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The imperative for governments to leverage genAI in cyber defense

In an era where cyber threats are evolving at an unprecedented pace, the need for robust cyber defense mechanisms has never been more critical. Sixty-two percent of all cyberattacks focus on public sector organizations directly and indirectly. Nation-state actors, equipped with generative artificial intelligence (genAI) sophisticated tools and techniques, pose significant threats to national security,…

Honeywell’s Phoenix Controls introduces new platform for ‘safer, more efficient operations’ in critical environments

Phoenix Controls’ Critical Spaces Control Platform and mobile app will automate airflow, temperature and humidity COMPANY NEWS: Phoenix Controls, a Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON) business that provides precision airflow control solutions for critical environments, announced today the launch of the Critical Spaces Control Platform. The platform uses automation to direct airflow via a specialised venturi valve…

Cardiac surgery device manufacturer falls prey to ransomware

The healthcare industry has been increasingly in the crosshairs of cyberattackers this year, with ransomware near the top of the sector’s biggest cyber threats. Hackers are attacking IT systems and personal data, among other things, with the aim of manipulation or theft.  But it’s not just hospitals that are affected by cyberattacks; their suppliers are under attack as…

Secret Blizzard Deploys Kazuar Backdoor in Ukraine Using Amadey Malware-as-a-Service

The Russian nation-state actor tracked as Secret Blizzard has been observed leveraging malware associated with other threat actors to deploy a known backdoor called Kazuar on target devices located in Ukraine. The new findings come from the Microsoft threat intelligence team, which said it observed the adversary leveraging the Amadey bot malware to download custom…

Turla living off other cybercriminals’ tools in order to attack Ukrainian targets

A Russian nation-state threat actor has been observed leveraging tools from other cybercriminal groups to compromise targets in Ukraine, a recent report by Microsoft Threat Intelligence disclosed. This clandestine approach, which is the second time in as many weeks that Microsoft has highlighted the group’s effort, shows how Turla uses a wide range of attack…

Atturra Announced Go-Live of Key Microsoft Dynamics SIS Modules at Brisbane Grammar School

COMPANY NEWS:  Atturra, a leading technology services provider, has announced the successful launch of the first four modules of the Scholarion™ Student Information System (SIS) at Brisbane Grammar School (BGS). These modules—People and Profiles, Student Location and Activity Tracking, Communications Management, and Resource Management represent a major milestone in modernising BGS’s student information systems.

Atturra Announced Go-Live of Key Microsoft Dynamics SIS Modules at Brisbane Grammar School

COMPANY NEWS:  Atturra, a leading technology services provider, has announced the successful launch of the first four modules of the Scholarion™ Student Information System (SIS) at Brisbane Grammar School (BGS). These modules—People and Profiles, Student Location and Activity Tracking, Communications Management, and Resource Management represent a major milestone in modernising BGS’s student information systems.

Atturra Announced Go-Live of Key Microsoft Dynamics SIS Modules at Brisbane Grammar School

COMPANY NEWS:  Atturra, a leading technology services provider, has announced the successful launch of the first four modules of the Scholarion™ Student Information System (SIS) at Brisbane Grammar School (BGS). These modules—People and Profiles, Student Location and Activity Tracking, Communications Management, and Resource Management represent a major milestone in modernising BGS’s student information systems.

Atturra Announced Go-Live of Key Microsoft Dynamics SIS Modules at Brisbane Grammar School

COMPANY NEWS:  Atturra, a leading technology services provider, has announced the successful launch of the first four modules of the Scholarion™ Student Information System (SIS) at Brisbane Grammar School (BGS). These modules—People and Profiles, Student Location and Activity Tracking, Communications Management, and Resource Management represent a major milestone in modernising BGS’s student information systems.

AWS Driving Customer Value in 2025 with Partner Program Enhancements

Recently, AWS announced new initiatives at its re:Invent 2024 event to change how partners engage with AWS and provide enhancements that focus on helping partners grow their relevance, reach, and relationships with their customers. The new initiatives are focused on partners of all sizes and aim to guide these partners on maximizing co-sell opportunities with…

Latest round of MITRE ATT&CK evaluations put cybersecurity products through rigors of ransomware 

MITRE Corporation released findings Wednesday from its latest round of ATT&CK evaluations, assessing the capabilities of enterprise cybersecurity solutions against some of the most prevalent ransomware tactics and North Korean malware. The sixth such evaluation from the nonprofit research organization measured 19 different vendors’ ability to protect enterprise systems by evaluating them against two prominent…

Spotless, Ventia and senior executives in Court for alleged price fixing cartel for services at Defence bases

The competition watchdog the ACCC has started civil cartel proceedings in the Federal Court against two companies – Spotless Facility Services Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Downer EDI Limited – ASX: DOW) and Ventia Australia Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Ventia Services Group Limited ASX: VNT) – and four senior executives, for alleged price fixing…

Spotless, Ventia and senior executives in Court for alleged price fixing cartel for services at Defence bases

