Photos: Cyber Week 2022

Cyber Week is a large annual international cybersecurity event, hosted each year at Tel Aviv University in Israel. Cyber Week 2022 is held jointly by the Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center (ICRC), The Yuval Ne’eman Workshop for Science, … Continue reading Photos: Cyber Week 2022

Infosecurity Europe 2022 video walkthrough

Infosecurity Europe 2022 opened its doors today at the ExCeL in London, here’s a look inside the event. The featured vendors are: Akamai Technologies, AlgoSec, Appgate, AwareGO, Bridewell, CrowdStrike, Cybereason, Cymulate, Cympire, CyberVadis, D… Continue reading Infosecurity Europe 2022 video walkthrough

Photos: Infosecurity Europe 2022, part 1

Infosecurity Europe 2022 opened its doors today at the ExCeL in London. Here’s a look at the event, the featured vendors are: Arctic Wolf Networks, Bridewell, Checkmarx, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Cybereason, Hornetsecurity, (ISC)², Mimecast, Netskope, … Continue reading Photos: Infosecurity Europe 2022, part 1

Microsoft fixes actively exploited zero-day reported by the NSA (CVE-2022-24521)

On this April 2022 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released patches for 128 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities, including one zero-day exploited in the wild (CVE-2022-24521) and another (CVE-2022-26904) for which there’s already a PoC and a Metasploit mod… Continue reading Microsoft fixes actively exploited zero-day reported by the NSA (CVE-2022-24521)

CrowdStrike, Mandiant announce ‘strategic partnership’

CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform will be integrated into Mandiant’s services for existing customers. More crossover is planned later this year.

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Ransomware isn’t always about gangs making money. Sometimes it’s about nations manufacturing mayhem.

Ransomware is fundamentally about reaping massive profits from victims — payments were on pace to cross the billion-dollar threshold in 2021, according to the U.S. government — but there are signs foreign government-connected groups are increasingly moving into a territory dominated by criminal gangs, and for an entirely different motive: namely, causing chaos. Research that Microsoft and cybersecurity company CrowdStrike recently publicized separately concluded that Iranian hackers tied to Tehran had been conducting ransomware attacks that weren’t about making money, but instead disrupting their enemies. It echoed research from last spring and summer by FlashPoint and SentinelOne, respectively. When disruptive ransomware pays off, those who have studied the phenomenon say, it can embarrass victims. It can be used to steal data and leak sensitive information the public. It can lock up systems, disabling targets. And given the prominence of ransomware, it’s another method that foreign intelligence and military agencies can use […]

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