Ada Lovelace Day is October 12th, celebrating women in STEM, which includes cybersecurity! Every year, the holiday does end up being a history of computing, as Ada was composing what we’d now consider the software for a theoretical first computer that had not been built. But that was in the 1840s. What are women doing today? Have you heard of Window? “One single vulnerability is all an attacker needs.” – Window Snyder; Chief Security Officer, Fastly (now…

US cyber-insurers are increasing premiums and lowering coverage limits despite mandating stricter security controls as a pre-requisite for coverage, according to a new report. The US Cyber Market Outlook from wholesale insurance broker Risk Placement Services warns that providers have been “battered” by higher-than-anticipated recent losses and are now generally charging much more for less coverage. “Over the past year, we’ve seen the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing frequency and severity of ransomware attacks put…

Three men including one former bank employee have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their alleged role in a business email compromise (BEC) conspiracy. Onyewuchi Ibeh, 21, of Bowie, Maryland, Jason Joyner, 42, of Washington, DC and Mouaaz Elkhebri, 30, of Alexandria, Virginia, were charged with money laundering and aggravated identity theft, according to a superseding indictment late last week. According to the court documents, they’re said to have targeted firms of all sizes…

UiPath is expanding its robotic process automation (RPA) platform with new features it hopes will put it on CIOs’ radar, including better security, a cloud-native delivery model, and the ability to automate through APIs as well as the UI. The security component comes through a partnership with CrowdStrike, while the API automation is the fruit of UiPath’s acquisition of Cloud Elements in March 2021. A recent survey by IDG Research found that many IT organizations…

A long-running threat group with a track record of rapid ransomware deployment and healthcare sector victims is ramping up its operations in Europe and APAC, Mandiant has warned. In a new report detailing the work of FIN12, the threat intelligence firm claimed that the prolific threat group had focused mainly on North American targets since its activities were first recorded in 2018. Around 85% were from this region, and 20% thus far have been healthcare sector organizations,…