New video provides a behind-the-scenes look at Talos ransomware hunters
Apple's emergency patch, AI-generated art and more security headlines from the past week.
Cybersecurity hotlines at colleges could go a long way toward filling the skills gap
These clinics offers pro-bono cybersecurity services — like incident response, general advice and ransomware defense — to community organizations, non-profits and small businesses that normally couldn’t afford to pay a private company for these same services.
URLs have always been a great hiding place for threat actors
The information leak threats are certainly new, but the education and messaging from security evangelists (and even just anyone trying to educate an older or less security-savvy family member) doesn’t change.
Now’s not the time to take our foot off the gas when it comes to fighting disinformation online
YouTube released a statement that “we will stop removing content that advances false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches occurred in the 2020 and other past US Presidential elections.”
Legislation alone isn’t enough to stop spyware
The latest on a newly discovered phishing botnet and the latest headlines regarding how countries use spyware.
It’s apparently hip to still be using Windows 7
Steam, the most popular video game storefront on PCs, only recently announced that it was ending support for Windows 7 and 8, and even then, it won’t be official until January.
It’s really OK to take a break sometimes, especially in security
The work is always going to be there, whether you take a day or a week off. Unfortunately, the cybersecurity community at large is not going to stop cybercrime overnight.
Threat Source newsletter (May 11, 2023) — So much for that ransomware decline
A ransomware attack on the city of Dallas, Texas is still disrupting many social services as of Wednesday, including hampering police communications and operations and potentially putting personal information at risk.
Threat Source newsletter (May 4, 2023) — Recapping the biggest headlines to come out of RSA
Unsurprisingly, it seems like AI was brought up anywhere and everywhere.