Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday saw the technology giant releasing updates to address 129 vulnerabilities: 23 of which were deemed critical, 105 were important, and the rest were moderate in severity. The latest Patch Tuesday addressed vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows,...
Argentina’s immigration agency, Dirección Nacional de Migraciones (DNM), suspended operations for over four hours after its systems were attacked by NetWalker ransomware. In order to free up the affected computers, the operators demanded $4 million worth Bitcoins in ransom....
Cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks is partnering with managed IT services provider Net Friends to deliver exclusive access to its enterprise-grade product suite for businesses of all sizes.
Palo Alto Networks covers several segments like firewalls, cloud-monitoring and compliance, endpoint...
In the recent past, China has been heavily scrutinized by countries like the U.S., India, and Australia for waging a cyberwar against their public, private, and critical infrastructure. The U.S. first cornered China with the Huawei cyber espionage claims...
Payment cards provider Visa has warned its users about a new credit card skimming malware dubbed “Baka” that can evade traditional detection methods. The skimmer was discovered by Visa’s Payment Fraud Disruption (PFD) division while analyzing a command and...
It’s not every day that one gets to meet an influential person from the world of cybersecurity. CISO MAG caught up with Yotam Gutman, Marketing Director at SentinelOne. He once served as Lt. Commander in the Israel Navy. He...
For a legion of cybersecurity experts plugged from across the globe, CISO MAG and CYFIRMA recently hosted a panel discussion on “The State of Cybersecurity: Why do Breaches Continue to be Unabated.” The discussion was moderated by Jyoti Punjabi,...
An unprotected database belonging to a webmaster forum, Digital Point, exposed more than 800,000 users’ records. Security firm WebsitePlanet and security researcher Jeremiah Fowler found the unsecured Elasticsearch database on July 1, 2020, which contained over 62 million users’...
Israel’s semiconductor and chip manufacturer, Tower Semiconductor, announced of a cyberattack that forced its certain operations to a complete halt. The company authorities said that specific measures were taken to prevent the spread of the cyberattack, however, there was...
Ever since the GDPR was introduced, disclosure of security incidents via whistle-blower reports has increased significantly. According to a report from RPC, a legal and consultancy services firm, the increased awareness of online frauds and other malicious attacks led...
