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Bugcrowd Names Trey Ford as CISO
4 days 18 hours ago
Jen Easterly, CISA Director, to Step Down on Inauguration Day
4 days 18 hours ago
Other Biden administration appointees at CISA will also submit their resignations on Jan. 20, as the cyber-defense agency prepares for President-elect Trump's new DHS director.
Dark Reading Staff
Critical WordPress Plug-in Flaw Exposes 4M Sites to Takeover
4 days 19 hours ago
A vulnerability found in the Really Simple Security plug-in allows an attacker to remotely gain access to any account on an affected website, including the administrator, when 2FA is enabled.
Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer
Akira Ransomware Racks Up 30+ Victims in a Single Day
4 days 19 hours ago
Of the numerous victims, at least three refused to pay the demanded ransom, with the rest seemingly in talks with the cybercriminal group.
Dark Reading Staff
Name That Toon: Meeting of Minds
4 days 21 hours ago
Feeling creative? Submit your caption and our panel of experts will reward the winner with a $25 gift card.
John Klossner, Cartoonist
To Map Shadow IT, Follow Citizen Developers
4 days 21 hours ago
The tangle of user-built tools is formidable to manage, but it can lead to a greater understanding of real-world business needs.
Michael Bargury
Palo Alto Networks Patches Critical Zero-Day Firewall Bug
4 days 22 hours ago
The security vendor's Expedition firewall appliance's PAN-OS interface tool has racked up four critical security vulnerabilities under active attack in November, leading it to advise customers to update immediately and take them off the Internet.
Becky Bracken, Senior Editor, Dark Reading
Why the Demand for Cybersecurity Innovation Is Surging
5 days ago
Companies that recognize current market opportunities — from the need to safely implement revolutionary technology like AI to the vast proliferation of cyber threats — have remarkable growth prospects.
Marcus Bartram
DHS Releases Secure AI Framework for Critical Infrastructure
5 days 1 hour ago
The voluntary recommendations from the Department of Homeland Security cover how artificial intelligence should be used in the power grid, water system, air travel network, healthcare, and other pieces of critical infrastructure.
Dark Reading Staff
Microsoft Pulls Exchange Patches Amid Mail Flow Issues
1 week ago
Email at many organizations has stopped working; the tech giant has advised users who are facing the issue to uninstall the updates so that it can address flaw.
Dark Reading Staff
ChatGPT Exposes Its Instructions, Knowledge & OS Files
1 week ago
According to Mozilla, users have a lot more power to manipulate ChatGPT than they might realize. OpenAI hopes those manipulations remain within a clearly delineated sandbox.
Nate Nelson, Contributing Writer
Combating the Rise of Federally Aimed Malicious Intent
1 week 1 day ago
In the future, the cybersecurity landscape likely will depend not only on the ability of federal workforces to protect their agencies but also on their capacity to continuously develop and sharpen those skills.
Tony Holmes
Lessons From OSC&R on Protecting the Software Supply Chain
1 week 1 day ago
A new report from the Open Software Supply Chain Attack Reference (OSC&R) team provides a framework to reduce how much vulnerable software reaches production.
Neatsun Ziv
Trump 2.0 May Mean Fewer Cybersecurity Regs, Shift in Threats
1 week 1 day ago
Given increased tensions with China over tariffs, companies could see a shift in attacks, but also fewer regulations and a run at a business-friendly federal privacy law.
Robert Lemos, Contributing Writer
TSA Proposes Cyber-Risk Mandates for Pipelines, Transportation Systems
1 week 1 day ago
The proposed rules codify existing temporary directives requiring pipeline and railroad operators to report cyber incidents and create cyber-risk management plans.
Jennifer Lawinski, Contributing Writer
Frenos Takes Home the Prize at 2024 DataTribe Challenge
1 week 1 day ago
Frenos offers a zero-impact, continuous security assessment platform for operational technology environments.
Jennifer Lawinski, Contributing Writer
Varonis Warns of Bug Discovered in PostgreSQL PL/Perl
1 week 1 day ago
Several versions of PostgreSQL are impacted, and customers will need to upgrade in order to patch.
Dark Reading Staff
Idaho Man Turns to RaaS to Extort Orthodontist
1 week 1 day ago
In addition to his prison sentence, he will have to pay more than $1 million in restitution to his victims.
Dark Reading Staff
The Vendor's Role in Combating Alert Fatigue
1 week 1 day ago
As alerts pile up, the complexity can overwhelm security professionals, allowing real threats to be missed. This is where vendors must step up.
Supradeep Bokkasam
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