Forty nations have to ratify the treaty for it to enter into force, and they have some leeway on how to implement it. The post After UN adoption, controversial cybercrime treaty’s next steps could...
VPNs are handy internet privacy tools, but with so many options available, it's hard to find the best one. To help, I'll tell you what you should look for in a good VPN.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has issued a final rule carrying out Executive Order (EO) 14117, which prevents mass transfer of citizens' personal data to countries of concern such as China...
Blaming victims, months of silence, and suing security researchers all featured in cybersecurity in 2024. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
If you want to get a security bump on your Mac, you should switch to secure DNS to encrypt your web traffic.
Lumen says there is 'no evidence' that customer data was accessed during the intrusion © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
New details have emerged about a phishing campaign targeting Chrome browser extension developers that led to the compromise of at least thirty-five extensions to inject data-stealing code,...
These simple cybersecurity resolutions can help keep your startup protected from most malicious hackers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
The United States Treasury Department said it suffered a "major cybersecurity incident" that allowed suspected Chinese threat actors to remotely access some computers and unclassified documents....
GitHub has a problem with inauthentic "stars" used to artificially inflate the popularity of scam and malware distribution repositories to appear more popular, helping them reach more unsuspecting...
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered three security weaknesses in Microsoft's Azure Data Factory Apache Airflow integration that, if successfully exploited, could have allowed an attacker to...
Mid-sized enterprises increasingly find themselves in need of a CNAPP, as their cloud adoption matures. But how should they go about selecting the right one? What questions should they ask and...
Federal authorities have arrested and indicted a 20-year-old U.S. Army soldier on suspicion of being Kiberphant0m, a cybercriminal who has been selling and leaking sensitive customer call records...
Treasury says hackers accessed “certain unclassified documents” in a “major” breach, but experts believe the attack’s impacts could prove to be more significant as new details emerge.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed updates to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) to secure patients' health data following a...
The author begins the post with an invisible C bug. After staring at the code for a while, I couldn't find it. The bug is simply that a boolean could have a value other than 0 or 1. Why does this...
In December 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury experienced a cybersecurity breach due to a compromised API key from BeyondTrust’s Remote Support SaaS. A Chinese state-sponsored Advanced...
Take a look back at some of the biggest threats we observed and analyzed in 2024.
A Chinese state-sponsored actor was responsible for a “major incident” that compromised U.S. Treasury Department workstations and classified documents, according to a letter the agency sent...
SUMMARY A sophisticated attack campaign has compromised at least 16 Chrome browser extensions, exposing over 600,000 users to…
According to a letter sent to Senate leaders and obtained by CyberScoop, the compromises occurred through third-party software provider BeyondTrust, which provides identity and access management...
Treasury officials attributed the December cyberattack to China. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
The data was found exposed on an Amazon cloud server, and contained precise location data on thousands of vehicles. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
The vulnerability, found in versions of Four-Faith routers, appears to have been exploited in the wild and has been connected to attempted infections of Mirai. The post Thousands of industrial...
Immunefi has contests, similar to C4 and Sherlock. Uniquely, they publish all of their findings for people to see. I just found this and wanted to have a public record of it for my own sanity later.
Microsoft advises users not to install recent security updates using physical media. The company is working on a fix.
Installing the Windows 11 2024 version via a CD or flash drive may cause it to reject any future updates. Microsoft is working on a fix
The United States Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has proposed new cybersecurity requirements for healthcare organizations with an aim to safeguard...
Every week, the digital world faces new challenges and changes. Hackers are always finding new ways to breach systems, while defenders work hard to keep our data safe. Whether it's a hidden flaw...
Chinese state-sponsored threat actors hacked the U.S. Treasury Department after breaching a remote support platform used by the federal agency. [...]