Leading the way for bigger roles in tech for women

Leading the way for bigger roles in tech for women

“Representation across gender also means teams are more likely to overcome obstacles and resolve issues more efficiently, which is essential for the performance of our business.” Many women still feel like they don’t receive enough encouragement to enter and remain in the business world, and can face both structural barriers to participation and unconscious biases….

U.S. DOD Weapons Programs Struggles to Add ‘Key’ Cybersecurity Measures

U.S. DOD Weapons Programs Struggles to Add ‘Key’ Cybersecurity Measures

  The U.S. Defense Department failed to communicate cybersecurity guidelines to contractors tasked with building systems for its weapon programs, according to a new watchdog report, released on Thursday. While the agency has developed a range of policies aimed at strengthening the security for its weapon programs, the guidance misses out a key point –…

Despite Microsoft Patch, US Gov’t Warns of ‘Active Threat Still Developing’ From Open Back Doors

Despite Microsoft Patch, US Gov’t Warns of ‘Active Threat Still Developing’ From Open Back Doors

Reuters reports: The White House on Sunday urged computer network operators to take further steps to gauge whether their systems were targeted amid a hack of Microsoft Corp’s Outlook email program, saying a recent software patch still left serious vulnerabilities. “This is an active threat still developing and we urge network operators to take it…

Microsoft Exchange exploited to hack 30,000 US organization emails

Microsoft Exchange exploited to hack 30,000 US organization emails

What just happened? Four exploits found in Microsoft Exchange Server software have led to some 30,000 U.S. government and commercial organizations – including police departments, hospitals, and nonprofits – having their emails hacked. Microsoft rolled-out a patch to fix four zero-day exploits in Exchange Server a few days ago, but that hasn’t stopped a hacking…

Move over, SolarWinds: 30,000 orgs’ email hacked via Microsoft Exchange Server flaws

Move over, SolarWinds: 30,000 orgs’ email hacked via Microsoft Exchange Server flaws

Four exploits found in Microsoft’s Exchange Server software have reportedly led to over 30,000 US governmental and commercial organizations having their emails hacked, according to a report by KrebsOnSecurity. Wired is also reporting “tens of thousands of email servers” hacked. The exploits have been patched by Microsoft, but security experts talking to Krebs say that…

Chinese Hackers Breach Microsoft Business Email Software Raising Security Crisis Globally. Details Here

Chinese Hackers Breach Microsoft Business Email Software Raising Security Crisis Globally. Details Here

San Francisco: In a big cyber attack, China-based threat actors hacked at least 30,000 organisations across the US, including government and commercial firms, by using Microsoft’s Exchange Server software to enter their networks. The espionage group is known to have exploited four vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server email software, which provided them access to email…

Qualys admits its Accellion FTA server compromised by attacker

Qualys admits its Accellion FTA server compromised by attacker

Qualys, which provides a cloud-based platform for protecting IT and OT workloads, has become the latest firm to be victimized by vulnerabilities in the Accellion FTA file transfer application. Company CISO Ben Carr said Wednesday it had deployed an Accellion FTA server in a segregated DMZ environment, completely separate from systems that host and support…

Hackers breached four prominent underground cybercrime forumsSecurity Affairs

Hackers breached four prominent underground cybercrime forumsSecurity Affairs

A suspicious wave of attacks resulted in the hack of four cybercrime forums Verified, Crdclub, Exploit, and Maza since January. Since January, a series of mysterious cyberattacks that resulted in the hack of popular Russian-language cybercrime forums. Unknown threat actors hacked the Verified forum in January, Crdclub in February, and Exploit and Maza in March,…