at Heise, an contractor identified elsewhere as Hendrik H. was troubleshooting software for a customer of IT services firm Modern Solution GmbH. He discovered that the Modern Solution code made an MySQL connection to a MariaDB database server operated by the vendor.
Ransomware attacks are being linked to a litany of psychological and physical illnesses reported by infosec professionals, and in some cases blamed for hospitalizations. The industry is as renowned for causing high stress levels as it is for high salaries, and episodes of burnout are so common that infoseccers say the mental and physical toll of dealing with ransomware attacks isn't sufficiently recognized or appreciated.
In today's digital landscape, traditional password-only authentication systems have proven to be vulnerable to a wide range of cyberattacks. To safeguard critical business resources, organizations...
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Research made public on Tuesday detailed how miscreants can exploit the hole to read data they're not supposed to in a system's local GPU memory. While the flaw potentially affects all GPU applications on vulnerable chips, it is especially concerning for those processing machine-learning applications because of the amount of data these models process using GPUs, and therefore the amount of potentially sensitive information that could be swiped by exploiting this issue.
Not only do human resources and direct managers bear the onus of responsibility when conducting exit conversations, but security teams should also make the necessary preparations for monitoring anomalies in employee behavior and organizational risk - before, during, and after layoffs. As a managed security services provider and incident response professional, I've witnessed first-hand how a well-prepared organization handles layoffs versus an unprepared one, and the repercussions of these events on the latter's cybersecurity posture.
He outlines the critical skills for CISOs in 2024, addresses the challenges they face, and underscores the importance of aligning enterprise expectations with information protection demands. ' One of the most painful realities for CISOs today is a continuing disconnect between enterprise/agency expectations for their CISO, and, what the CISO is actually tasked and funded to deliver.