Category Security

Security Detection Tech Failing, Say Cyber Leaders

Almost three-quarters (74%) of IT security directors in regulated industries in the US and UK believe detection-based security technologies are outdated and inadequate. This surprising finding comes from Everfox’s latest CYBER360 report, a survey of 1000 IT and security leaders…

Microsoft Fixes Another Two Actively Exploited Zero-Days

Microsoft has been forced to issue security updates for four more zero-day vulnerabilities, including two currently under active exploitation. The tech giant’s February Patch Tuesday update round features fixes for over 50 CVEs, including 22 remote code execution (RCE) bugs,…

OpenAI Was Not Breached, Say Researchers

A threat actor’s recent claim to have tens of millions of OpenAI account logins for sale after breaching the company is likely to be false, according to a new report. Threat intelligence firm Kela said that the actor is most…

Alabama Hacker Admits Role in SEC X Account Breach

A 25-year-old Alabama man has pleaded guilty to charges related to the January 2024 hacking of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) X (formerly Twitter) account. This incident briefly caused a spike in the value of Bitcoin. Eric Council…