Tag: security incident

  • The Register: Microsoft still not said anything about unexpected Windows Server 2025 installs

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/08/windows_2025_surprise_install/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft still not said anything about unexpected Windows Server 2025 installs Feedly Summary: Affected business calls situation ‘mindbogglingly dangerous’ as sysadmins reminded to check backup and restore strategies Microsoft remains silent over Windows Server 2025 turning up in the guise of a security update earlier this week, much…

  • CSA: Why Incident Response is Essential for Resilience

    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2024/11/08/when-a-breach-occurs-are-we-ready-to-minimize-the-operational-effects Source: CSA Title: Why Incident Response is Essential for Resilience Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text emphasizes the critical importance of establishing a robust incident response plan (IRP) in modern cybersecurity strategies. The author underscores that the real challenge for CISOs is not the inevitability of cyberattacks but…

  • CSA: Secure Your Staging Environment for Production

    Source URL: https://entro.security/blog/securing-staging-environments-best-practices/ Source: CSA Title: Secure Your Staging Environment for Production Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text emphasizes the often-overlooked security vulnerabilities in staging environments, which can lead to data breaches and other security incidents. It highlights the importance of secure secret management, configuration parity with production, strict access controls,…

  • Slashdot: Schneider Electric Ransomware Crew Demands $125k Paid in Baguettes

    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/11/05/2231244/schneider-electric-ransomware-crew-demands-125k-paid-in-baguettes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Schneider Electric Ransomware Crew Demands $125k Paid in Baguettes Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Schneider Electric is currently investigating a cybersecurity breach involving ransomware demands from a group named Hellcat. The group claims to have stolen sensitive data and is amusingly requesting payment in baguettes, highlighting…

  • The Register: Washington courts grapple with statewide outage after ‘unauthorized activity’

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/05/washington_courts_outage/ Source: The Register Title: Washington courts grapple with statewide outage after ‘unauthorized activity’ Feedly Summary: Justice still being served, but many systems are down A statewide IT outage attributed to “unauthorized activity" is affecting the availability of services provided by all courts in Washington.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A statewide…

  • Hacker News: How the British Airways’ breach kickstarted today’s web security challenge

    Source URL: https://baways.com/ Source: Hacker News Title: How the British Airways’ breach kickstarted today’s web security challenge Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the security risks associated with third-party scripts commonly used on websites. It highlights the potential vulnerabilities these scripts can introduce, especially when managed by external sources…

  • The Register: Columbus, Ohio, confirms 500K people affected by Rhysida ransomware attack

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/04/columbus_rhysida_ransomware/ Source: The Register Title: Columbus, Ohio, confirms 500K people affected by Rhysida ransomware attack Feedly Summary: Victims were placed in serious danger following highly sensitive data dump The City of Columbus, Ohio, has confirmed half a million people’s data was accessed and potentially stolen when Rhysida’s ransomware raided its systems over the…

  • CSA: Dispelling the ‘Straight Line’ Myth of Zero Trust

    Source URL: https://www.zscaler.com/cxorevolutionaries/insights/dispelling-straight-line-myth-zero-trust-transformation Source: CSA Title: Dispelling the ‘Straight Line’ Myth of Zero Trust Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses key strategies for implementing a “zero trust” security framework in organizations, emphasizing the importance of incremental progress and stakeholder engagement. It outlines how to identify opportunities for initiating zero trust…

  • Wired: Inside the Massive Crime Industry That’s Hacking Billion-Dollar Companies

    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-massive-crime-industry-thats-hacking-billion-dollar-companies/ Source: Wired Title: Inside the Massive Crime Industry That’s Hacking Billion-Dollar Companies Feedly Summary: When you download a piece of pirated software, you might also be getting a piece of infostealer malware, and entering a highly complex hacking ecosystem that’s fueling some of the biggest breaches on the planet. AI Summary and…

  • The Register: Public sector cyber break-ins: Our money, our lives, our right to know

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/04/public_sector_breakins_opinion/ Source: The Register Title: Public sector cyber break-ins: Our money, our lives, our right to know Feedly Summary: Is that a walrus in your server logs, or aren’t you pleased to see me? Opinion At the start of September, Transport for London was hit by a major cyber attack. TfL is the…