cybersecurity

Malware & Threats

Issued by: DataBreach Today

Australian consumer lender Latitude Financial Services anticipates its spring cybersecurity incident will cost it up to AU$105 million, which includes a five-week period during which debt collection systems were severely affected by the attack. Hackers demanded extortion from the non-bank creditor after stealing data pertaining to 14 million customers, including nearly 8 million Australian and…

Application Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

OX Security, a leader in software supply chain security, today announced the launch of OX-GPT, the first ChatGPT integration to improve software supply chain security. With the new integration, OX now presents developers with customized fix recommendations and cut and paste code fixes, providing for quick remediation of critical security issues across the software supply…

News

Issued by: DataBreach Today

Dragos Industrial cybersecurity company Dragos disclosed a likely attempted ransomware attack. In a post it characterizes as a bid to destigmatize security events, the company said a “known cybersecurity group” attempted but failed to gain control of a Dragos system. It did retrieve 25 intelligence reports normally only available to customers. The group pivoted to…

News

Issued by: Dark Reading

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…

News

Issued by: DataBreach Today

Not every data breach needs a hacker; sometimes just a careless employee will do. The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said a now-ex-employee sent records containing Americans’ private data to a personal email account. Over the course of 14 emails, the employee sent records including two spreadsheets containing names and transaction-specific account numbers related to…

Network Security

Issued by: DataBreach Today

A cyber risk quantification startup backed by ex-Cisco CEO John Chambers has raised $50 million to apply machine-learning technology and build more API adapters. The Silicon Valley-based company said the Series B funding will allow Safe Security to capitalize on generative artificial intelligence to help nontechnical leaders better understand their organizations security postures, said co-founder…

News

Issued by: Dark Reading

For at least a decade now, career-minded security leaders have well understood the importance of effective communication with the board and CEO. CISOs know they must gain the buy-in of these decision makers to successfully instill a security-minded culture at their organization — not to mention to greenlight enough funds for an effective cybersecurity budget….

Network Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

Cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike introduced new extended detection and response (XDR) capabilities within its Falcon platform to secure “extended” internet of things (XIoT). CrowdStrike Falcon Insight for IoT delivers tailored threat prevention, rapid patch management, and interoperability across XIoT assets. XIoT is a broader category of assets and encompasses the Internet of Things, Industrial IoT, Operations…