Instructure defines itself as the “O.G. champions of open edtech. The makers of Canvas, Mastery, and Parchment (solutions for learning, assessment, and credentialing). Host of the world’s largest online community of educators. (And yes—we’re ‘the panda people.’). We build industry-leading edtech, empowering both teachers and learners at every step of their journey.” Sadly, they were…
Not every risk looks like an attack. Some problems start as small glitches, strange logs, or quiet delays that don’t seem urgent—until they are. What if your environment is already being tested, just not in ways you expected? Some of the most dangerous moves are hidden in plain sight. It’s worth asking: what patterns are…
Story teaser text: Cybersecurity leaders face mounting pressure to stop attacks before they start, and the best defense may come down to the settings you choose on day one. In this piece, Yuriy Tsibere explores how default policies like deny-by-default, MFA enforcement, and application Ringfencing ™ can eliminate entire categories of risk. From disabling Office…
Jakob Emerson reports on what is a disputed claim of insider-wrongdoing: Kaiser Permanente has terminated its national director of corporate security investigations, Craig Chew, amid allegations he received confidential data from a California criminal database accessed by an Oakland police officer, the Mercury News reported April 6. Mr. Chew, a former police officer, was fired along with…
An Armenian national extradited from Ukraine to the United States faces federal charges for his role in Ryuk ransomware attacks and extortion conspiracy targeting companies throughout the United States, including a technology company operating in Oregon. Karen Serobovich Vardanyan, 33, an Armenian national, has been charged with conspiracy, fraud in connection with computers, and extortion…
DPA reports: A cyberattack on Swiss hospital group AMEOS may have exposed sensitive patient and staff data, the company said on Monday. The attack, which took place two weeks ago, caused significant disruption across the group’s German operations. The company described the episode as a targeted assault on its IT infrastructure. In a statement, AMEOS…
The following is a press release from Europol: In the latest blow to the criminal market for distributed denial of service (DDoS)-for-hire services, Polish authorities have arrested four individuals who allegedly ran a network of platforms used to launch thousands of cyberattacks worldwide. The suspects are believed to be behind six separate stresser/booter services that…
