Digital threats confronting Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) are on the rise. That’s because attackers are increasingly going after the Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) that shareholders use to protect these assets. In their report “Caught in the Crosshairs: Are Utilities Keeping Up with the Industrial Cyber Threat?,” for instance, Siemens and the Ponemon Institute found that 64% of respondents considered sophisticated attacks against the utilities sector a top challenge. Slightly less than…

Experts discovered a new Windows info-stealer, named PyMICROPSIA, linked to AridViper group that is rapidly evolving to target other platforms. Experts from Palo Alto Networks’s Unit 42 discovered a new Windows info-stealing malware, named PyMICROPSIA, that might be used soon to also target Linux and macOS systems. Experts spotted the PyMICROPSIA info stealer while investigating attacks of the AridViper group (also tracked as Desert Falcon and APT-C-23). AridViper is an Arabic speaking APT group that is active in the…

Apple now requires apps to reveal how user data may be collected, but some companies aren’t happy about the policy. Image: Shara Tibken/CNET The next time you try to download an app from the App Store onto your iPhone or iPad, you may notice a new App Privacy section that seeks to clue you in on certain details. Specifically, the section tells you how the data from the app might be used to track you…

Cybercriminals are clever, and AI cannot always account for that. This is where cybersecurity and AI professionals come in. Image: iStockphoto/metamorworks Experts are urging caution and expressing doubts that artificial intelligence (AI) is the end-all answer when it comes to cybersecurity. AI will likely help immensely, but we shouldn’t start celebrating that cybercriminals will soon find themselves unemployed.  Major Jimmy Housley, Commandant of the Marine Corps Fellow at the United States Chamber of Commerce, is…

New spyware has been detected that targets iOS and Android users who patronize illicit sites that typically offer escort services.  The malware, named Goontact by the Lookout researchers who discovered it, targets heterosexual users in China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam, stealing personal information from their mobile devices.  Researchers noted: “The types of sites used to distribute these malicious apps and the information exfiltrated suggests that the ultimate goal is extortion or blackmail.” Goontact frequently disguises itself…

Last week, during the Docker Community All Hands, we announced the availability of a developer preview build of Docker Desktop for Macs running on M1 through the Docker Developer Preview Program. We already have more than 1,000 people testing these builds as of today. If you’re interested in joining the program for future releases you should do it today! As I’m sure you know by now, Apple has recently shipped the first Macs based on…