Beyond MFA: Building true resilience against identity-based attacks

Hayley Steele and Gregory Szewczyk of Ballard Spahr write: A new bill introduced in Connecticut—Connecticut Senate Bill 117, An Act Concerning Breaches of Security Involving Electronic Personal Information—would create mandatory forensic examination requirements for entities that experience a “massive breach of security,” defined as a data breach affecting at least 100,000 Connecticut residents, and imposes……

Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a spike in suspicious login scanning activity targeting Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS GlobalProtect gateways, with nearly 24,000 unique IP addresses attempting to access these portals. “This pattern suggests a coordinated effort to probe network defenses and identify exposed or vulnerable systems, potentially as a precursor to targeted exploitation,” threat

There’s a follow-up on one of the plastic surgery ransomware attacks this site first reported in October 2023 after the Hunters International threat actors added Jaime S. Schwartz, MD, to their leak site with proof of claims. At the time, Dr. Schwartz’s practice was one of a number of attacks on plastic surgery practices where…

Chatox and Brosix are communications platforms that advertise for personal use and team use. They are owned by Stefan Chekanov. The only statement Chatox makes about its data security is “Chatox employs encryption across all communications, making it an extremely secure communication and collaboration platform.” Brosix Enterprise advertises its security: Brosix provides you with an…

The following is a personal statement. Today is a day of national protest against the authoritarian regime being imposed by a narcissist and those who are afraid to stand up to him. Today is the day when my husband — an arch-Conservative who has never participated in a political protest in his life — is……

Meta on Tuesday said it has made available a tool called WhatsApp Research Proxy to some of its long-time bug bounty researchers to help improve the program and more effectively research the messaging platform’s network protocol. The idea is to make it easier to delve into WhatsApp-specific technologies as the application continues to be a…