Euro 2024 Becomes Latest Sporting Event to Attract Cyberattacks

July 5, 2024

With the Euro 2024 football tournament — soccer, to our US readers — reaching the final eight teams in the quarterfinals, cybercriminal activity has ramped up around the tournament and is posing risks for fans and their employers. In a report published last month, threat intelligence firm Cyberint found that more than 15,000 credentials belonging […]

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A CISO’s Guide to Avoiding Jail After a Breach

July 5, 2024

In April 2016, President Barack Obama appointed Uber chief security officer (CSO) Joe Sullivan to the so-called Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity. Four years later, Sullivan was researching prisons, and how to stay safe and sane while on the inside. He was a strangely cast felon, having spent the first eight years of his career […]

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Hacker Busted for ‘Evil Twin’ Wi-Fi That Steals Airline Passenger Data

July 3, 2024

Australian authorities are urging travelers to use caution when signing onto public Wi-Fi access networks, following the arrest of a man accused of using malicious network access to steal data during a domestic airline flight. Airline employees were tipped off after discovering a suspicious Wi-Fi network during a flight, according to Australian police. Once the […]

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Networking Without the Hangover

July 3, 2024

Jennifer VanAntwerp is a seasoned marketing professional who has worked in several industries, including automotive, healthcare, and now cybersecurity. While each sector has distinct elements, VanAntwerp noticed a a common thread when attending conferences and networking events: Alcohol was a constant, and that was an issue for sober people, like herself. "The prominence of alcohol […]

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Ransomware Eruption: Novel Locker Malware Flows From ‘Volcano Demon’

July 3, 2024

A double-extortion ransomware player has exploded onto the scene with several attacks in two weeks, wielding innovative locker malware and a slew of evasion tactics for covering its tracks and making it difficult for security experts to investigate. Tracked as "Volcano Demon" by the researchers at Halcyon who discovered it, the newly discovered adversary is […]

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