People using messaging apps crave a dedicated space to conveniently chat, collaborate and organize with others. However, there are growing concerns about data privacy for at least 8 in 10 adult consumers worldwide. These are the people who have fallen prey to online scams due to privacy breaches. While some consumers would happily do a data trade-off on certain aspects of online safety for increased convenience, a vast majority would rather not.

Cybercrime has become a dominant concern for many businesses, as well as individuals. Cybercriminals will target any business, and any individual if they can realize a profit from their minimal efforts. One of the ways that criminals achieve their goals is through the use of malware that garners a fast profit, such as ransomware. More enterprising criminals will use more persistent malware, which enables them to return to the target for further victimization.

Whether you use the 600+ Styra provided compliance rules or build your own, with Styra DAS, the same rules can now enforce compliance of your Kubernetes and Terraform infrastructure across all of the Code, Deploy, and Run phases.

A selection of this week’s more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news. For a daily selection see our twitter feed at #ionCube24. A curious but could be deadly lure for researchers, though to be honest, one look at the fake PoC code and alarm bells should ring. I suppose it only takes a few accidental mistakes to make it worth while.

Get Free Android App Penetration Testing Checklist With 2.9 million apps, the Android Play Store is the most widely adopted mobile operating system. With its vast opportunities, Android also draws the attention of malicious hackers who continuously seek to exploit weaknesses in mobile applications. Because of security concerns, Google has banned many apps from the Play Store. Building a secure Android app requires thorough mobile application penetration testing.

Over the past few years, cyberattacks have escalated to unprecedented heights: Organizations and users need help understanding and navigating these changing risks to fight against the rising tide of cybercrimes. Thankfully, that is exactly what The OWASP Foundation aims to do.

In this article, I’m looking at the key differences between endpoint detection and response (EDR) and the related extended and managed options, XDR and MDR. Here’s the short version: Now let’s dig in to get a bit more context on this cybersecurity fundamental.

In a recent development, Russian hackers have declared their intention to launch cyberattacks on the European financial system within the next 48 hours. The announcement was made late on Wednesday, June 14 and came through a video threat posted on the Mash Telegram channel, a very popular channel for Russian news. This operation appears to be a collaborative effort between the hacking groups KillNet, REvil, and Anonymous Sudan.

Recently, I discovered two vulnerabilities in the ButterflyMX system which were responsibly disclosed to the vendor. The vendor has mitigated the highest-risk vulnerability, which enabled unauthorized attackers to gain access to buildings equipped with the ButterflyMX Access Control System by employing a brute-force technique, typically requiring only a few hundred attempts to successfully guess virtual keys.

On June 14th, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) along with its international cybersecurity partners released an advisory calling out the various indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) being leveraged by the LockBit ransomware operation over the past 3 years.