The heat has just been turned up for companies hoping to “hide out” a data breach. Announced October 27th, all non-banking financial institutions are now required to report data breach incidents within 30 days. The amendment to the Safeguards Rule was made by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). It will go into effect 180 days after publication of the law in the Federal Register, or around April of next year.

Operating system (OS) hardening, a facet of system hardening, involves the implementation of security measures of operating systems like Windows, Linux, or macOS (aka OS X) to bolster their defenses against cyberattacks. The primary aim is to fortify sensitive computing systems, thereby reducing their vulnerability to various security threats, including data breaches, unauthorized access, system intrusions, and malware in accordance with best security practices.

Lazarus Group targets a software vendor, a link shortening service abuses the.US top-level domain, and hackers target crypto experts with KANDYKORN malware.

We’re proud to announce that Aikido Security recently attained ISO 27001:2022 certification. This is a big milestone for us and demonstrates our commitment to information security.

In this blog post, we will highlight Snyk’s view on the new vulnerability scoring framework, CVSS 4.0, which was released on November 1, 2023.

Since the start of Bitcoin in 2009, the popularity and prevalence of cryptocurrencies has exploded, resulting in a net worth of over $1 trillion that continues to grow. Cryptocurrency—held in virtual wallets—is obtained by users who purchase coins on a cryptocurrency exchange, receive coins as payment from someone else, or “mine” coins virtually themselves.

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have been around for a long time. However, the sophistication and scale of these threats has grown in recent years. Cybercriminals are employing amplification techniques that exploit vulnerabilities in misconfigured services or network protocols to increase the traffic they can generate and maximize the impact of their attacks.