Organizations need to abandon perimeter-based security for data-centric protection strategies in today’s distributed IT environments.
Organizations need to abandon perimeter-based security for data-centric protection strategies in today’s distributed IT environments.
Would you expect an end user to log on to a cybercriminal’s computer, open their browser, and type in their usernames and passwords? Hopefully not! But that’s essentially what happens if they fall victim to a Browser-in-the-Middle (BitM) attack. Like Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks, BiTM sees criminals look to control the data flow between the victim’s…
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a new spear-phishing campaign that uses a legitimate remote access tool called Netbird to target Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and financial executives at banks, energy companies, insurers, and investment firms across Europe, Africa, Canada, the Middle East, and South Asia. “In what appears to be a multi-stage phishing operation, the…
A fix for a critical flaw in a tool allowing organizations to run GPU-accelerated containers released last year did not fully mitigate the issue, spurring the need to patch a secondary flaw to protect organizations that rely on NVIDIA processors for AI workloads.
The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been attributed to a new cyber attack campaign dubbed Operation 99 that targeted software developers looking for freelance Web3 and cryptocurrency work to deliver malware. “The campaign begins with fake recruiters, posing on platforms like LinkedIn, luring developers with project tests and code reviews,” Ryan Sherstobitoff, senior vice president…
The number of CISOs who report directly to the CEO is up sharply in recent years, but many still say it’s not enough to secure adequate resources.
On Dark Reading’s 19-year anniversary, Editor-in-Chief Kelly Jackson Higgins stops by Informa TechTarget’s RSAC 2025 Broadcast Alley studio to discuss how things have changed since the early days of breaking Windows and browsers, lingering challenges, and what’s next beyond AI.