Nearly 1,900 Signal users’ phone numbers were made public as a result of the data breach Twilio, a cloud communications provider, had at the…
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Supply Chain Cybersecurity: Everyone’s Responsibility
This week, I had a conversation with a new client who revealed that they are eager to solve various internal problems relating to their…
How A Security Concern Was Caused By An IP Address Compromise At The DRDO Missile Lab
The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), which is in charge of the nation’s missile development projects, suffered a significant breach that the Indian…
Ransomware Attacks: Ways to Win the War Against It
Ransomware is on the rise, but security leaders can fight back by implementing the scope of security’s best approaches for beating the bad guys…
Samba-Critical Vulnerability Let Attackers Gain Remote Code Execution
A Virtual File System of Samba was found to be vulnerable to Remote Code Execution. Versions before 4.13.17 were vulnerable to this vulnerability. Samba…
Zimbra issues hotfix for XSS vulnerability under active exploitation
Attackers have targeted mailboxes in multiple waves across two attack phases. Business email platform Zimbra has released a hotfix for a cross-site scripting (XSS)…
SSRF flaws created in multiple apps via Google Drive integration errors
Execution flaws in Google Drive integrations created server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerabilities in a mixture of applications, a security researcher has disclosed. This included…
Attackers can Take Over Computers through PowerPoint Files
Attackers use socially engineered emails with .ppam file attachments that hide malware that can rewrite Windows registry settings on targeted machines. The attacker used…
Cybersecurity trends in 2022
Every day, new technologies are disrupting and improving our lives, businesses, industries, and in the larger landscape, the conveniences and efficiencies we once thought…
Rewind of the 2021 Cybersecurity attacks
The Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2022 report has revealed that ransomware attacks have increased as such by 151% in 2021. There were nearly 270 cybersecurity…