Malcolm Harkins Joins Epiphany Systems as Chief Security Officer apnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from apnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
SolarWinds this week announced that its vice president of security Tim Brown has taken on the additional title of CISO, as part of the companyâs ongoing efforts to institute a secure-by-design posture. (“SolarWinds letters” by sfoskett at is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
SolarWinds this week announced that its vice president of security Tim Brown has taken on the additional title of chief information security officer, as part of the companyâs ongoing efforts to institute a secure-by-design posture following the devastating supply chain attack on its Orion IT administration software.
Experts say that hiring a CISO from within under these circumstances can be beneficial to meeting a companyâs aggressive security improvement strategy because the executive is already familiar with the inner workings of the business and the incident that took place. However, whatâs not entirely clear from this proclamation is how much more of a palpable impact Brown will have
The Department of Justice used a court order to dismantle ‘hundreds’ of web shells installed using Exchange Server vulnerabilities. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Leaders)
In an unprecedented move, the Department of Justice used a court order to dismantle ‘hundreds’ of web shells installed using Exchange Server vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft six weeks ago.
Microsoft claimed a state-sponsored group located in China that it dubbed Hafnium actively exploited the vulnerabilities at the time of the patch.
“Todayâs court-authorized removal of the malicious web shells demonstrates the departmentâs commitment to disrupt hacking activity using all of our legal tools, not just prosecutions,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demers in a statement. âCombined with the private sectorâs and other government agenciesâ efforts to date, including the release of detection tools and patches, we are together showing the str
Cybersecurity Executive Malcolm Harkins Joins BlackCloak Advisory Board yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
An aerial view of a wastewater treatment plant in California. An attempt to poison the Oldsmar, Florida water supply by hijacking a remote access system demonstrates the critical threat tied to failure to properly secure operational technology. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
A new advisory offering details on a remote hackerâs attempted sabotage of an Oldsmar, Florida city water treatment plant has revealed a disregard for certain basic cyber hygiene best practices among employees.
Experts say itâs an indicator that operators of critical infrastructure could use a serious infusion of security controls. However, due to budget restrictions, these controls may first require a thorough risk assessment and prioritization exercise.