Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles


Threat actors are experimenting with QR codes

21 March 2023
Data collected by the HP Threat Research team shows that from Q2 2022, attackers have been diversifying their techniques to find new ways to breach devices and steal data using QR code scam campaigns.

Improving security velocity with agentless workloads

21 March 2023
By Benny Zemmour, Group Manager Cloud Security, Check Point. Why modern development demands agentless workload protection In the age of fast-paced software development cycles and complex applications, security must be automated. As such, agentless security solutions have become a de facto standard for many modern organizations wishing to ensure that security is integrated into cloud […] The post Improving security velocity with agentless workloads appeared first on CyberTalk.

Companies are moving forward with zero trust, but still report challenges

21 March 2023
About 25% of respondents to a CyberRisk Alliance (CRA) survey who partially or fully implemented zero trust say they’ve had a hard time getting full buy-in from other departments when it comes to scaling these ideas across the enterprise.

Organizations Notified of Remotely Exploitable Vulnerabilities in Aveva HMI, SCADA Products

21 March 2023
Organizations that use human-machine interface (HMI) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) products from UK-based industrial software maker Aveva have been informed about the existence of several potentially serious vulnerabilities.

The Role of Finance Departments in Cybersecurity

21 March 2023
A company’s finance department holds the company’s crown jewels: They ensure financial transactions and systems are secure. The finance department is a key component of a company’s overall security.

New 'Bad Magic' Cyber Threat Disrupt Ukraine's Key Sectors Amid War

21 March 2023
Amid the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, government, agriculture, and transportation organizations located in Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea have been attacked as part of an active campaign that drops a previously unseen, modular framework dubbed CommonMagic. "Although the initial vector of compromise is unclear, the details of the next stage imply the use of spear phishing or similar

Aembit Scores $16.6M Seed Funding for Workload IAM Technology

21 March 2023
The Maryland-based cybersecurity company said the seed-stage financing was provided by Ballistic Ventures and Ten Eleven Ventures, two firms active in funding cybersecurity companies.

New ShellBot DDoS Malware Variants Targeting Poorly Managed Linux Servers

21 March 2023
ASEC said it identified three different ShellBot versions – LiGhT's Modded perlbot v2, DDoS PBot v2.0, and PowerBots (C) GohacK – the first two of which offer a variety of DDoS attack commands using HTTP, TCP, and UDP protocols.

Mastercard acquires Baffin Bay Networks to improve customer security

21 March 2023
Baffin Bay Networks, based in Sweden, adds to Mastercard’s multi-layered approach to cybersecurity and helps to stop attacks, while mitigating exposure to risk across the ecosystem.

New APT Found Actively Using PowerMagic Backdoor and CommonMagic Framework

21 March 2023
In October 2022, Kaspersky researchers identified an active infection of government, agriculture, and transportation organizations located in the Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea regions.

GOP lawmakers want additional details on CMS subcontractor breach timeline

21 March 2023
Details of Medicare beneficiaries that were exposed during the incident included names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, social security numbers, and Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers.

Clop Ransomware Claims Attack on Saks Fifth Avenue, Retailer Says Mock Data Stolen

21 March 2023
The incident is among Clop's ongoing attacks against vulnerable GoAnywhere MFT servers belonging to established enterprises. Although the company states no real customer data is impacted, it did not address if corporate or employee data was stolen.

Experts warn of healthcare sector cybersecurity risks

21 March 2023
The healthcare sector continues to face a significant increase in cybersecurity threats putting patients’ lives and personal data at risk. 

Regulatory Harmonization in Cyber Incident Reporting: Best Idea for Security?

21 March 2023
One issue that has been frequently raised in private sector responses to the RFI is the importance of regulatory harmonization of cyber incident reporting timelines issued at different levels of government and by international organizations.

Attackers are Targeting .NET Developers With Malicious NuGet Packages

21 March 2023
The discovered packages – which were downloaded 150K times over the past month (before they were removed from the NuGet repository) – contained a “download & execute” type of payload.

5 rules to make security user-friendly

21 March 2023
Because security has been prioritized over UX for so long, it was very often added without properly accounting for the impact of security measures on UX. You can’t fix what you can’t measure, see and experience.

New ShellBot DDoS Malware Targeting Poorly Managed Linux Servers

21 March 2023
Poorly managed Linux SSH servers are being targeted as part of a new campaign that deploys different variants of malware called ShellBot. "ShellBot, also known as PerlBot, is a DDoS Bot malware developed in Perl and characteristically uses IRC protocol to communicate with the C&C server," AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) said in a report. ShellBot is installed on servers that

Ferrari Says Ransomware Attack Exposed Customer Data

21 March 2023
“Upon receipt of the ransom demand, we immediately started an investigation in collaboration with a leading global third-party cybersecurity firm,” the Italian car maker said.

The Best Defense Against Cyber Threats for Lean Security Teams

21 March 2023
H0lyGh0st, Magecart, and a slew of state-sponsored hacker groups are diversifying their tactics and shifting their focus to… You. That is, if you're in charge of cybersecurity for a small-to-midsize enterprise (SME). Why? Bad actors know that SMEs typically have a smaller security budget, less infosec manpower, and possibly weak or missing security controls to protect their data and

Zero-Day Exploitation in 2022 Continued at an Elevated Pace

21 March 2023
Mandiant researchers tracked 55 zero-day vulnerabilities that they judge were exploited in 2022. Although this count is lower than the record-breaking 81 zero-days exploited in 2021, it still represents almost triple the number from 2020.