New DOJ Cyber Prosecution Team Will Go After Nation-State Threat Actors
The US Department of Justice adds litigators under its National Security Division to take on sophisticated cyber threats from adversarial…
June 2023
Biden Gives the Endangered Species Act a Boost
It’s never really a great day to be endangered, but for U.S. species, today is a better one than most.…
Avast, Norton Parent Latest Victim of MOVEit Ransomware Attacks
Gen Digital, the parent company of the security companies, is the latest victim in a rash of Cl0p attacks on…
Ransomware Misconceptions Abound, To the Benefit of Attackers
INFOSEC23 — London — It's time to update what we think we understand about ransomware, including new defensive measures and…
These Companies Want to Beam Space-Based Solar Power to Earth
Space manufacturing startup Orbital Composites and space energy company Virtus Solis have announced a collaboration to bring space-based solar power…
Ethical Problems in Computer Security
Tadayoshi Kohno, Yasemin Acar, and Wulf Loh wrote excellent paper on ethical thinking within the computer security community: “Ethical Frameworks…
Emerging Ransomware Group 8Base Doxxes SMBs Globally
A threat you've never heard of is using double extortion attacks on mom-and-pop shops around the globe.
Orca Explained in 1977 Why Killer Whales Are So Angry Today
The towering success of 1975's Jaws inspired a fleet of rip-offs, and one of the less terrible ones—1977's Orca—is suddenly…
Keep Job Scams From Hurting Your Organization
From fake job listings that ding your reputation to fake job applicants who hack your network, job scams are a…