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Hacktivist group Anonymous has claimed it has breached the database of the Russian federal agency responsible for the supervision of communications, information technology and mass media, leaking over 360,000 files in the process. The agency, Roskomnadzor, has been heavily involved in enforcing new Kremlin directions on restricting independent media reporting in Russia since the start of the conflict with Ukraine, which began on February 25. This includes blocking access to popular social media platforms like Twitter and…

The UK has announced plans to introduce legislation to improve the security of digital identity solutions. The new rules are designed to enhance trust in digital identities, reducing reliance on traditional physical documents such as passports and driving licenses. The UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) made the announcement following a public consultation period. Digital identity solutions can be accessed in numerous ways, including via a phone app or website. However, there are…

By Omar Zarabi, Founder and CEO, Port53 Technologies As in previous years, the DefCon of the cybersecurity industry is best illustrated by the headlines – each a cautionary tale. The past two years were witness to a virtual House of Horrors that has propelled cybersecurity to the top of corporate agendas. The 2020 supply-chain attack on SolarWinds’ network monitoring application Orion affected thousands of the company’s customers around the world, including several government agencies here…

News Detail PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise software, today announced registration is open for the seventh annual Women Transforming Technology (WT2) Conference, being held from April 11-12, 2022. Everyone is invited to participate in the conference, which is now in its third year as a virtual event. WT2 is designed to continue the important … Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:00:00 PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– VMware, Inc. (NYSE:…

Advances in cybersecurity must focus on increasing trust in digital technologies, according to Professor Adam Joinson, director of DiscribeHub+ and Professor of Information Systems at the University of Bath. This message was delivered during a talk about the socioeconomic impact of security on trust at the final leg of Digital Security by Design (DSbD) Roadshow in Northern Ireland, UK, this week. Joinson began by describing the large and growing concern over security and privacy among consumers and its impact….

Security researchers are urging pro-Ukrainian actors to be wary of downloading DDoS tools to attack Russia, as they may be booby-trapped with info-stealing malware. In late February, Ukrainian vice prime minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, called for a volunteer “IT army” of hackers to DDoS Russian targets. However, Cisco Talos claimed that opportunistic cyber-criminals are looking to exploit the subsequent widespread outpouring of support for the Eastern European nation. Specifically, it detected posts on Telegram offering DDoS tools which…

Your grandmother’s advice still stands: Don’t quit your current job until you have a written offer in hand. Yes, it is a job-seeker’s market, with more perks and flexibility on the table than in past years. But it can take months, requiring multiple rounds of interviews with several levels of signoffs, to actually land a new position at a different company. The “Great Resignation” — which sees people quitting in droves without having another job…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed new rules designed to increase transparency around cybersecurity incident reporting. The regulator wants listed companies to disclose a “material cybersecurity incident” within four business days of discovery. Although all states have laws forcing businesses to disclose data breaches, they typically don’t extend to incidents where personal information isn’t taken. SEC chair, Gary Gensler, said the regulator’s disclosure regime needed to change to reflect evolving risk and investor…

The ransomware group that hit Samsung and Nvidia appears to have struck two new big-name targets in the tech sector: a South American e-commerce giant and a British telecom multinational. Buenos Aires-based online marketplace MercadoLibre admitted in an SEC filing this week that source code and user data were accessed, although it did not reveal how. “Although data from approximately 300,000 users (out of our nearly 140 million unique active users) was accessed, to date…