Jonathan Greig reports: The conviction of former Uber chief security officer Joe Sullivan on obstruction of justice charges was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California this week after the cybersecurity expert disputed several aspects of his sentence and charges. Sullivan was given three years probation by a U.S….
When assessing an organization’s external attack surface, encryption-related issues (especially SSL misconfigurations) receive special attention. Why? Their widespread use, configuration complexity, and visibility to attackers as well as users make them more likely to be exploited. This highlights how important your SSL configurations are in maintaining your web application security and
As the field of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve at a rapid pace, new research has found how techniques that render the Model Context Protocol (MCP) susceptible to prompt injection attacks could be used to develop security tooling or identify malicious tools, according to a new report from Tenable. MCP, launched by Anthropic in…
After the Medusa gang reportedly demanded a $2 million ransom from UK healthcare and community services provider HCRG Care Group, HCRG confirmed they had a breach and said they were investigating. But they did not confirm that patient data and employee was affected and they did not confirm that files had been encrypted. On February…
Microsoft is warning of several phishing campaigns that are leveraging tax-related themes to deploy malware and steal credentials. “These campaigns notably use redirection methods such as URL shorteners and QR codes contained in malicious attachments and abuse legitimate services like file-hosting services and business profile pages to avoid detection,” Microsoft said in a report shared…
Richard Connor with dpa reports: Intelligence officials in Germany on Tuesday said they were probing a suspected Russian online attack on the German Association for East European Studies (DGO). The research group, specializing in foreign policy and international relations, is among several operating in Germany that Moscow has deemed “undesirable.” What the intelligence agencies said Both Germany’s…
Lawrence Abrams reports that multiple sources inform them that the outages at UK retail giant Marks & Spencer are the result of a ransomware attack by the group known as “Scattered Spider.” Last Tuesday, M&S confirmed it suffered a cyberattack that caused widespread disruption, including to its contactless payment system and online ordering. Today, Sky News reported that the disruption continues,…
