Quantum computing gives malicious actors the opportunity to break encryption algorithms and exploit the inherent trust that users place in legitimate applications and websites, and only post-quantum #cryptography can defeat the #threat and preserve the sanctity of digital

🔹 Technical or Nontechnical? Choosing Your Cybersecurity Path 🔹

If you are looking for a career path that combines challenge, impact and growth, cybersecurity offers a wealth of opportunities.

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#FBI Director Christopher Wray said the U.S. led an internationally coordinated effort to disrupt and dismantle what may be one of the world's largest malicious #botnet services.

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#ISMGNews #cybersecurity Chris Riotta

Attackers have been escalating their attempts to compromise poorly secured virtual private networks - including appliances set for password-only #authentication .

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The Treasury Department sanctioned Chinese national Yunhe Wang for his role in directing the 911 S5 #botnet , which uses hacked residential computers as proxies and is often used to commit #fraud .

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#ISMGNews #cybersecurity Chris Riotta

Cybersecurity companies initially designed privileged access management as a concept with large enterprise customers in mind, but the technology is beginning to work for smaller businesses, said Maurice Côté, vice president, products, Devolutions inc..

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A local union representing medical professionals at an Ascension hospital in Michigan is demanding the organization take action to protect patient safety in the wake of a #cyberattack .

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#ISMGNews #cybersecurity #healthcare Marianne K. McGee

A North Korean #hacking group wants to make money for the cash-starved Pyongyang regime and conduct bread-and-butter #cyberespionage , say Microsoft researchers.

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ISMG's Fraud, Security and Risk Management Summit brought together #cybersecurity leaders & experts for a day of education and collaboration on #paymentfraud , #identitytheft , and third-party #riskmanagement .

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By improving data validation and incorporating #automation , cyber risk ratings platforms are addressing trust issues and enhancing their role in third-party risk management.

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#ISMGNews #cybersecurity Michael Novinson

The Federal Court of Australia has rejected a request from Optus to keep private a detailed digital forensic investigation report conducted by Deloitte into the massive #databreach it suffered in 2022.

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#ISMGNews #cybersecurity Jayant Chakravarti

⚠ Apple's WiFi-based positioning system can be abused to track the live location of various types of devices around the globe, including Starlink routers in war zones, researchers warn.

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#ISMGNews #cybersecurity Mathew J Schwartz Akshaya Asokan

In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed the implications of Kevin Mandia stepping down as Mandiant (part of Google Cloud) (part of Google Cloud) CEO; UnitedHealth Group's responsibility for a massive #HIPAA breach at its subsidiary, Change Healthcare; and privacy concerns over large

The LogRhythm-Exabeam merger and purchase of IBM Security QRadar's SaaS assets by Palo Alto Networks were driven both by internal dynamics as well as competitive pressures.

The rapid growth of Microsoft Sentinel in the #SIEM market has pushed other vendors to reassess their

The European Commission is appealing a March decision by a continental #dataregulator that found the commission's use of Microsoft Office apps violated Regulation (EU) 2018/1725.

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#ISMGNews #cybersecurity Akshaya Asokan

Security researchers warn that an active Chinese global #cyberespionage campaign continues to target nine different governments & specializes in gaining & maintaining persistence to email servers.

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#ISMGNews #cybersecurity Mathew J Schwartz

Reports say former White House #cybersecurity official and cybersecurity executive Jeff Greene will join Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to replace outgoing official Eric Goldstein as executive assistant director for cybersecurity.

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#ISMGNews Dave Perera

On this week's #breach roundup: Fluent Bit contains a flaw, Microsoft is nuking VBScript, Irish police & the #SEC face fines, a man was sentenced for BEC, a flaw was found in Netflix's Genie, and more.

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#ISMGNews #cybersecurity Prajeet Nair

An Illinois-based air-ground ambulance company is notifying more than 858,000 individuals that their sensitive information was compromised in a #hacking incident that happened about a year ago.

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#ISMGNews #cybersecurity Marianne K. McGee

On this week's #cryptohack roundup: Gala Games and Pump.fun were hacked; alleged pig-butchering #scammers , Incognito admin and illicit banking racketeers were arrested; and more.

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#ISMGNews #cryptocurrency Rashmi Ramesh