The SolarWinds supply chain attackers manipulated OAuth app certificates to maintain persistence and access privileged resources, including email, according to researchers at Proofpoint.
As digital payments have skyrocketed as a result of the surge in e-commerce during the pandemic, more organizations have provided feedback on enhancing EMVCo's specifications to help fight fraud, two executives with the global technical body say.
The Accellion File Transfer Appliance data breach continues to cause anguish. The energy company Shell has disclosed that it has been affected. Meanwhile, some customers of a Michigan-based bank have been informed that personally identifiable data has been exposed via the FTA breach.
To help prevent and defend against emerging cyberthreats, CISOs must develop a multi-line defense strategy and invest in threat-hunting capabilities and orchestration, a panel of cybersecurity experts advises.
British clothing and accessories retailer Fat Face says it detected a data breach in January, which exposed personal information - including partial payment card numbers - for an unspecified number of customers and employees. The Information Commissioner's Office is investigating.
Ransomware-wielding attackers have been in the limelight lately - not just for hitting Acer, Dassault Falcon and celebrity law firms but also for granting tell-all interviews that describe their tactics and motivations.
This year's brisk cybersecurity sector M&A activity is continuing, with five more deals announced in the last two weeks. Here's a rundown of the latest activity.
A Russian national who co-founded the Infraud Organization's online cybercrime forum, which trafficked in stolen payment card data and was tied to more than $560 million in fraud losses, has been sentenced to serve 10 years in prison.
Recent research highlights the growth in risky remote work behaviors. Dr. Margaret Cunningham of Forcepoint X-Lab discusses the implications of this increase in insider threats and shares risk mitigation strategies.
Swiss cybersecurity firm Prodaft says it has accessed several servers used by an advanced persistent threat group tied to the SolarWinds supply chain attack. These attackers continue to target large corporations and public institutions worldwide, with a focus on the U.S. and the European Union, the researchers say.
Acer, one of the world's largest PC and device makers, has been targeted by the ransomware gang REvil, aka Sodinokibi, according to news reports. The Taiwanese company has not confirmed it has been attacked, but data has been posted to the gang's darknet site.
Attackers are exploiting a critical remote code vulnerability in F5 Networks' BIG-IP server network traffic security management platform, for which the company released patches on March 10. The vulnerability is considered highly critical.
There has been a spike in web shells being detected as ransomware gangs and other attackers increasingly target vulnerable on-premises Microsoft Exchange servers following publication of proof-of-concept attack code for ProxyLogon, which is one of four zero-day flaws patched by Microsoft in early March.
Four editors at Information Security Media Group - Tom Field, Anna Delaney, Mathew Schwartz and Tony Morbin - review this week’s most important cybersecurity developments, from nation-state threats and supply chain risk, to combating ransomware and adopting a zero trust strategy.
Prevent attackers from getting a step ahead - watch on your own time this on-demand webinar where you’ll learn from the team that discovered the Golden SAML attack vector back in 2017 – an innovative technique now seen used for the first time in the SolarWinds attack.
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