The White House Is Deciding Whether to Support a Bureau of Cyber Statistics
The White House Is Deciding Whether to Support a Bureau of Cyber Statistics
Governance & Risk Management , Incident & Breach Response , IT Risk Management Hacker Claiming Responsibility for Attack Calls Company’s Security ‘Awful’ Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • August 27, 2021 T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert on Friday issued an official mea culpa for the data breach that exposed information on 54…
Even as Microsoft expanded patches for the so-called PrintNightmare vulnerability for Windows 10 version 1607, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2016, it has come to light that the fix for the remote code execution exploit in the Windows Print Spooler service can be bypassed in certain scenarios, effectively defeating the security protections and permitting…
Chinese nation-state hackers have been linked to an attack on the Parliament of Finland that took place last year and led to the compromise of some parliament email accounts. “Some parliament e-mail accounts may have been compromised as a result of the attack, among them e-mail accounts that belong to MPs,” Parliament officials said at…
Eight vulnerabilities discovered in the Drawings software development kit (SDK) made by Open Design Alliance (ODA) impact products from Siemens and likely other vendors. ODA is a nonprofit organization that creates SDKs for engineering applications, including computer aided design (CAD), geographic information systems (GIS), building and construction, product lifecycle management (PLM), and internet of things…
An “imminent ransomware campaign” will be impacting SonicWall’s Secure Mobile Access 100 series and Secure Remote Access products, according to a security advisory from the vendor. SonicWall, a security vendor known for firewall and access offerings, published a security advisory Wednesday for unpatched and end-of-life (EOL) 8.x firmware versions of its SMA 100 and SRA…
Security researchers have warned that at least 30 million Dell computers may be at risk after discovering multiple vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code within the machines’ BIOS. Security vendor Eclypsium said 129 Dell models were affected by the chain of four bugs, which have a cumulative CVSS score of 8.4 (high). “These…