Managing permissions and authorizations across dozens or hundreds of cloud services and platforms poses significant headaches for companies. An open specification aims to change that.
An executive order is targeting former Trump appointees, including former CISA director Chris Krebs and his current coworkers, in the latest in a series of directives against those who dissented against the president and his associates.
Security experts weigh in on the problem Salt Typhoon and its hacking of telecoms poses against the United States, including what the US should do and how defenders can protect themselves.
Alexander Culafi, Senior News Writer, Dark Reading
Malicious packages lurking on open source repositories like npm have become less effective, so cyberattackers are using a new strategy: offering "patches" for locally installed programs.
Failing to distinguish between data privacy and data security leaves businesses vulnerable to regulatory scrutiny and the kinds of breaches that erode consumer trust overnight.
Darktrace researchers detailed "spam bombing," a technique in which threat actors bombard targets with spam emails as a pretense for activity like social engineering campaigns.
Alexander Culafi, Senior News Writer, Dark Reading
Google Unified Security brings together threat detection, AI-powered security, secure browser features, and Mandiant services, the company said at its Cloud Next conference.
The security teams associated with the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris focused on in-depth penetration testing, crisis management exercises, and collaboration to defend against potential cyberattacks.
A review of the emails involved in the breach is still ongoing, but what has been discovered is enough for the Treasury Department to label it a "major cyber incident."
The database company said its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) was not involved in the breach. And at least one law firm seeking damages is already on the case.
Threat actors are trolling online forums and spreading malicious apps to target Uyghurs, Taiwanese, Tibetans, and other individuals aligned with interests that China sees as a threat to its authority.
Healthcare and IT security practitioners worry that some of the proposed amendments are not practical for a sector that lacks resources and often uses legacy equipment.