Category Security

US Scrambles to Investigate Military Intel Leak

Pentagon officials are reportedly racing to identify the source of a leak of military information that could disrupt Ukraine’s planned spring attack on Russian forces. A number of slides were published on Discord and Telegram, some dating back to January,…

Latitude Financial Refuses to Pay Ransom

A major Australian financial institution has refused to pay online fraudsters demanding a ransom for stolen personal data from an estimated 14 million customers. Latitude Financial CEO Bob Belan said in a statement today that paying the attackers does not…

Hackers Flood NPM with Bogus Packages Causing a DoS Attack

April 10, 2023Rabbi LakshmananSoftware Security / JavaScript Attackers flooded the npm open source package repository with fake packages, causing a temporary denial of service (DoS) attack. Jossef Harush Kadouri of Checkmarx said in a report published last week that “attackers…

From Zero Trust to Cyber Insurance

Cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated as technology advances. As evidenced by the fact that he 92% of all data breaches that occurred in the first quarter of 2022 were caused by cyberattacks, cybercrime is on the rise as the use…

The open source security platform

Enterprises today face a variety of security challenges, including cyberattacks, compliance requirements, and endpoint security controls. The threat landscape is constantly evolving, making it difficult for businesses to keep up with the latest security trends. Security teams use processes and…

Taiwanese PC Company MSI Falls Victim to Ransomware Attack

April 8, 2023Rabbi LakshmananMalware/Cyberattack Taiwanese PC company MSI (short for Micro-Star International) has officially admitted that its systems were hit by a cyberattack. The company said it “promptly” initiated incident response and recovery measures after detecting a “network anomaly.” It…