CrowdStrike is today debuting CrowdStrike SEC Readiness Services to guide organizations along the path to compliance as they navigate the new SEC cybersecurity disclosure rules. These services, powered by the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon® XDR platform and industry-leading CrowdStrike Services team, give customers the insight they need to harden defenses, make materiality … [Read more...] about CrowdStrike Launches SEC Readiness Services to Prepare for New Regulations
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Iranian Hackers Launches Destructive Cyberattacks on Israeli Tech and Education Sectors
Nov 06, 2023NewsroomCyber War / Malware Israeli higher education and tech sectors have been targeted as part of a series of destructive cyber attacks that commenced in January 2023 with an aim to deploy previously undocumented wiper malware. The intrusions, which took place as recently as October, have been attributed to an Iranian nation-state hacking crew it tracks under … [Read more...] about Iranian Hackers Launches Destructive Cyberattacks on Israeli Tech and Education Sectors
Russia-Linked Hackers Launches Espionage Attacks on Foreign Diplomatic Entities
Apr 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananUnited States The Russia-linked APT29 (aka Cozy Bear) threat actor has been attributed to an ongoing cyber espionage campaign targeting foreign ministries and diplomatic entities located in NATO member states, the European Union, and Africa. According to Poland's Military Counterintelligence Service and the CERT Polska team, the observed activity … [Read more...] about Russia-Linked Hackers Launches Espionage Attacks on Foreign Diplomatic Entities
Gamaredon Group Launches Cyberattacks Against Ukraine Using Telegram
Jan 20, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber War / Cyber Attack The Russian state-sponsored cyber espionage group known as Gamaredon has continued its digital onslaught against Ukraine, with recent attacks leveraging the popular messaging app Telegram to strike military and law enforcement sectors in the country. "The Gamaredon group's network infrastructure relies on multi-stage … [Read more...] about Gamaredon Group Launches Cyberattacks Against Ukraine Using Telegram
Google Launches GUAC Open Source Project to Secure Software Supply Chain
Google on Thursday announced that it's seeking contributors to a new open source initiative called Graph for Understanding Artifact Composition, also known as GUAC, as part of its ongoing efforts to beef up the software supply chain. "GUAC addresses a need created by the burgeoning efforts across the ecosystem to generate software build, security, and dependency metadata," … [Read more...] about Google Launches GUAC Open Source Project to Secure Software Supply Chain
Facebook Launches ‘Privacy Center’ to Educate Users on Data Collection and Privacy Options
Meta Platforms, the company formerly known as Facebook, on Friday announced the launch of a centralized Privacy Center that aims to "educate people" about its approach with regards to how it collects and processes personal information across its family of social media apps. "Privacy Center provides helpful information about five common privacy topics: sharing, security, data … [Read more...] about Facebook Launches ‘Privacy Center’ to Educate Users on Data Collection and Privacy Options
CrowdStrike Launches Free Targeted Log4j Search Tool
The recently discovered Log4j vulnerability has serious potential to expose organizations across the globe to a new wave of cybersecurity risks as threat actors look to exploit this latest vulnerability to execute their malicious payloads using remote code execution (RCE). An immediate challenge that every organization faces is simply trying to understand exactly where you have … [Read more...] about CrowdStrike Launches Free Targeted Log4j Search Tool
CrowdStrike Services Launches Log4j Quick Reference Guide (QRG)
The Log4j vulnerability burst onto the scene just a few weeks ago, but to many defenders it already feels like a lifetime. It has rapidly become one of the top concerns for security teams in 2021, and seems set to remain so for the foreseeable future. The critical details of this threat evolve almost daily, making it a formidable challenge for defenders to keep tabs on the … [Read more...] about CrowdStrike Services Launches Log4j Quick Reference Guide (QRG)
Instagram Launches ‘Security Checkup’ to Help Users Recover Hacked Accounts
Instagram earlier this week introduced a new "Security Checkup" feature that aims to keep accounts safe and help users—whose accounts may have been compromised—to recover them. In order to gain access to accounts, users will be prompted to perform a series of steps, which include checking recent login activity, reviewing profile information, and updating contact details such as … [Read more...] about Instagram Launches ‘Security Checkup’ to Help Users Recover Hacked Accounts
Microsoft Launches Free Linux Forensics and Rootkit Malware Detection Service
Microsoft has announced a new free-to-use initiative aimed at uncovering forensic evidence of sabotage on Linux systems, including rootkits and intrusive malware that may otherwise go undetected.The cloud offering, dubbed Project Freta, is a snapshot-based memory forensic mechanism that aims to provide automated full-system volatile memory inspection of virtual machine (VM) … [Read more...] about Microsoft Launches Free Linux Forensics and Rootkit Malware Detection Service