The U.S. government on Tuesday unsealed charges against a Chinese national for allegedly breaking into thousands of Sophos firewall devices globally in 2020. Guan Tianfeng (aka gbigmao and gxiaomao), who is said to have worked at Sichuan Silence Information Technology Company, Limited, has been charged with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and conspiracy to commit…
Amazon’s AWS re:Invent event is this week in Las Vegas, and the company has issued a series of announcements around cybersecurity. That’s important, because there’s more of today’s IT estate in the public cloud than there ever has been before. Cloud computing is pervasive and it’s complex. That means opportunities for MSSPs and MSPs in…
The open-source ecosystem has once again become the battleground for cybercriminals, as Datadog’s Security Research team uncovered a coordinated supply chain attack by an enigmatic threat actor designated MUT-8694. Leveraging malicious npm and PyPI packages, the actor has launched an extensive campaign aimed at infiltrating developers’ environments, predominantly targeting Windows users. On October…
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Dragos has announced the appointment of three new executive team members to support its business growth in the cybersecurity industry. Mark Matheos has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), while Mark Packham has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), and Darren Sankbeil, previously the CFO, will now serve as Chief Strategy Officer…
Cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes on Thursday announced the acquisition of AzireVPN, a Swedish company that sells privacy-focused VPN services. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Following the acquisition, Malwarebytes said the plan is to integrate AzireVPN’s VPN technologies and intellectual property into expanded product lines. The company said AzireVPN’s strongest feature is Blind Operator,…
OpenText has revealed its highly anticipated “Nastiest Malware of 2024” list, spotlighting the year’s most notorious cyber threats. In its seventh year, OpenText’s cybersecurity experts have identified the most relentless and adaptive malware trends impacting industries worldwide. This year, ransomware aimed at critical infrastructure takes center stage, highlighting an urgent call for reinforced security to…
Crowdstrike in a countersuit says massive flight delays at the Atlanta airport, shown here on July 23, stemmed from Delta’s own IT infrastructure and incident response shortcomings. CrowdStrike has countersued customer Delta Air Lines, accusing the airline of employing a lawsuit as a smokescreen to hide its own IT and incident response inadequacies. At issue…
61% of healthcare companies experienced a cloud cyberattack in the yr2023, with 86% of these attacks resulting in financial losses or significant damages. Healthcare remains top amongst favorite for Cybercriminals, 14M patients affected in the U.S. have been affected by data breaches in 2024 so far, reports SonicWall . 91% of the healthcare data breaches…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s pay package for fiscal 2024 has increased significantly, reaching $79.1 million. This represents a 63 per cent rise from the previous year, largely due to stock awards. It is his largest compensation since 2014, when he received $84 million upon becoming CEO. Microsoft’s advancements in artificial intelligence and its investment in OpenAI…
