Cybersecurity
Protecting a Network Without Concrete Boundaries
Communication service providers (CSPs) are required to invest more time, money and resources in security to build “digital trust” with their customers, especially as the openness of 5G environments and complexity of ...
Best of 2022: New HIPAA Regulations in 2022
While nothing has been confirmed yet, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Dec. 10, 2020, that proposed changes to HIPAA regulations and the HIPAA ...
Critical Microsoft Code-Execution Vulnerability
A critical code-execution vulnerability in Microsoft Windows was patched in September. It seems that researchers just realized how serious it was (and is): Like EternalBlue, CVE-2022-37958, as the latest vulnerability is tracked, ...
Report Surfaces Top Vulnerabilities of 2022
Rezilion, a vulnerability management platform provider, shared a list of the top vulnerabilities discovered in 2022. The report suggested that organizations should address these before the start of the New Year if ...
An update on international data privacy protection
The 38 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have recently adopted a new international agreement regulating government access to its citizens’ private data. The OECD draws on ...
Cymulate Identifies Cyberattack Technique That Evades EDR Platforms
Cymulate, a cybersecurity posture assessment platform provider, shared a technique, dubbed Blindside, that enables malware to evade some endpoint detection and response (EDR) platforms and other monitoring/control systems. Mike DeNapoli, director of ...
Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Data Point’
via the comic artistry and dry wit of Randall Munroe, resident at XKCD! Permalink ...
Okta’s Source Code Stolen in GitHub Breach
Okta’s source code was stolen in a breach of their GitHub repos, marking the 2nd significant attack on this critical IAM provider. Read how to secure your Okta with ITDR. The post ...
Flashpoint Year In Review: 2022 Cryptocurrency Threat Landscape
Throughout 2022, threat actors committed fraud targeting cryptocurrency entities, investors, and users. Centralized exchanges (CEXs) and nonfungible token (NFT) markets were the primary targets of fraud schemes over the past year. The ...
2023 Cybersecurity Spending Increases to Combat Evolving Threats
A survey of more than 6,550 security professionals finds that while organizations continue to invest heavily in cybersecurity there’s still not a lot of confidence when it comes to actually being able ...
