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Cyber insurance has great potentials in improving cybersecurity practices and protecting organizations against the impact of security incidents, but these potentials “have yet to fully materialize.” This is the key highlight of a recent report developed by the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) and the University of Kent in the UK. The report provides a comprehensive list of recommendations for both governments and organizations. Why cyber insurance? The World Economic…

South Korean users have been targeted with a new sophisticated Android spyware, tracked as PhoneSpy, as part of an ongoing campaign. Researchers from Zimperium zLabs uncovered an ongoing campaign aimed at infecting the mobile phones of South Korean users with new sophisticated android spyware dubbed PhoneSpy. The malware already hit more than a thousand South Korean victims. Unlike other surveillance software that attempts to exploit vulnerabilities on the device, PhoneSpy disguised itself as a harmless…

A security company has reported a new cyber-attack involving a malware family known as both BazarBackdoor and BazarLoader. Researchers at SophosLabs came across the attack when it arrived in their inboxes.  “Spamming a security company with a malicious email featuring a novel attack technique might not have been the best decision by the operators,” said Andrew Brandt, principal researcher at Sophos. The threat actors behind the campaign use socially engineered emails to scare their targets into opening an attachment and clicking…

The skills-to-job consortium CyberVetsUSA is launching a new pilot program in Nebraska that aims to fast-track military veterans into new cybersecurity careers.  CyberVetsUSA exists as a public-private partnership between non-profit and Veteran Service Organizations (VSOs), tech employers, institutions of higher education, and local government agencies.  It was launched in 2017 with the mission to increase the available pool of qualified cyber talent by helping military veterans and their spouses become part of the cybersecurity workforce. In 2018,…

News Detail PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise software, plans to announce fiscal year 2022 third quarter financial results after market close on Tuesday, November 23, 2021. The company will host a conference call at 1:30 p.m. PT/ 4:30 p.m. ET that day to review financial results and business outlook. A live web broadcast of the event will be … Thu, 11 Nov 2021 00:00:00 PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS…

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The newly appointed chief executive officer of Pegasus spyware maker NSO Group has relinquished his role following the company’s recent addition to the United States’ Department of Commerce blacklist.  Isaac Benbenisti was announced as the NSO Group’s new CEO on October 31 but had not yet taken the reins of his new leadership position when he handed in his notice. Before his appointment to the top, Benbenisti had served as one of the NSO Group’s co-presidents.  The resignation…