Okta announced that threat actors breached their customer support system and accessed some of their clients` files. Hackers used stolen credentials to intrude into the system. GitHub, Apple, Hewlett Packard, Zoom, FedEx, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, etc. use Okta`s identity and access management services. This makes Okta a very interesting target for attackers, who could use […]

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BHI Energy, a US energy services company linked to Westinghouse Electric Company, has revealed specifics about a cyberattack on their systems. The Akira ransomware group is responsible for the breach that took place on May 30, 2023. As a division of Westinghouse Electric Company, BHI Energy provides specialized engineering services and staffing solutions to oil […]

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During this week’s blog series, we sat down with two of our NIST experts from the Visualization and Usability Group at NIST — Shanée Dawkins and Jody Jacobs — who discussed the importance of recognizing and reporting phishing . This blog wraps up our Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 blog series…but we of course plan to continue to share, collaborate, learn, and spread the word all year long. 1. This week’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month theme is ‘recognize and report phishing.’ How does your work/specialty area at NIST tie into this behavior? We work in the Information Technology Lab, but our

Augusto Morales is a Technology Lead (Threat Solutions) at Check Point Software Technologies. He is based in Dallas, Texas, and has been working in cyber security since 2006. He got his PhD/Msc in Telematics System Engineering from the Technical University of Madrid, Spain and he is also Senior Member of the IEEE. Author of more […]

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The University of Michigan recently announced a data breach that took place in August. Cyber attackers broke into the university’s network, gaining unauthorized access to systems containing data of students, applicants, alumni, donors, employees, patients, and research study participants. This unauthorized access spanned from August 23rd to 27th, revealing personal, financial, and medical records. What […]

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Summary: With dozens of apps, systems and devices to keep up to date, many IT departments suffer from ‘patching paralysis’. Find out why patching paralysis happens, and how you can overcome it.  Key takeaways: Patching paralysis is very common It is caused by the sheer number of updates required across multiple systems Organizations struggle to […]

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