Fail2ban should be on every one of your Linux servers. If you’ve yet to install it on either Rocky Linux or AlmaLinux, Jack Wallen is here to help you out with that. Image: Anawat Sudchanham/EyeEm/Getty Images Fail2ban is one of the first pieces of software I install on Linux servers. This service will help prevent unwanted logins by banning nefarious IP addresses from gaining access to your server. Unlike installing fail2ban on Ubuntu Servers, you…

By Corey Nachreiner, Chief Security Officer, WatchGuard Technologies The threat landscape is an erratic and ever-evolving beast. While it knows no master, its behavior is broadly directed by the host of threat actors that pull on its reins from all corners of the world, constantly adapting their tactics and techniques to better sniff out points of weakness and infiltrate organizations. Businesses must stay up to date on the latest threat intelligence to understand their adversaries,…

A private university in New York State is being sued for negligence by one of its students over a data breach that may have exposed thousands of Social Security numbers. Syracuse University (SU) suffered a data breach on September 25 last year after an employee fell victim to a phishing attack and clicked on a malicious link.  The compromised account was secured by September 28, but the security incident may have exposed the names and social security…

Tech giant Apple has announced that eight US states will start accepting driver’s licenses and other state IDs that are stored on iPhones and Apple Watch. Arizona and Georgia will be the first states to allow their residents to use this system, and will be followed by Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma and Utah. The first locations to accept IDs that are stored in iPhone Wallets will be select airport security checkpoints and lanes run…

The use of multi-factor authentication (MFA) could prevent as much as 80–90% of cyber-attacks, according to figures cited by the US national security cyber chief. Anne Neuberger, who’s deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, said the stat was itself referenced by a number of the tech CEOs who attended a meeting with President Biden last week. MFA is one of the five key measures that Biden has mandated be rolled out across…

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued its first ever ban of a stalkerware app and its CEO, in what could be the start of a crackdown on this category of controversial surveillance software. The FTC kicked SpyFone and CEO Scott Zuckerman out of the surveillance business due to concerns that the app “secretly harvested and shared data on people’s physical movements, phone use and online activities through a hidden device hack.” That’s basically the definition…

A Texan who was indicted on capital murder charges after being accused of cyber-stalking real estate agents and threatening to sexually assault their children has died in jail.  Andy Castillo was “released deceased” from the Lubbock County Detention Center on Friday at 4:33pm. Officials from the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office haven’t revealed how the 58-year-old former resident of Lubbock met his end, but did say that Castillo was at the University Medical Center when he died.  Castillo…

The FBI has issued a new alert warning companies in the food and agricultural sector that they are increasingly at risk of ransomware as their corporate attack surface expands. The Private Industry Notification, seen by Infosecurity, noted that the vertical is a critical infrastructure sector which, if impacted by such threats, could negatively impact the food supply chain. “Ransomware may impact businesses across the sector, from small farms to large producers, processors and manufacturers, and…