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Mandiant spots advanced exploit activity in Ivanti devices
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Dive Brief: Ivanti Connect Secure devices were exploited and compromised
What’s going on with the National Vulnerability Database?
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The National Vulnerability Database is so overwhelmed with a steadily
Cybersecurity jobs pay well, but gender disparities persist
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Dive Brief: Average annual salaries in the cybersecurity sector are
Federal agencies caught sharing credentials with Microsoft over email
By Matt Kapko | |
The Russia-linked hackers behind the attack on Microsoft’s internal systems
Top 5 behaviors of successful CISOs: Gartner
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Top-performing CISOs regularly practice five key behaviors that level up
MOVEit attack victim count surpasses 1,000 organizations
By Matt Kapko | |
The blast radius from the mass exploit of a zero-day
Ransoming Linux and ESXi systems is getting easier
By Matt Kapko | |
Ransomware threat actors are widening the pool of potential targets
For security to benefit from AI, companies need to shore up their data
By Matt Kapko | |
Artificial intelligence is showing up in new ways across almost
Ransomware attack dwell times fall, pressuring companies to quickly respond
By Matt Kapko | |
Dive Brief: The median dwell time for ransomware attacks fell
MOVEit attack spree makes Clop summer’s most prolific ransomware group
By Matt Kapko | |
Clop was responsible for one-third of all ransomware attacks in
Cuba ransomware group exploits Veeam to hit critical infrastructure
By Matt Kapko | |
Dive Brief: A critical infrastructure organization in the U.S. was
Cyber authorities have a plan to defend remote monitoring tools
By Matt Kapko | |
Cyber authorities are working to mitigate threats to remote monitoring
Security basics aren’t so basic — they’re hard
By Matt Kapko | |
The basics of cybersecurity, it turns out, aren’t so basic.
AWS customers’ most common security mistake
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It's easy to make mistakes and misconfigure settings in the
How disjoined threat intelligence limits companies — and what to do about it
By Matt Kapko | |
Threat intelligence is more abundant than ever. The information defenders
Dallas to pay vendors $8.6M for their ransomware recovery services
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The initial cleanup from a May ransomware attack that took
Why Walden thinks this national cybersecurity strategy will work
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LAS VEGAS — The first national cybersecurity strategy was released
4 ways organizations can take back the advantage from attackers
By Matt Kapko | |
LAS VEGAS – Kelly Shortridge is on a mission —
The MOVEit spree is as bad — or worse — than you think it is
By Matt Kapko | |
The mass exploit of a zero-day vulnerability in MOVEit has
Threat actors abuse valid accounts using manual tactics, CrowdStrike says
By Matt Kapko | |
Dive Brief: Threat actors are spurning the rise of automation
Ransomware attack on Prospect Medical Holdings impacts hospitals across 4 states
By Matt Kapko | |
A ransomware attack against Prospect Medical Holdings disrupted healthcare services
Inside the most-commonly exploited CVEs of 2022
By Matt Kapko | |
Dive Brief: Half of the 12 most-commonly exploited vulnerabilities in
Poor access management besets most cloud compromises, Google says
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Hot Topic hit by automated credential stuffing attack spree
By Matt Kapko | |
The U.S. retail chain Hot Topic was hit by 12
Tempur Sealy responding to cyberattack that disrupted operations
By Matt Kapko | |
Mattress maker Tempur Sealy is responding to a cyberattack that
Valid account credentials are behind most cyber intrusions, CISA finds
By Matt Kapko | |
Valid account credentials are at the root of most successful
Mandiant finds no evidence of data or cryptocurrency theft in JumpCloud attack
By Matt Kapko | |
One of the JumpCloud customers compromised by last month’s cyberattack
To execute the national cyber strategy, it’s going to take the whole US government
By Matt Kapko | |
Editor's note: Cybersecurity Dive broke the 69 initiatives out of
Investigations are causing data breach costs to skyrocket, IBM finds
By Matt Kapko | |
Dive Brief: Data breach costs hit a new high this
JumpCloud cyberattack hits up to 5 customers, 10 devices
By Matt Kapko | |
Dive Brief: JumpCloud confirmed the impact of a cyberattack last
US government plays catchup on phishing-resistant MFA
By Matt Kapko | |
Federal agencies and cyber authorities are trying to advance a
GoTo, parent company to LastPass, names new CISO
By Matt Kapko | |
Dive Brief: GoTo, the remote IT management and services provider,
Estée Lauder takes down some systems following cyberattack
By Matt Kapko | |
Estée Lauder took some of its systems down as a
UKG agrees to pay up to $6M in lawsuit tied to 2021 breach
By Matt Kapko | |
Dive Brief: UKG reached an agreement to settle a class-action
Cyberattack compromised JumpCloud customer environments
By Matt Kapko | |
A spear-phishing attack allowed an unnamed nation-state sponsored threat actor
White House shares the 69 initiatives slated to shore up national cybersecurity
By Matt Kapko | |
The Biden administration released its implementation plan for the national
MOVEit mass exploit timeline: How the file-transfer service attacks entangled victims
By Matt Kapko | |
May 28 Progress received a call over Memorial Day weekend