Find Out What We Learned This Year at DevOps Connect: DevSecOps

Hopefully, you were able to join us this year at DevOps Connect: DevSecOps @RSAC 2021! Even though the theme of this year?…
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Week Six Featuring Research From Forrester: Are These Industries Undermining Their Security Posture?

Everyone knows application weaknesses and software vulnerabilities continue to be the most common avenue for exploit.…
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Russian hackers heavily targeted news outlet in days before U.S. election, researchers say

Hackers working for the Russian government sent a barrage of targeted phishing emails between 2014 and 2016 to employees of major news outlets, and they focused particularly on Al Jazeera in the days before and shortly following the U.S. presidential election, according to new research by cybersecurity firm Trend Micro. It’s unclear exactly why the elite team of hackers — known as APT-28, Fancy Bear or Pawn Storm — focused so heavily on the Qatar-based, state-funded global broadcaster during that short window. Like other news agencies targeted over the longer two-year span, including the New York Times and Buzzfeed, the award-winning outlet covered the election in detail and dedicated a section of its website to election-night coverage. Trend Micro’s Forward-looking Threat Research, or FTR, team said staff at Al Jazeera were repeatedly sent phishing emails with deceptive links, including “account-aljazeera.net” and “sset-aljazeera.net.” The subject line for some emails sent by the hacking […]

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