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Perimeter 81’s Network Security Platform: A Time-Saving Solution to Cybersecurity In today’s digital age, cybercrime is becoming more prevalent and sophisticated, posing a significant threat to individuals’ and organizations’ security. The rise of mobile devices has only exacerbated this problem, with attackers leveraging the vulnerabilities of Android and other mobile operating systems to gain unauthorized…
AI Security in the Age of Cyber Threats The Importance of AI Security Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an indispensable tool for businesses to streamline their operations and improve their productivity. However, the rise of AI also means new challenges for cybersecurity professionals. AI is now being used to design and develop new security solutions…
Cloud Security Threat: Attackers Exfiltrate Data From Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Researchers at Mandiant Intelligence have reported that a financially motivated threat actor known as UNC3844 has been targeting Microsoft cloud environments and using the serial console feature in Azure virtual machines (VMs) as a means to access clients’ cloud environments. The aim of the…
Annual Cybercrime Report Shows Increase in Global Digital Attack Rate According to the annual Cybercrime Report released by LexisNexis Risk Solutions, the global digital attack rate increased 20% year over year (YOY) in comparison to 2021, indicating a continuation of digital fraud rising as economies reopen following the pandemic. Data from 79.8 billion transactions processed…
Funding/M&A Investors Make $6M Bet on Manifest for SBOM Management Technology Manifest, an early-stage startup that builds technology to help businesses generate, collect, and operationalize software bill of materials (SBOMs), has raised $6 million in venture capital funding. This funding has come at a crucial time, as investors race to find value in software supply…
A New Spin on Cybercrime: Donate to Charity Instead of Paying Ransom A relatively new ransomware group is claiming responsibility for nearly 200 attacks in less than two months. However, unlike traditional ransomware groups, this group does not ask for money. Instead, it asks victims to donate to a charity that the group approves of….
Two npm Packages Found to be Infected with Malware Researchers from cybersecurity firm ReversingLabs have uncovered two code packages known as “nodejs-encrypt-agent” that were part of the well-known npm JavaScript library and registry, containing the TurkoRat malware, a type of information-stealing malware. The malicious packages attempted to impersonate a legitimate package called agent-base version 6.0.2…
New cybersecurity tool checks for weaknesses in software components for internet traffic A new cybersecurity tool, named NoPASARAN, has been developed by researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) to check for weaknesses in the software components of internet traffic. The tool can detect the invisible third-party software elements, such as network…
Amid Growing Cybersecurity Threats, Calls for Security by Design The prevalence of cybersecurity breaches is evidence of the huge challenge faced by developers trying to build secure software. Incentivized to get their products to market quickly, software manufacturers often take shortcuts on security. The recent intent of the White House to hold vendors accountable for…
Lineaje Launches SBOM360 Hub to Revolutionize Software Distribution Lineaje, a software development company, has recently launched the SBOM360 Hub, a platform that enables all stakeholders in the software distribution chain to create, publish, share, and use software bills of materials (SBOMs) and related compliance artifacts. The new exchange will aid software producers and sellers in…