| | | LATEST SECURITY NEWS & COMMENTARY | | New Vulnerabilities Highlight Risks of Trust in Public Cloud Major cloud providers are vulnerable to exploitation because a single flaw can be turned into a global attack using trusted core services. Russia Takes Down REvil Ransomware Operation, Arrests Key Members Timing of the move has evoked at least some skepticism from security experts about the country's true motives. When Patching Security Flaws, Smarter Trumps Faster Just turning the patch dial to "high" is not enough, and if your company is using the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) to prioritize software patching, you are doing it wrong. Researchers Explore Hacking VirusTotal to Find Stolen Credentials VirusTotal can be used to collect large amounts of credentials without infecting an organization or buying them online, researchers found. US Search for Vulnerabilities Drives 10x Increase in Bug Reports Cross-site scripting and broken access controls continued to be the top classes of vulnerabilities researchers discovered, according to Bugcrowd's annual vulnerability report. Nigerian Police Arrest 11 Individuals in BEC Crackdown More than 50,000 targets around the world have been affected by the business email compromise scams, Interpol reports. The Cybersecurity Measures CTOs Are Actually Implementing Companies look to multifactor authentication and identity and access management to block attacks, but hedge their bets with disaster recovery. Redefining the CISO-CIO Relationship While these roles have different needs, drivers, and objectives, they should complement each other rather than compete with one another. Cloud Adoption Widens the Cybersecurity Skills Gap No matter what cloud services you employ, you are still responsible for protecting the security of your data. Name That Toon: Nowhere to Hide Feeling creative? Submit your caption and our panel of experts will reward the winner with a $25 Amazon gift card. MORE NEWS / MORE COMMENTARY | | | | |
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