cybersecurity

How ignoring the precepts of Bill Gates led to a massive data leak. A recent CISA report uncovered serious cybersecurity flaws at tech giant Microsoft that led to a massive data breach last year. The consequences of last year's attack on Microsoft's Exchange email service, organized by the...

The US authorities should be aware of every attack on hundreds of thousands of companies. The CISA submitted a draft law on mandatory reporting of critical infrastructure organizations on cyber attacks to the government. The proposal has been published for public comment. The law that formed...

SpecterOps will teach you a lesson: how do I manage Microsoft servers securely? A group of researchers from SpecterOps has announced the release of Misconfiguration Manager — an extensive repository of attack and protection methods for the Microsoft Configuration Manager (MCM) environment. This...

The first major update since 2014 brings many changes and improvements for organizations. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released an updated edition of its landmark cybersecurity document, the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), which has reached version 2.0. This...

Hackers are using increasingly sophisticated methods of attacks that can lead to serious consequences for business and the state. The Russian company F. A. C. C. T., a developer of cybersecurity solutions, has published its annual report on cyber threats in Russia and the CIS. The authors of...

Compromise could have been avoided by applying only a few simple security measures... The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Agency (CISA), in collaboration with the Interstate Center for Analysis and Exchange of Information (MS-ISAC), found that unknown attackers gained access to...

The performance of PT NGFW is comparable to the leading foreign analogues. Positive Technologies has announced that its new generation firewall (NGFW) product has been added to the unified register of Russian programs for electronic computers and databases. "We are developing a Russian...

Other countries that produce spyware also refused to participate in the summit. A conference organized jointly by the United Kingdom and France is taking place in London this week. The event is dedicated to cybersecurity issues. One of the goals is to develop measures to combat spyware abuse...

Trustwave specialists have revealed the secret of the popularity of the new PhaaS platform. Researchers from Trustwave reported on the steady growth of PhaaS-a platform called Greatness, aimed at collecting Microsoft 365 user credentials. Greatness is sold to other cybercriminals as a...

Regulators have developed a code with rules to protect companies. But you don't have to follow them... The British government has called on CEOs of large companies to "be more assertive" in protecting themselves from cyber attacks and consider this threat as a key business risk, comparable to...

The document is designed to increase the security of public and private space programs. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released the first version of a guide to best practices for cybersecurity in space, according to a press release on the agency's website. Its...

The combined efforts of 18 countries are designed to stop the abuse of artificial intelligence. The United Kingdom and the United States, in collaboration with partners from 16 other countries, presented new recommendations for creating secure artificial intelligence systems. The US...

Simple passwords and excessive trust are a questionable approach to protecting a company. A new report by Ivanti on cybersecurity issues has revealed disturbing data about the behavior of top management in the field of information security. According to a survey of more than 6,500 senior...

YoroTrooper cyber spies and their plans to steal data from CIS government agencies. Recently, a new threat appeared on cyberaren – the YoroTrooper group. According to the Cisco Talos research group, the team probably originates from Kazakhstan. Such conclusions were made on the basis of their...

Who will be given the cybersecurity baton? RTX, formerly known as Raytheon Technologies, is one of the world's largest defense companies. Recently, it became known about the sale of its cybersecurity business for $1.3 billion. The buyer hasn't been named yet. The transaction concerns the...

By 2030, it is planned to open 10 more sites in other regions of Russia and the world. The world's first multi-functional cyber security hub — Cyberdome-has opened in Moscow. The project is designed as a platform for developing the Russian cybersecurity industry through effective interaction...

Cyberwarfare in Israel has reached a new level. Cybersecurity threats in Israel are intensifying amid the war between Israel and Hamas. The incidents include two hacked smart billboards that briefly displayed pro-Hamas content, and a cyberattack on a college that resulted in the publication of...

What does the CISA, FBI, and NSA partnership have in store for protecting industrial infrastructure? On October 10, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the U.S. Treasury Department...

The once-promising startup opened by the director of the NSA has not found its application in cyberspace. IronNet, a company founded by a former NSA director and funded by cybersecurity and defense investors, has been shut down and the remaining staff laid off following bankruptcy. In a...

The U.S. Federal Government's internal Cybersecurity Vulnerability Center accepted more than 1,300 valid reports in its first 18 months of operation. This saved about $4.35 million in system response and recovery costs, according to the program's first annual report. The Vulnerability...