New Firefox Feature Ups the Ante Against Cookie-Based Tracking
Mozilla this week announced improved user privacy in Firefox 86, with the introduction of a new feature aimed at preventing the tracking of users...
NEWS & INDUSTRY
Tech Firms Say There’s Little Doubt Russia Behind Major Hack
Leading technology companies said Tuesday that a months-long breach of corporate and government networks was so sophisticated, focused and labor-intensive that a nation had...
Enterprises Warned of Growing Risk Posed by Initial Access Brokers
The services provided by a class of cybercriminals known as initial access brokers are increasingly sought-after and the risk posed to enterprises is growing,...
Highly Active ‘Gamaredon’ Group Provides Services to Other APTs
New evidence suggests that the Russia-linked threat actor Gamaredon is a hack-for-hire group that offers its services to other advanced persistent threat (APT) actors,...
Attacks Targeting Accellion Product Linked to FIN11 Cybercrime Group
The hacking group behind the recent cyber-attack targeting Accellion’s FTA file transfer service appears to be linked to a threat actor known as FIN11,...
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Robinhood Taps Caleb Sima to Lead Security
Caleb Sima to Join Robinhood as Chief Security Officer Veteran cybersecurity practitioner, entrepreneur and executive Caleb Sima has been tapped to lead security at...
Reddit Names Allison Miller as CISO, VP of Trust
Social news community site Reddit announced on Monday that it has hired Allison Miller as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and VP of Trust. ...
South Carolina County Rebuilds Network After Hacking
A South Carolina county continues to rebuild its computer network after what it called a sophisticated hacking attempt. Hackers sent an email Jan. 22...
Chinese Hackers Cloned Equation Group Exploit Years Before Shadow Brokers Leak
A Chinese threat actor known as APT31 likely acquired and cloned one of the Equation Group’s exploits three years before the targeted vulnerability was...
Supermarket Chain Kroger Discloses Data Breach
Grocery and pharmacy chain Kroger has started informing customers and associates of a data breach involving Accellion’s file transfer service FTA. The Cincinnati-based retail...