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September 23, 2022

Ransomware operators might be dropping file encryption in favor of corrupting files

Corrupting files is faster, cheaper, and less likely to be stopped by endpoint protection tools than encrypting them. Read more ▶

Image: D&O insurance not yet a priority despite criminal trial of Uber’s former CISO

D&O insurance not yet a priority despite criminal trial of Uber’s former CISO

The cost is too high and the risk too low to offer CISOs directors-and-officers insurance at many companies. Protective governance policies might make more sense.

Multi-factor authentication fatigue attacks are on the rise: How to defend against them

LAPSUS$ is just one cybercriminal group that has breached networks of large companies such as Uber and Microsoft by spamming employees with MFA authentication requests.

Report: The state of secure identity 2022

New research from Okta’s Auth0 access management platform found that credential stuffing and fraudulent registration attacks are on the rise.

Image: Top 5 attack surface challenges related to security operations

Top 5 attack surface challenges related to security operations

The growing attack surface is extending the security/software developer gap, increasing vulnerabilities, and slowing security investigations.

Former Broadcom engineer gets eight months in prison for trade secrets theft

Peter Kisang Kim admitted to stealing Broadcom data related to its Trident family of network switching and cloud networking chipsets, while working for a Chinese startup.

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