Canadian federal police says they were targeted by cyberattack Canadian federal police said on Friday their systems were targeted by an “alarming” cyberattack but there was no impact on operations and no known threat to the safety of Canadians. “The situation is evolving quickly but at this time, there is no impact on RCMP operations and no known threat to ..read more

How DevOps-centric security helps offset data privacy risks? By Kavita Viswanath, Every time we go online, we leave a digital footprint of our personal information, interests, choices, health and financial transactions, and more. Same is true for businesses – as the rapid shift of operations to the digital environment enhances their business and operational efficiencies, improves productivity and performance, and ..read more

How attackers are using Apple devices’ password reset exploit to target users into phishing Recently, some Apple users were targeted by phishing attacks that exploit a potential vulnerability in Apple’s password reset system. According to KrebsOnSecurity, a cyber security news site, the attacks involve flooding the targeted devices with numerous pop-up messages that prompt the user to approve a password ..read more

Singapore, as host of high-profile global events, attracts cyberespionage: Report Cyberespionage is taking place all over the world and Singapore — being one of the hubs for hosting high-profile trade exhibitions and conferences — “inevitably” attracts intelligence operations, a report said on Friday. “Cyberespionage is happening all over the world because we are more connected than ever before,” said Dr ..read more

Facebook parent Meta to US government: Be open on AI Facebook parent Meta Platforms has an important warning for US government. The company’s policy chief Nick Clegg has warned the US government officials that limiting companies from sharing certain artificial intelligence technologies publicly could harm American influence over the relatively new and evolving global AI industry. In public comments submitted ..read more

Securing identities in the cloud has been a headache until now, ET CISO Nathan Wenzler, chief cybersecurity strategist, Tenable Securing identities and roles within any cloud platform is incredibly difficult, especially considering the scalability and complexity inherent in these platforms. Due to the huge number of services, applications and functions that are made available by the cloud platform providers to ..read more

Computer fix-it companies settle US FTC charges they lied about hacking threats – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-108512797,imgsize-44644,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/ot-security/computer-fix-it-companies-settle-us-ftc-charges-they-lied-about-hacking-threats.jpg Two companies that claimed they could help rid computers of viruses and malware agreed to pay $26 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges they duped consumers, particularly older adults, into buying repair services they did not need. The FTC said on Thursday ..read more

What is Exposure Management and How Does it Differ from ASM? https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/in.jpg Mar 05, 2024NewsroomAttack Surface / Exposure Management Startups and scales-ups are often cloud-first organizations and rarely have sprawling legacy on-prem environments. Likewise, knowing the agility and flexibility that cloud environments provide, the mid-market is predominantly running in a hybrid state, partly in the cloud but with some on-prem ..read more

India’s Motilal Oswal says operations unaffected by cyber incident, ET CISO India’s Motilal Oswal Financial Services said on Monday its operations were unaffected following a cyber incident last week. The company said it had detected malicious activity on the computers of some employees and remedied the issue within an hour. The financial services company did not provide details of the ..read more

5 cyber security trends that we may see in 2024 – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-107101815,imgsize-95704,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/cybercrime-fraud/5-cyber-security-trends-that-we-may-see-in-2024.jpg About a dozen reports broadly suggested that hacking incidents increased in 2023 and the year saw some major data breaches as well as ransomware attacks that impacted businesses globally. Now a report by Palo Alto Networks announced its cybersecurity predictions for 2024, and said that companies ..read more