The botnet malware tracked as Ebury has steadily expanded over the past decade, having compromised over 400,000 hosts since 2009, with about 100,000 still-infected systems identified by the end of 2023, according to SecurityWeek.
The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security invited Brad Smith, Microsoft’s top lawyer, to attend a proposed hearing on May 22 to discuss the use of the company’s email software that led to emails of U.S. government officials being obtained by hackers, according to CNBC.
The Department of Defense will evaluate the cybersecurity of mobile devices used by analysts and servicemembers as mandated in the draft text of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, Nextgov/FCW reports.
ZDNET reports that an alerting mechanism will be rolled out to Android and iOS users as part of a partnership between Google and Apple to improve customer privacy while using Bluetooth-enabled tracking devices.
Cybersecurity researchers at Rapid7 have identified a social engineering campaign targeting enterprises with spam emails to gain initial access for further exploitation, The Hacker News reports.
A new Absolute Security report found that many organizations are failing to ensure that the endpoint protection platforms and network access security applications on their managed PCs are running in compliance with basic security policies, reports TechRepublic.
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