This isn't a story about NPM even though it's inspired by NPM. Twice. The maintainer of the "colors" NPM library intentionally changed the library's behavior from its expected functionality to printing garbage messages. The library was exhibiting the type of malicious activity that typically comes from a compromised package. Only this time users of...
In the leadership and communications segment, Arming CISOs With the Skills to Combat Disinformation, Is the 'Great Resignation' Impacting Cybersecurity?, Ask These 5 Questions to Decide Your Next Career Move, and more!
The Security Weekly 25 index has finally cooled off, closing at 2226.93 on January 13th, 2022, which is an increase of 122.69% (down from last Q) since inception. The NASDAQ Index closed at 14,806.81 on January 13th, 2022, which is an increase of 123.15% (down from last Q) during the same period. It hit another all-time high of 16,057.44 during the...
Dr. Doug talks: Remote desktop, Apple, Microsoft Servers, Taco Tuesday, Gootloader, and "Farmville: Gangsta Edition", as well as his Favorite Threat of the Week!
In this episode of the CISO Stories Podcast, a panel of experts examine the findings of a ransomware report and how organizations can better prepare to defend against and respond to the attacks.
In the Enterprise Security News for this week: Pentera announces a $150m Series C - YAU (Yet Another Unicorn), Herjavec Group merges with Fishtech, Google acquires SOAR vendor SIEMplify, A European grocery store buys BAS vendor XM Cyber, Flashpoint acquires vuln intel vendor Risk Based Security, Recorded Future acquires SecurityTrails, Drama in the...
2021 was the most active year in federal cybersecurity policy. Ever. The Biden administration used executive orders, new regulations, public/private partnerships and novel law enforcement strategies to shore up federal systems and engage with industry. Meanwhile, an otherwise active year in Congress took a hit when several major pieces of legislati...
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