Category Archives: Incident response

How Paris Olympic authorities battled cyberattacks, and won gold

Posted on by

The Olympic Games Paris 2024 was by most accounts a highly successful Olympics. Some 10,000 athletes from 204 nations competed in 329 events over 16 days. But before and during the event, authorities battled Olympic-size cybersecurity threats coming from multiple directions. In preparation for expected attacks, authorities took several proactive measures to ensure the security […]

The post How Paris Olympic authorities battled cyberattacks, and won gold appeared first on Security Intelligence.

Continue reading How Paris Olympic authorities battled cyberattacks, and won gold→

Current attacks, targets, and other threat landscape trends

Posted on by

In this Help Net Security video, Kendall McKay, Strategic Lead, Cyber Threat Intelligence at Cisco Talos, discusses the trends that Cisco Talos incident response observed in incident response engagements from Q2 2024, which covers April to June. While … Continue reading Current attacks, targets, and other threat landscape trends→

In Other News: KnowBe4 Product Flaws, SEC Ends MOVEit Probe, SOCRadar Responds to Hacking Claims

Posted on by

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: KnowBe4 product vulnerabilities, SOCRadar responds to hacker’s claims, and SEC ends the MOVEit hack probe.
The post In Other News: KnowBe4 Product Flaws, SEC Ends MOVEit Probe, SOCRadar Respo… Continue reading In Other News: KnowBe4 Product Flaws, SEC Ends MOVEit Probe, SOCRadar Responds to Hacking Claims→

CrowdStrike Dismisses Claims of Exploitability in Falcon Sensor Bug

Posted on by

CrowdStrike dismissed claims that the Falcon EDR sensor bug could be exploited for privilege escalation or remote code execution.
The post CrowdStrike Dismisses Claims of Exploitability in Falcon Sensor Bug appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Continue reading CrowdStrike Dismisses Claims of Exploitability in Falcon Sensor Bug→

How CIRCIA is changing crisis communication

Posted on by

Read the previous article in this series, PR vs cybersecurity teams: Handling disagreements in a crisis. When the Colonial Pipeline attack happened a few years ago, widespread panic and long lines at the gas pump were the result — partly due to a lack of reliable information. The attack raised the alarm about serious threats to […]

The post How CIRCIA is changing crisis communication appeared first on Security Intelligence.

Continue reading How CIRCIA is changing crisis communication→

Microsoft Hits Back at Delta After the Airline Said Last Month’s Tech Outage Cost It $500 Million

Posted on by

Microsoft is trying to determine “why other airlines were able to fully restore business operations so much faster than Delta.”
The post Microsoft Hits Back at Delta After the Airline Said Last Month’s Tech Outage Cost It $500 Million appeared first on… Continue reading Microsoft Hits Back at Delta After the Airline Said Last Month’s Tech Outage Cost It $500 Million→

CrowdStrike Releases Root Cause Analysis of Falcon Sensor BSOD Crash

Posted on by

CrowdStrike says the Falcon sensor crash that blue-screened Windows machines was caused by a “confluence” of vulnerabilities and testing gaps.
The post CrowdStrike Releases Root Cause Analysis of Falcon Sensor BSOD Crash appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Continue reading CrowdStrike Releases Root Cause Analysis of Falcon Sensor BSOD Crash→

CrowdStrike and Delta Fight Over Who’s to Blame for the Airline Canceling Thousands of Flights

Posted on by

CrowdStrike and Delta are fighting over who is to blame for the airline canceling thousands of flights following the massive outage.
The post CrowdStrike and Delta Fight Over Who’s to Blame for the Airline Canceling Thousands of Flights appeared… Continue reading CrowdStrike and Delta Fight Over Who’s to Blame for the Airline Canceling Thousands of Flights→