Author: Asad Yaseen

Digital attackers launched a new ransomware campaign dubbed “PLEASE_READ_ME” in an effort to target MySQL servers. Guardicore first spotted the attack back in January 2020. After that, it witnessed a total of 92 attacks emanate from 11 IP addresses, with most based in Ireland and the United Kingdom at the time of analysis. The security firm found that each attack began the same way. As quoted in its research: The attack starts with a password…

Google has hired the first security boss for its cloud business in the form of British-born Phil Venables. A 25+ year veteran of the industry with experience in CISO roles in some of the world’s biggest banks, Venables officially joined Google Cloud this month, according to his LinkedIn profile. After graduating from the University of York with a BSc in Computer Science, Venables went on to gain a Masters in computation at Oxford University before…

Russian hackers who stole red team tools from FireEye may have been in action on a much broader scale, operating a sophisticated supply chain campaign targeting multiple global organizations and governments. FireEye revealed in an update on Sunday that nation state attackers inserted malicious code into legitimate software for SolarWinds’ popular Orion product to gain remote access into victim environments. Although it didn’t name any victims or the identity of the group, a Reuters report…

Aside from managing Tripwire’s security research team, Tyler Reguly also teaches a college course on cybersecurity. On this episode, Tyler shares his experience teaching the next generation of cybersecurity practitioners who are about to graduate and enter the workforce. Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/episode/7G9cXfVFeFxCfoEdhZlHOk?si=IZUhcqB1Q8WqG1h9vkRhJAStitcher:https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-tripwire-cybersecurity-podcastRSS:https://tripwire.libsyn.com/rssYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgTfY3TXF9YKE9pUKp57pGSTaapTLpvC3 The following is an edited excerpt from a recent episode of Tripwire’s Cybersecurity Podcast. Tim Erlin: Today, I am joined by Tyler Reguly, manager of software development with Tripwire and we’re here to talk about…