Cybersecurity platform provider Cybereason Inc. today released a new report on the activities of the Royal ransomware group a week after the group was reported to be targeting the healthcare industry in the U.S. After emerging in early 2022, Royal gained momentum through the middle of the year, deploying various tactics, techniques and procedures to attack multiple global ...

Apple Inc. is reportedly preparing to allow third-party app stores on iPhones and iPads to comply with a new European Union law that requires it to do so, according to reports today. Pitched as putting an end to unfair practices by companies that act as gatekeepers in the online platform economy, the Digital Markets Act ...

Dark web intelligence company Searchlight Security Ltd. has today launched Ransomware Search and Insights, a new module that automatically collates data from active ransomware groups. Offered as part of Searchlight’s Cerberus Platform, the new module allows for the investigation, tracking and gathering of intelligence on live ransomware activity. Ransomware Search and Insights offers a curated view ...

Palo Alto Networks Inc. today announced a new partnership with Google LLC Cloud that combines BeyondCorp Enterprise from Google Cloud and Prisma Access from Palo Alto Networks to provide hybrid users with secure access to applications. Built on the backbone of the Google Cloud network, the cloud-delivered Zero Trust Network Access 2.0 solution is said ...

Palo Alto Networks Inc. today announced new and enhanced cybersecurity products that it says will revolutionize the way data, analytics and automation are deployed by security organizations. The first on the list are enhancements to Cortex XSIAM, an AI-driven extended security intelligence and automation management platform that turns widespread infrastructure telemetry into an intelligent data ...

Uber Technologies Inc. has suffered yet another data breach, with a hacker sharing the stolen data on BreachForums, the successor forum for the now-shuttered RaidForums. The unimaginative hacker goes by the name of “UberLeak.” A post on BreachForums reads, “Hacked by autistic fisherman Arion and scammed all LAPSUS$ members.” Lapsus$ is an infamous hacking group, ...

Content delivery network provider Cloudflare Inc. today announced that the Cloudflare One suite of zero-trust security tools is available at no cost to at-risk public interest groups, nonprofits, election-related sites and political campaign sites. Groups that qualify for the offer include public interest groups that are part of Cloudflare’s Project Galileo and local and state election sites ...

A newly discovered service on the dark web has been found to allow cybercriminals to easily add malware to legitimate apps. Detailed today by researchers at ThreatFabric B.V., “Zombinder” was discovered while researching several cases of threat actors using a form of Android banking malware known as Ermac. As the researchers dug further, they uncovered a ...

Professional employer organization Sequoia Benefits and Insurance Services LLC has suffered a data breach, with sensitive and personal data related to its customers potentially stolen. First reported today by Wired, the company is said to have notified customers and individuals affected by the breach, which took place between Sept. 22 and Oct. 6. Data that may ...

Fresh from voting in favor of compelling manufacturers to use USB-C charging in electronic devices in October, the European Union has set Dec. 27, 2024, as the deadline for companies such as Apple Inc. to comply. Proposals to force a common standard for charging date back nearly a decade, but the most recent proposal emerged ...