David Strom, Author at SiliconANGLE

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New research highlights difficulty of preventing Outlook security exploits

By David Strom Dec 6, 2023

Haifei Li, a principal vulnerability researcher at Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., examines the universe of Microsoft Outlook exploits in a new blog post this week that has lessons for users and security managers alike.…

IoT

One person’s quest to fix Ukraine’s electric power grid

By David Strom Dec 6, 2023

A post this week on Cisco Talos’ blog literally shows the power of one person’s grit and determination. Joe Marshall, a cyberthreat researcher at Cisco Systems Inc.’s threat intelligence research team, was seeing what…

NEWS

New Citrix Bleed ransomware threat hits many credit unions

By David Strom Dec 4, 2023

Ransomware groups are leveraging new attacks using the Citrix Bleed vulnerability. Late last week saw more than 60 credit unions’ operations disrupted, thanks to a common technology services provider’s unpatched Netscaler servers. Representatives from…

NEWS

Wiz acquires Raftt to increase its cloud security capabilities

By David Strom Dec 4, 2023

Security firm Wiz Inc. announced today its first corporate acquisition, a fellow Israeli cybersecurity firm Raftt. Raftt has been operating for three years and had raised $5 million from a variety of private and…

NEWS

New iOS and iPad zero-day vulnerabilities spur yet another update

By David Strom Dec 1, 2023

Apple announced Thursday that owners of its mobile devices will require yet another operating system update. The latest versions are iOS and iPadOS version 17.1.2. Owners of at least iPhone XS and various iPads…

NEWS

Sporting-related businesses suffer from immature cybersecurity practice, according to a new report

By David Strom Dec 1, 2023

The business of sports, from the teams to the fans and regulators, is one of the last bastions of poor cybersecurity hygiene, according to a report released today by NCC Group. Entitled “The Hidden Opponent:…

NEWS

Proton adds new Sentinel protective feature to its password manager

By David Strom Nov 30, 2023

Proton AG, the Swiss security firm notable for its end-to-end encrypted email offering, today announced an enhancement to its Pass password manager software called Sentinel. The feature prevents attackers from getting access to users’…

NEWS

Amazon expands its palm-reading One services for enterprise identity management

By David Strom Nov 28, 2023

Amazon Web Services Inc. Monday announced an expansion of its palm-reading technology called One for enterprise identity management purposes. The service, announced at the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, is now available for…

AI

Cross-government cybersecurity best practices announced for safer AI development

By David Strom Nov 27, 2023

The U.K.’s National Cyber Security Center along with several dozen governments’ cyber agencies and AI vendors yesterday jointly released their Guidelines for Secure AI System Development. The guidelines are broken down into four key areas…

NEWS

Cloud security continues to give IT managers headaches. Here’s why

By David Strom Nov 23, 2023

Cloud security continues to vex corporate information technology managers, and new research indicates that the problems are both widespread and not easily fixable, thanks to a number of weak areas. In many cases, the…

David Strom

New research highlights difficulty of preventing Outlook security exploits

One person’s quest to fix Ukraine’s electric power grid

New Citrix Bleed ransomware threat hits many credit unions

New iOS and iPad zero-day vulnerabilities spur yet another update

Sporting-related businesses suffer from immature cybersecurity practice, according to a new report

Proton adds new Sentinel protective feature to its password manager

Cross-government cybersecurity best practices announced for safer AI development

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