Slack rolled out a new cross-organizational direct messaging feature, and hours later disabled the option to send a message alongside an invite due to concerns that the feature could be used to send abusive messages or enable harassment.
Has the pandemic and remote working created an environment of heightened risk of insider data breaches? Here, Darren Cooper, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Egress, speaks to Security magazine about what organizations can do to prevent data loss.
The Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC) analyzed more than 3,000 popular Android applications to assess the state of mobile app security during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study targeted the most downloaded and highest grossing apps across 18 categories, many of which have seen explosive growth during the pandemic.
The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation for many organizations. Global remote work and increased digital interactions means an exponential growth in digital footprint for individuals, as well as corporations. Having to store, process and move this much data quickly into the cloud and manage the expanded digital footprint requires agility of decision making and security and privacy by design implementation and operation.
Clop ransomware group has allegedly hacked the grades and social security numbers for students at the University of Colorado and patient data of the University of Miami.
Cyberinsurance firm CNA Financial was reportedly hit by a possible cyberattack. The company is one of the largest insurance providers in the U.S.
The company's website is experiencing widespread network disruptions and employee services have been down for more than three days. CNA says it was hit by a sophisticated cyberattack and has engaged a team of third-party forensic experts to investigate and determine the full scope of this incident, which is ongoing.
WhiteHat Security released AppSec Stats Flash Volume 3, the latest installment of the company’s monthly report and podcast reflecting on the current state of application security and the wider cyber threat landscape.