Tag: service
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Hybrid resilience: Designing incident response across on-prem, cloud and SaaS without losing your mind
Tags: access, authentication, business, cloud, communications, data, data-breach, group, identity, incident response, metric, mitigation, network, radius, resilience, saas, service, strategy, technology, updateSeverity is driven by customer impact, not by who is pagedWe maintain one current hypothesis, even if it is wrongWe keep one shared timeline that captures decisions, not just symptomsWe communicate on a predictable cadence, even when answers are incompleteEvery action has a named owner and an explicit “time we expect to learn”The biggest behavior…
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Hybrid resilience: Designing incident response across on-prem, cloud and SaaS without losing your mind
Tags: access, authentication, business, cloud, communications, data, data-breach, group, identity, incident response, metric, mitigation, network, radius, resilience, saas, service, strategy, technology, updateSeverity is driven by customer impact, not by who is pagedWe maintain one current hypothesis, even if it is wrongWe keep one shared timeline that captures decisions, not just symptomsWe communicate on a predictable cadence, even when answers are incompleteEvery action has a named owner and an explicit “time we expect to learn”The biggest behavior…
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The cyber perimeter was never dead. We just abandoned it.
Tags: access, advisory, authentication, awareness, backup, cisa, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data-breach, email, exploit, firewall, flaw, governance, government, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, resilience, risk, router, rust, service, software, strategy, technology, update, zero-trustIndustry has comforted itself with the idea that the perimeter is dead. It is not. What happened is far worse. We ignored the edge, let unsupported hardware decay in place, and effectively donated our perimeter to adversaries who were more than willing to accept it.The FBI’s Winter SHIELD effort is the operational side of the…
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The cyber perimeter was never dead. We just abandoned it.
Tags: access, advisory, authentication, awareness, backup, cisa, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data-breach, email, exploit, firewall, flaw, governance, government, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, resilience, risk, router, rust, service, software, strategy, technology, update, zero-trustIndustry has comforted itself with the idea that the perimeter is dead. It is not. What happened is far worse. We ignored the edge, let unsupported hardware decay in place, and effectively donated our perimeter to adversaries who were more than willing to accept it.The FBI’s Winter SHIELD effort is the operational side of the…
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The cyber perimeter was never dead. We just abandoned it.
Tags: access, advisory, authentication, awareness, backup, cisa, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data-breach, email, exploit, firewall, flaw, governance, government, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, resilience, risk, router, rust, service, software, strategy, technology, update, zero-trustIndustry has comforted itself with the idea that the perimeter is dead. It is not. What happened is far worse. We ignored the edge, let unsupported hardware decay in place, and effectively donated our perimeter to adversaries who were more than willing to accept it.The FBI’s Winter SHIELD effort is the operational side of the…
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The cyber perimeter was never dead. We just abandoned it.
Tags: access, advisory, authentication, awareness, backup, cisa, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data-breach, email, exploit, firewall, flaw, governance, government, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, resilience, risk, router, rust, service, software, strategy, technology, update, zero-trustIndustry has comforted itself with the idea that the perimeter is dead. It is not. What happened is far worse. We ignored the edge, let unsupported hardware decay in place, and effectively donated our perimeter to adversaries who were more than willing to accept it.The FBI’s Winter SHIELD effort is the operational side of the…
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The cyber perimeter was never dead. We just abandoned it.
