Friday Squid Blogging: New Extinct Species of Vampire Squid Discovered

March 1, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Paleontologists have discovered a 183-million-year-old species of vampire squid. Prior research suggests that the vampyromorph lived in the shallows off an island that once existed in what is now the

CISA warns state, local government about Phobos ransomware

March 1, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

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ALPHV website goes down amid growing fallout from Change Healthcare attack

March 1, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

The website used by the ransomware group believed to be responsible for the breach of one of the United States’s largest health care payment processors went down Friday amid reports

Predator spyware endures even after widespread exposure, analysis shows

March 1, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

When researchers and journalists published a sweeping investigation last year detailing the technical infrastructure and sale and distribution of the spyware known as “Predator,” the number of servers used to

Cisco Releases Security Advisories for Cisco NX-OS Software

March 1, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Cisco released security advisories to address vulnerabilities affecting Cisco NX-OS Software. A cyber threat actor could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to cause a denial-of-service condition. CISA encourages users and administrators

Biden Warns Chinese Cars Could Steal US Citizens’ Data

March 1, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

President Biden warned that connected vehicles built in China could be used to steal sensitive data of US citizens and critical infrastructure

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0

March 1, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

NIST has released version 2.0 of the Cybersecurity Framework: The CSF 2.0, which supports implementation of the National Cybersecurity Strategy, has an expanded scope that goes beyond protecting critical infrastructure,

Five Eyes Warn of Ivanti Vulnerabilities Exploitation, Detection Tools Insufficient

March 1, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Government agencies from the Five Eyes coalition said that Ivanti’s own tools are not sufficient to detect compromise

UK Home Office Breached Data Protection Law with Migrant Tracking Program, ICO Finds

March 1, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

The Home Office failed to assess the privacy intrusion of the continuous collection of migrants’ location information in breach of UK data protection law, according to the ICO

Fulton County, Security Experts Call LockBit’s Bluff

February 29, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

The ransomware group LockBit told officials with Fulton County, Ga. they could expect to see their internal documents published online this morning unless the county paid a ransom demand. LockBit