WatchGuard has released fixes for a critical zero-day vulnerability that allows remote takeover of its Firebox firewalls. However, simply patching may not be enough, and thousands of devices likely remain vulnerable from a similar flaw patched last year.
Three financial giants are diving into a new Middle East-focused blockchain initiative. The partnerships aim to build regulated infrastructure for tokenized assets and payments, signaling a major institutional push.
A new article argues that corporate cybersecurity is failing because it ignores the personal digital lives of leaders. Leaked personal data creates chain reactions that lead directly to organizational breaches.
A UK tech supplier to the NHS has disclosed a “security incident” affecting its office servers. The company says its frontline clinical services remained operational, with minimal impact on products used by thousands of GPs.
The Colonial Pipeline hack showed how a billing system breach can shut down critical infrastructure. Now, attacks on the industrial sector are skyrocketing, with manufacturing seeing an 18% increase in 2024. The stakes have moved from data to physical safety.
A critical, unpatched vulnerability in Cisco’s Secure Email Gateway appliances is being actively exploited by suspected Chinese state-linked hackers. The attacks, ongoing since at least December 10, allow full system takeover. Cisco has provided no timeline for a fix.
Cisco and SonicWall disclosed new cyberattacks exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities on Wednesday. The Cisco flaw, a 10/10 severity bug, is being actively exploited by a suspected China-linked group. SonicWall has patches available for its affected SMA1000 appliance.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed lawsuits against five major TV manufacturers, accusing them of using “Automated Content Recognition” to spy on viewers. The suits claim the practice is deceptive and raises national security concerns, especially for TVs made by Chinese companies.
Following major spyware disclosures this month, a French cyber agency has issued an urgent warning for all iPhone and Android users. Their advice? Turn your phone completely off and on, but avoid using the ‘reboot’ button itself.
According to a new report, most cyber damage now stems from a company’s own failed response, not the attacker’s sophistication. With 70% of leaders citing internal chaos as the bigger problem, a strategic shift to Cyber Incident Response Management (CIRM) is becoming critical for survival.