Tags: access, advisory, authentication, awareness, backup, cisa, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data-breach, email, exploit, firewall, flaw, governance, government, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, resilience, risk, router, rust, service, software, strategy, technology, update, zero-trustIndustry has comforted itself with the idea that the perimeter is dead. It is not. What happened is far worse. We ignored the edge, let unsupported hardware decay in place, and effectively donated our perimeter to adversaries who were more than willing to accept it.The FBI’s Winter SHIELD effort is the operational side of the…
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Authorities Disrupt SocksEscort Proxy Botnet Exploiting 369,000 IPs Across 163 Countries
A court-authorized international law enforcement operation has dismantled a criminal proxy service named SocksEscort that enslaved thousands of residential routers worldwide into a botnet for committing large-scale fraud.”SocksEscort infected home and small business internet routers with malware,” the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said. “The malware allowed SocksEscort to direct internet First seen on thehackernews.com…
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OpenSSH GSSAPI Flaw Can Be Exploited to Crash SSH Child Processes
A newly discovered vulnerability in the GSSAPI Key Exchange patch for OpenSSH is putting multiple Linux distributions at risk. Tracked as CVE-2026-3497, the flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to crash SSH child processes using a single crafted packet. This leads to reliable denial-of-service conditions and to privilege separation boundary violations. The issue was discovered by security…
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Canadian retail giant Loblaw notifies customers of data breach
Still, out of an abundance of caution, Loblaw says it has automatically logged out all customers from their accounts. Account holders who need to access the company’s digital services will have to log in again. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/canadian-retail-giant-loblaw-notifies-customers-of-data-breach/
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IO River Embraces Wasm to Enable Any WAF to Run on Any CDN
IO River this week revealed it is leveraging the portable WebAssembly (Wasm) binary instruction format to make it possible to deploy any web application firewall (WAF) on a content delivery network (CDN). Starting with running the Check Point WAF on the Akamai CDN service, the overall goal is to eliminate the need to acquire and..…
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Medical giant Stryker crippled after Iranian hackers remotely wipe computers
Tags: access, attack, authentication, best-practice, ceo, computer, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, data, flaw, group, hacker, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, iran, jobs, mobile, phone, service, software, supply-chain, theft, threat, updateHandala claims credit: The Handala threat group quickly claimed responsibility for the attack. While the group’s involvement is just a claim for now, Stryker employees reportedly saw a version of the Handala logo a cartoon of a Palestinian boy with his back turned and hands crossed behind him on affected devices.Handala’s identity is hard to…
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US sanctions North Korea IT worker networks in Laos, Vietnam
The latest round of sanctions targeted Amnokgang Technology Development Company, a North Korean company that manages delegations of IT workers, and Quangvietdnbg International Services Company, a Vietnamese firm used by North Korean actors for currency conversion services. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/us-sanctions-north-korea-it-worker-networks-laos-vietnam
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Law enforcement shuts down botnet made of tens of thousands of hacked routers
An international law enforcement operation shut down a service called SocksEscort, which allegedly helped cybercriminals all over the world launch ransomware and DDoS attacks, as well as distribute child sexual abuse material. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/12/law-enforcement-shuts-down-botnet-made-of-tens-of-thousands-of-hacked-routers/
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Fake government and Starlink apps used in malware campaign targeting Brazil
The malware, dubbed BeatBanker by Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, infects smartphones through fake applications that mimic legitimate services, including the Starlink satellite internet app and the Brazilian government portal INSS Reembolso. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/fake-gov-apps-malware-android-brazil
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The UK government’s digital identity scheme: Dystopian nightmare or modernised public services?
