Category Archives: week in review

GTA 6 in-development footage leaked American video game publisher Rockstar Games has suffered an unfortunate data leak: someone has released online in-development footage/videos for Grand Theft Auto (GTA) 6, the eagerly anticipated instalment of the po… Continue reading Week in review: Revolut data breach, ManageEngine RCE flaw, free Linux security training courses→

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Thousands of QNAP NAS devices hit by DeadBolt ransomware (CVE-2022-27593) QNAP Systems has provided more information about the latest DeadBolt ransomware … Continue reading Week in review: Uber hacked, QNAP NAS devices under attack, 5 Kali Linux books to read this year→

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: September 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: No sign of cooling off September is here, and for most of us in the northern hemisphere, cooler temperatures are on… Continue reading Week in review: Free online cybersec courses, Signal post-quantum upgrade, Patch Tuesday forecast→

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: US-based CISOs get nearly $1 million per year The role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is a relatively new senior-level executive positio… Continue reading Week in review: CISOs’ earnings per year, Atlassian Bitbucket Server and Data Center flaw→

Thoma Bravo: Securing digital identities has become a major priority In this Help Net Security interview, Andrew Almeida, Partner on the Flagship team at Thoma Bravo, talks about the firm’s recent acquisition of SailPoint, and about innovation in the e… Continue reading Week in review: RCE bug in GitLab patched, phishing PyPI users, Escanor malware in MS Office docs→

Tackling the dangers of internal communications: What can companies do? In this interview for Help Net Security, Devin Redmond, CEO at Theta Lake, talks about the risk of internal communications and what companies can do to keep themselves safe. How go… Continue reading Week in review: Apple fixes exploited zero-days, 1,900 Signal users exposed, Amazon Ring app vuln→

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Black Hat USA 2022 coverage Check out our microsite for related news, photos, product releases, and more. Understanding your attack surface is key to reco… Continue reading Week in review: Cisco hacked, Kali Linux 2022.3 released, Black Hat USA 2022→

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Browser synchronization abuse: Bookmarks as a covert data exfiltration channel Two universal and seemingly innocuous browser features – the ability to cre… Continue reading Week in review: Spot deep-faked job candidates, data exfiltration via bookmarks, Patch Tuesday forecast→

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Israel’s new cyber-kinetic lab will boost the resilience of critical infrastructure In a building under construction at the Advanced Technologies Park in … Continue reading Week in review: Attackers abandoning malicious macros, average data breach cost soars→

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Beware of password-cracking software for PLCs and HMIs! A threat actor is targeting industrial engineers and operators with trojanized password-cracking s… Continue reading Week in review: The future of Metasploit, detecting lateral movement, new issue of (IN)SECURE Magazine→