Google has added a new certification program aimed at training a new generation of cybersecurity professionals under its existing Google Career Certificates initiative. Google estimates there are currently more than 750,000 open cybersecurity jobs in the US alone, while meanwhile the rate of cyberattacks increased 38% globally. The new Google Cybersecurity Certificate program will offer…

SentinelLabs researchers have observed the first Linux variant of the Clop ransomware. The researchers noticed that the encryption algorithm implemented in the ELF executable is flawed and can allow victims to decrypt locked files without paying a ransom. The researchers observed the first ELF variant of the Clop ransomware targeting Linux systems on December 26,…

Specialized in Magento optimizations and Magento-WordPress integrations, FishPig offers various Magento extensions that have gathered over 200,000 downloads. On Tuesday, FishPig warned of an intrusion to its extension license system, which resulted in a threat actor injecting malicious PHP code into the Helper/License.php file. “This file is included in most FishPig extensions so it is…

Twenty-one of the resolved security defects were reported by external researchers, including one critical-, eight high-, nine medium-, and three low-severity vulnerabilities. A total of nine use-after-free issues were resolved with the latest browser update, the most important of which is a critical flaw in the Network Service component, reported by Google Project Zero researcher…

Courtesy of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Cybersecurity Education and Training Assistance Program (CETAP) grant, the program will include a series of summer camps meant to introduce students aged 13 to 21 to key cybersecurity topics and help them develop skills that will allow them to pursue potential careers in the industry. The program…