A co-administrator of an illicit online marketplace received a 42-month prison sentence in U.S. federal court after pleading guilty to two criminal counts that could have put him in prison for 15 years. Sandu Boris Diaconu, 31, helped develop and administer the E-Root marketplace.
In the aftermath of a ransomware attack several years ago, Hackensack Meridian Health embarked on transforming its cybersecurity program with the support of top leadership and increased funding and staff and by implementing critical security tools and best practices, said CISO Mark Johnson.
The underrepresentation of women in cybersecurity is a complex issue. The reasons behind it include stereotypes and biases, educational barriers, workplace culture, and the lack of visibility and role models. We need to consider the implications and discuss potential strategies for change.
What does "digital resilience" mean in today's enterprise, and why is it so hard to practice at scale? Optiv's John Pelton and Splunk's Anthony Pierce talk about how to leverage tools, partnerships and personnel to boost and sustain one's digital resilience.
Wiz is reportedly set to buy centralized cloud threat management vendor Gem Security for $350 million, Bloomberg reported this week. The deal would come just four months after Wiz made its first-ever acquisition, scooping up cloud-based development platform Raftt for as much as $50 million.
Healthcare organizations and makers of medical devices need to think about how to safeguard their critical medical gear against future cyberthreats, including the looming dangers posed by quantum computing, said Mike Nelson, global vice president of digital trust at security firm DigiCert.
For the love of humanity, please stop playing into ransomware groups' hands by treating their data leak blogs as reliable sources of information and then using them to build lists of who's amassed the most victims. That's not what data leak sites actually document.
Experts told ISMG that Chinese-made locks and commercial safes could pose national security risks when used by major U.S. businesses, institutions and the public - after a senator urged the government to update its publicly available information about the threat associated with Chinese-made safes.
QNAP Systems on Saturday released a patch for a critical bug that allows unauthorized access to devices without authentication. The issue affects its QTS, QuTS hero, and QuTScloud products and potentially exposes network-attached storage devices to unauthorized access.
Zscaler bought a data security startup led by a longtime Salesforce executive to help customers stay ahead of threats by beefing up data quality and AI models. Zscaler said the purchase will help it strengthen its data quality and model efficiency to outpace AI weaponization by threat actors.
Researchers at security firm Salt Security have uncovered multiple vulnerabilities in third-party plug-ins used in ChatGPT, including a zero-click account takeover flaw that was triggered when users attempted to install the plug-in using their ChatGPT accounts.
Advanced attackers increasingly feel the need for speed, lowering the time they spend lurking after they infiltrate networks before exfiltrating data and crypto-locking systems, experts warn in a review of top hacking strategies seen in 2023. Cue challenges for defenders.
This week, amounts for crypto and phishing losses were released, the Bitcoin Fog operator was convicted, the EU approved rules to strengthen sanctions, the federal government sought to recover losses linked to pig butchering, and the Philippines blocked unlicensed crypto websites.
Six years after it was founded, the UK Cyber Security Council is taking a multipronged approach to building professionalism in the industry. Board Chair Claudia Natanson discussed the council's journey, its role in shaping industry standards and efforts to foster diversity and narrow the skills gap.
This week, the FCC OK'd cybersecurity labeling, DarkGate exploited Google, Fortinet patched a bug, cyberattacks hit the French government and employment agencies, Google restricted Gemini AI chatbot and paid bug bounties, Microsoft had Patch Tuesday, Marine Max was attacked, and Alcasec moved on.
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