Security News

Over 145,000 Industrial Control Systems Across 175 Countries Found Exposed Online
2024-11-21 11:00

New research has uncovered more than 145,000 internet-exposed Industrial Control Systems (ICS) across 175 countries, with the U.S. alone accounting for over one-third of the total exposures. The...

Apple fixes 2 zero-days exploited to breach macOS systems (CVE-2024-44309, CVE-2024-44308)
2024-11-20 10:48

Apple has released emergency security updates for macOS Sequoia that fix two zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-44309, CVE-2024-44308) that “may have been actively exploited on Intel-based Mac...

America's drinking water systems have a hard-to-swallow cybersecurity problem
2024-11-19 19:59

More than 100 million rely on systems rife with vulnerabilities, says EPA OIG Nearly a third of US residents are served by drinking water systems with cybersecurity shortcomings, the Environmental...

New 'Helldown' Ransomware Variant Expands Attacks to VMware and Linux Systems
2024-11-19 09:40

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a Linux variant of a relatively new ransomware strain called Helldown, suggesting that the threat actors are broadening their attack focus. "Helldown...

Using AI to drive cybersecurity risk scoring systems
2024-11-15 05:00

In this Help Net Security video, Venkat Gopalakrishnan, Principal Data Science Manager at Microsoft, discusses the development of AI-driven risk scoring models tailored for cybersecurity threats,...

Cisco Releases Patch for Critical URWB Vulnerability in Industrial Wireless Systems
2024-11-07 09:08

Cisco has released security updates to address a maximum severity security flaw impacting Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul (URWB) Access Points that could permit unauthenticated, remote attackers...

Washington courts' systems offline following weekend cyberattack
2024-11-06 17:28

​​Court systems across Washington state have been down since Sunday when officials said "unauthorized activity" was detected on their networks. [...]

Simplifying decentralized identity systems for everyday use
2024-10-30 05:00

In this Help Net Security interview, Carla Roncato, VP of Identity at WatchGuard Technologies, discusses how companies can balance privacy, security, and usability in digital identity systems. She...

Adversarial groups adapt to exploit systems in new ways
2024-10-28 04:30

In this Help Net Security video, Jake King, Head of Threat & Security Intelligence at Elastic, discusses the key findings from the 2024 Elastic Global Threat Report. Adversaries are utilizing...

No, The Chinese Have Not Broken Modern Encryption Systems with a Quantum Computer
2024-10-22 11:03

The headline is pretty scary: “China’s Quantum Computer Scientists Crack Military-Grade Encryption.” No, it’s not true. This debunking saved me the trouble of writing one. It all seems to have...