Prudential Financial February incident exposed data of nearly 37K customers

Prudential Financial disclosed that 36,545 individuals had personal information stolen in an early February breach that was claimed by ALPHV/BlackCat, the group also responsible for the Change Healthcare ransomware attack. In a letter to consumers March 29, the large insurance Read More …

Top yacht retailer MarineMax says cyberattack led to major online data breach

MarineMax has confirmed suffering a cyberattack, thought to be ransomware, in which threat actors stole sensitive customer information. In an 8-K form, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 1, the company, one of the leading yacht Read More …

International Exhibition for National Security & Resilience to showcase latest security solutions at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi in May

Under the patronage of Saif bin Zayad Al Nahyan   ISNR 2024 is set to be the largest edition to date Showcases the latest security innovations and solutions ISNR 2024 will feature leading specialist speakers from several vital fields Abu Read More …

Pentagon Creates Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy

On March 21, President Joe Biden nominated Michael Sulmeyer, principal cyber adviser to the secretary of the Army, to serve as assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy, or ASD(CP). Ashley Manning, a career member of the Senior Executive Service, is Read More …

What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the world

On Friday, a lone Microsoft developer rocked the world when he revealed a backdoor had been intentionally planted in xz Utils, an open source data compression utility available on almost all installations of Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. The Read More …

Funding delivered to upgrade Fort Eisenhower’s Cyber Center of Excellence

U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering $163 million in funding to upgrade Fort Eisenhower’s Cyber Center of Excellence. The funding comes after the Ft. Eisenhower Cyber Center Enhancement Act through the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act was passed, which authorized Read More …