The competition watchdog the ACCC has started civil cartel proceedings in the Federal Court against two companies – Spotless Facility Services Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Downer EDI Limited – ASX: DOW) and Ventia Australia Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Ventia Services Group Limited ASX: VNT) – and four senior executives, for alleged price fixing…

Spotless, Ventia and senior executives in Court for alleged price fixing cartel for services at Defence bases

The competition watchdog the ACCC has started civil cartel proceedings in the Federal Court against two companies – Spotless Facility Services Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Downer EDI Limited – ASX: DOW) and Ventia Australia Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Ventia Services Group Limited ASX: VNT) – and four senior executives, for alleged price fixing…

Spotless, Ventia and senior executives in Court for alleged price fixing cartel for services at Defence bases

The competition watchdog the ACCC has started civil cartel proceedings in the Federal Court against two companies – Spotless Facility Services Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Downer EDI Limited – ASX: DOW) and Ventia Australia Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Ventia Services Group Limited ASX: VNT) – and four senior executives, for alleged price fixing…

Microsoft secretly stopped actors from snooping on your MFA codes

Microsoft may have silently fixed a problem with its MFA implementation that attackers could have used to gain access to Outlook, OneDrive, Teams, and Azure accounts without any user interaction. AuthQuake, as the cybersecurity firm Oasis calls it, was a configuration oversight that increased brute force accuracy by 50% for threat actors trying to guess…

Why Americans must be prepared for cybersecurity’s worst

The interconnected world we live in has brought incredible opportunities for growth in America. It’s made life better in ways we don’t think about — from the phone in your pocket to the groceries at your local store, networks touch and affect almost all aspects of our daily lives. But there is an old adage…

Why Americans must be prepared for cybersecurity’s worst

The interconnected world we live in has brought incredible opportunities for growth in America. It’s made life better in ways we don’t think about — from the phone in your pocket to the groceries at your local store, networks touch and affect almost all aspects of our daily lives. But there is an old adage…

Hersteller von Geräten für die Herzchirurgie angegriffen

Cyberkriminelle üben immer häufiger Druck auf den Gesundheitssektor aus – sei es durch den Diebstahl von Daten oder Angriffe auf Zulieferer. Germany only – metamorworks/shutterstock.com Der Schutz der KRITIS wird in Deutschland seit Jahren gefordert und gefördert, macht dabei aber nicht in allen Sektoren die gewünschten Fortschritte. So trifft es insbesondere Gesundheitsversorger wie Krankenhäuser immer…

Researchers Uncover Espionage Tactics of China-Based APT Groups in Southeast Asia

A suspected China-based threat actor has been linked to a series of cyber attacks targeting high-profile organizations in Southeast Asia since at least October 2023. The espionage campaign targeted organizations in various sectors spanning government ministries in two different countries, an air traffic control organization, a telecoms company, and a media outlet, the Symantec Threat…

Rumänien kommt digital weiterhin nicht zur Ruhe

Nehmen die Russen Rache an Rumänien für die gescheiterte Wahl „ihres“ Kandidaten? structuresxx – shutterstock.com Zuerst wurde die rumänischen Präsidentschaftswahlen annulliert, nachdem sie durch eine mutmaßlich russisch gesteuerte TikTok-Kampagne beeinflusst wurden. Jetzt wurde die Electrica-Gruppe, ein wichtiger Stromanbieter mit 3,8 Millionen Kunden in Rumänien, Opfer eines Ransomware-Angriffs. Der Angriff dauert an Wie das Unternehmen am…

U.S. Charges Chinese Hacker for Exploiting Zero-Day in 81,000 Sophos Firewalls

The U.S. government on Tuesday unsealed charges against a Chinese national for allegedly breaking into thousands of Sophos firewall devices globally in 2020. Guan Tianfeng (aka gbigmao and gxiaomao), who is said to have worked at Sichuan Silence Information Technology Company, Limited, has been charged with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and conspiracy to commit…

Salt Typhoon poses a serious supply chain risk to most organizations

In the late spring of 2024, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began investigating reports of malicious activities targeting multiple US telecommunications companies. The agency determined that Chinese-affiliated actors had stolen many communications records related to several unidentified individuals during what they later realized was a persistent infiltration dating back at least two years.…

Bug bounty programs can deliver significant benefits, but only if you’re ready

Bug bounty programs, which offer financial incentives to outside security researchers to find software vulnerabilities, seem like a 21st-century phenomenon, but according to bug bounty platform provider HackerOne, the first bug bounty program dates back to 1983.   That year, a company called Hunter & Ready offered $1,000 to those who found “errors” in its…

Ivanti Issues Critical Security Updates for CSA and Connect Secure Vulnerabilities

Ivanti has released security updates to address multiple critical flaws in its Cloud Services Application (CSA) and Connect Secure products that could lead to privilege escalation and code execution. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2024-11639 (CVSS score: 10.0) – An authentication bypass vulnerability in the admin web console of Ivanti CSA before…

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