2024
Fighting cybercrime with actionable knowledge
A reason to celebrate SANS and its 35 years of cyber security training Sponsored Post Cybercrime never sleeps. As threats continue to evolve and attack surfaces become broader and harder to defend, it has never been more important for the good guys to keep their skills sharp and…
NHS major ‘cyber incident’ forces hospitals to use pen and paper
Systems are isolated and pulled offline, while scheduled procedures are canceled The ongoing cybersecurity incident affecting a North West England NHS group has forced sites to fall back on pen-and-paper operations.…
The only thing worse than being fired is scammers fooling you into thinking you’re fired
Scumbags play on victims' worst fears in phishing campaign referencing UK Employment Tribunal A current phishing campaign scares recipients into believing they've been sacked, when in reality they've been hacked – and infected with infostealers and other malware that means a payday for the crooks behind the scam.…
Salt Typhoon’s surge extends far beyond US telcos
Plus, a brand-new backdoor, GhostSpider, is linked to the cyber spy crew's operations The reach of the China-linked Salt Typhoon gang extends beyond telecommunications giants in the United States, and its arsenal includes several backdoors – including a brand-new malware dubbed GhostSpider – according to Trend Micro researchers.…
T-Mobile US takes a victory lap after stopping cyberattacks: ‘Other providers may be seeing different outcomes’
Funny what putting more effort and resources into IT security can do Attackers - possibly China's Salt Typhoon cyber-espionage crew - compromised an unnamed wireline provider's network and used this access to try to break into T-Mobile US systems multiple times over the past few weeks, according to…
Bolster resilience against 2025 cyber threats
Watch this webinar to learn why cybersecurity leaders can trust the MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations Partner Content In today's dynamic threat landscape, security leaders are under constant pressure to make informed choices about which solutions and strategies they employ to protect their organizations.…
First-ever UEFI bootkit for Linux in the works, experts say
Bootkitty doesn’t bite… yet Security researchers say they've stumbled upon the first-ever UEFI bootkit targeting Linux, illustrating a key moment in the evolution of such tools.…
Automating endpoint management
Addressing the challenges of patching and vulnerability remediation Webinar Managing endpoints efficiently has perhaps never been more important or more complex. …
The workplace has become a surveillance state
Cracked Labs report explores the use of motion sensors and wireless networking kit to monitor offices Office buildings have become like web browsers – they're full of tracking technology, a trend documented in a report out this week by Cracked Labs.…
CrowdStrike still doesn’t know how much its Falcon flame-out will cost
Thinks customers may have forgiven it after revenue hits a record CrowdStrike can't yet confidently predict the financial impact of the failed update to its Falcon software that crashed millions of computers around the world last July, but is confident its third quarter results show customers can't find…