Incident Response

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 04/04/25

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 04/04/25

| | CISO, Cybersecurity, Disaster Recovery, Incident Response, Leadership, on call, vulnerability detection
Insight No. 1 — Cyber calm: Lead like a Zen master, fight like a ninja Remaining calm is a cornerstone of effective leadership during a cyberattack. Staying composed under pressure not only ...
AppSec Observer
A PRC flag flies atop a metal flagpole

App Stores OK’ed VPNs Run by China PLA

| | 360 Security Technology, App Store, App Stores, Apple, CCP, china, china espionage, China-nexus cyber espionage, Chinese, Chinese Communists, Chinese cyber espionage, chinese government, free vpn app, google, Google Play Store, Peoples Republic of China, Privacy, Qihoo 360, SB Blogwatch, Signal Secure VPN, Snap VPN, Tech Transparency Project, Thunder VPN, TikTok, TikTok Ban, Turbo VPN, VPN, VPN Proxy Master
Bad Apple: Chinese firm banned by the U.S. is the shady entity behind a clutch of free VPN apps—with over a million downloads ...
Security Boulevard
Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 03/21/25

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 03/21/25

| | Budget, Cybersecurity, Incident Response, risk, strategic leadership
Insight No. 1 — Cheaping out on cybersecurity & dental hygiene both lead to pain & cost When it comes to security budget cuts, not all choices are equal: Some can leave ...
AppSec Observer
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

Microsoft Won’t Fix This Bad Zero Day (Despite Wide Abuse)

| | .lnk, APT37, APT43, BitterAPT, china espionage, CWE-451, Cybersecurity zero-day flaw, Earth Anansi, Earth Imp, Earth Kumiho, Earth Manticore, Evil Corp., InkySquid, Iranian hackers, kimsuky, Kimsuky hacking group, Konni, LNK file malware, LNKFiles, malicious LNK files, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows Zero Day, North Korean cyber espionage, russia hacker, SB Blogwatch, ScarCruft, Windows, ZDI-CAN-25373, Zero Day Attacks, zero day exploit attack, Zero Day Initiative, Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), zero-day, zero-day attack, Zero-Day Bug
Satya says NO: Redmond blames Windows users, rather than solve 30-year-old bug—exploited since 2017 ...
Security Boulevard
disney, code, data, API security ransomware extortion shift

New Akira Ransomware Decryptor Leans on Nvidia GPU Power

| | Akira ransomware, Nvidia RTX 4090 GPU, ransomware decryptor
A software programmer developed a way to use brute force to break the encryption of the notorious Akira ransomware using GPU compute power and enabling some victims of the Linux-focused variant of ...
Security Boulevard
Cartoon of Elon Musk looking sad

No, Elon — X DDoS was NOT by Ukraine

| | Cloudflare DDoS Protection, cyber attacks during ukraine war, cyber attacks russia, Dark Storm Team, ddos, DDoS attack, Denial of Service, Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, denial of service attacks, denial of service vulnerability, distributed denial of service, Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, distributed denial of service attack, Elon Musk, elon musk twitter, hacktivism ukraine cyber-attacks, Russia, Russia-Ukraine, russia-ukraine conflict, Russia's War on Ukraine, SB Blogwatch, social media, Social Media Attack, social media attacks, social media cyber attacks, Social Media Cybercrime, Social Media Exploits, Ukraine, ukraine conflict, Ukraine Cyber War, Ukraine-Russia War, Ukraine/European Security, X
X marks the botnet: Outage outrage was a Ukrainian cyberattack, implies our favorite African billionaire comedy villain ...
Security Boulevard
Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Illinois), Rob Joyce (former NSA director of cybersecurity), Representative John Moolenaar (R-Michigan)

‘Ban These Chinese Routers NOW,’ Cries House Committee

| | Attacking Routers, china, China-linked Hackers, Chinese, Chinese Communists, Chinese devices, chinese government, Chinese hardware, Chinese state-sponsored cyberattacks, Commerce Department, Congress, Consumer IoT, flawed routers, House of Representatives, Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things cyber security, internetof things, internetofthings, internte-of-things, iot, Jeff Barney, John Moolenaar, OpenWrt, Peoples Republic of China, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Rob Joyce, router compromise, router exploit, router firmware security flaw, router hacking, router hijacking, router security, router vulnerabilities, SB Blogwatch, SOHO, SOHO and IoT device vulnerabilities, TP-LINK, U.S. Commerce Department, US Congress
Sino stoppage scheme: TP-Link in crosshairs, along with other brands ...
Security Boulevard
A PRC flag flies atop a metal flagpole

Indictments of Chinese Cyber Spies Reveal Hacker-For-Hire Operation

| | china espionage, Chinese hackers, indictments, Silk Typhoon
The U.S. DOJ indicted a dozen Chinese nationals for their role in a years-long hacker-for-hire campaign that included the Chinese government using private companies and freelance hackers to steal data from U.S ...
Security Boulevard
Morpheus: The AI-Powered Analyst Workspace

Unified Intelligence vs. Agent Sprawl: Rethinking AI-Powered Security Operations

| | AI Augmented Security, AI Powered Security Operations, AI-SOC, Autonomous SOC, Incident Response, Morpheus, Security Automation
Agentic AI excels when APIs are impractical, but enterprise SOCs usually have robust APIs. Learn why unified solutions like Morpheus AI outperform agentic approaches. The post Unified Intelligence vs. Agent Sprawl: Rethinking ...
D3 Security
ticket, scam,

Hackers Made $600,000 Selling Stolen Taylor Swift Concert Tickets

| | StubHub, Taylor Swift, ticket scam, Ticketmaster
Employees of a third-party company hacked into StubHub's computer system, stole almost 1,000 digital tickets to Taylor Swift concerts and other events, and emailed them to conspirators in New York, who then ...
Security Boulevard
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