Critics and supporters of digital ID are honing their arguments for the government’s consultation but it’s the public that will decide. How should you choose? First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366640072/The-UK-governments-digital-identity-scheme-Dystopian-nightmare-or-modernised-public-services
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North Korean fake IT worker tradecraft exposed
Opportunistic and broadly targeted: These suspect code silos were abused in a variety of illicit projects split between targeting job-seeking programmers and fake IT worker operations.”Based on our visibility, malware operations targeting individual developers seeking employment are most common,” Oliver Smith, senior threat intelligence engineer at GitLab, told CSO. “Threat actors appear to have a…
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North Korean fake IT worker tradecraft exposed
Opportunistic and broadly targeted: These suspect code silos were abused in a variety of illicit projects split between targeting job-seeking programmers and fake IT worker operations.”Based on our visibility, malware operations targeting individual developers seeking employment are most common,” Oliver Smith, senior threat intelligence engineer at GitLab, told CSO. “Threat actors appear to have a…
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Ericsson US Hit by Cyber Attack, Hackers Steal Personal Data of Employees and Customers
Ericsson Inc., the United States subsidiary of the Swedish telecommunications giant, has confirmed a data breach affecting 15,661 of its employees and customers. The security incident did not breach Ericsson’s own networks but instead compromised a third-party service provider responsible for handling the company’s sensitive personal data.”‹”‹ Incident Details and Attack Vector The breach traces…
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Ericsson US Hit by Cyber Attack, Hackers Steal Personal Data of Employees and Customers
Ericsson Inc., the United States subsidiary of the Swedish telecommunications giant, has confirmed a data breach affecting 15,661 of its employees and customers. The security incident did not breach Ericsson’s own networks but instead compromised a third-party service provider responsible for handling the company’s sensitive personal data.”‹”‹ Incident Details and Attack Vector The breach traces…
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Cybersecurity for MSPs and MSSPs: Securing Client Environments in an Era of Expanding Threat Surfaces
The Expanding Security Responsibility of Service Providers Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) have become critical partners for organizations navigating today’s complex digital environments. As businesses expand cloud infrastructure, support remote workforces, and adopt new digital platforms, the attack surface continues to grow. Many organizations lack the internal expertise and resources…
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Researchers uncover AI-powered vishing platform
A vishing-as-a-service platform that helps scammers carry out so-called >>press 1<< scams is misusing text-to-speech (TTS) capabilities provided by AI voice … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/11/researchers-uncover-ai-powered-vishing-platform/
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Cybercrime-Netzwerk mit Millionen Fake-Accounts enttarnt
Tags: cyberattack, cybercrime, infrastructure, intelligence, okta, phishing, scam, service, threat, toolDie Threat-Intelligence von Okta hat ein weitverzweigtes Cybercrime-Netzwerk mit Sitz in Vietnam identifiziert, das die massenhafte Erstellung gefälschter Online-Konten ermöglicht. Die Accounts werden von Betrügern weltweit für Phishing, SMS-Pumping-Angriffe, Romance-Scams und andere Online-Betrugsformen genutzt. Das Netzwerk arbeitet nach dem Modell Cybercrime-as-a-Service (CaaS): Anbieter verkaufen Infrastruktur, Vorlagen und Tools, mit denen Kriminelle automatisiert Fake-Accounts erstellen oder…
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Iran-linked hackers claim cyberattack on Albania’s parliament email systems
In a statement shared with local media, parliament said its main systems and official website remained operational but confirmed that internal email services used by the parliamentary administration had been temporarily suspended. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/iran-linked-hackers-claim-cyberattack-albania-parliament
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Why zero trust breaks down in IoT and OT environments
Tags: access, attack, automation, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cyber, firewall, firmware, group, identity, infrastructure, iot, network, nist, resilience, risk, service, tool, update, zero-trustThe IoT and OT blind spot: IoT and OT environments consistently exhibit three characteristics that create persistent security blind spots.First, visibility is incomplete by design. Devices are frequently deployed by facilities teams, engineering groups, or third-party integrators rather than security organizations. Asset inventories lag reality. Telemetry is sparse, proprietary, or intermittent. Many devices communicate only…
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A 5-step approach to taming shadow AI
Tags: ai, api, business, communications, compliance, control, data, defense, finance, framework, governance, incident response, monitoring, network, nist, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, service, strategy, technology, toolthought work happened and how it actually does today.Here’s a five-step approach to put a robust AI-risk management framework in place: Employees often use public model APIs, browser-based prompt tools and unsanctioned or ungoverned internal chatbots to boost productivity without considering the risk of exposing sensitive data.AI usage is not difficult to identify; you just need…
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Instagram Down: Global Outage Prevents Users from Posting and Messaging
A widespread technical outage has struck Instagram, leaving thousands of users globally unable to access the popular social media application. The disruption, which primarily impacted users in the United States, represents a significant service degradation for Meta’s infrastructure. While the company has not yet released an official statement regarding the root cause, the scale of…
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Who Actually Owns This Service Account?
Tags: serviceWhen an NHI is compromised, who do you call? GitGuardian NHI ownership eliminates the guessing game with automatic accountability. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/who-actually-owns-this-service-account/