Author: Asad Yaseen

A researcher claims to have hacked into the internal systems of major companies including Apple and Microsoft using a novel supply chain attack.  Alex Biran created malicious node packages and uploaded them to the npm registry under unclaimed names. The node packages collected information through their preinstall script about the machines upon which they were installed.  Next, Biran came up with a way to get the packages to send information back to him.  “Knowing that most of…

A man from New York has admitted hacking into the social media accounts of female college students and stealing intimate photographs to trade online. Over a two-year period, Rochester resident Nicholas Faber compromised the accounts of dozens of women attending State University of New York (SUNY) Plattsburgh to access videos and images in which his victims appeared in a state of undress.  The 25-year-old did not commit his crimes alone. Faber admitted working with co-conspirator Michael…

Tenable® Holdings, Inc. (« Tenable ») (Nasdaq : TENB), la société de Cyber Exposure, annonce être en phase finale d’un accord pour l’acquisition de l’entreprise Alsid SAS (« Alsid »), leader du marché de la sécurité Active Directory (AD). Alsid pour Active Directory est une solution SaaS (Software as a Service) avec une option de déploiement sur site qui surveille la sécurité des systèmes Active Directory en temps réel. La solution permet aux utilisateurs d’identifier et de corriger les vulnérabilités…

  When she’s not perfecting her lock-picking skills, Angel Grant is busy building a diverse team who have the right attributes for the dynamic world of technology. In this edition of our podcast series, Angel explains that since your future job probably doesn’t exist yet, the keys to success are your transferrable skills.

Estonia-based online identity verification company Veriff has announced the appointment of Amish Mody as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Mody joins Veriff from FinTech firm Monese, where he served as VP of finance for five years, overseeing the company’s development from pre-launch to a headcount of several hundred, with operations in four countries. At Veriff, Mody will head the financial planning, accounting, business intelligence and other finance-related matters of the organization. “I am really…

Tenable Holdings, Inc. (“Tenable”) (Nasdaq: TENB), the Cyber Exposure company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Alsid SAS (“Alsid”), a leader in Active Directory security. Alsid for Active Directory is a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution with an on-premises deployment option that monitors the security of Active Directory in real time. The solution enables users to find and fix existing weaknesses with dynamic threat scoring, complexity ratings and…