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Cybersecurity Incident at Allianz Life Exposes Personal Information of Hundreds of Thousands

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860K Compromised in Columbia University Data Breach

While no data has yet to be misused, the university doesn't rule out the possibility of that occurring in the future, prompting it to warn affected individuals to remain vigilant in the wake of the breach.

Redefining the Role: What Makes a CISO Great

Security is everyone's responsibility, but as a CISO, it starts with you.

Data Dump From APT Actor Yields Clues to Attacker Capabilities

The tranche of information includes data on recent campaigns, attack tools, compromised credentials, and command files used by a threat actor believed to be acting on behalf of China or North Korea.

Attackers Target the Foundations of Crypto: Smart Contracts

A whole criminal ecosystem revolves around scamming users out of their cryptocurrency assets, but malicious — or vulnerable — smart contracts could be used against businesses as well.

Silver Fox APT Blurs the Line Between Espionage & Cybercrime

Silver Fox is the Hannah Montana of Chinese threat actors, effortlessly swapping between petty criminal and nation-state-type attacks.

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Air France, KLM Alert Authorities of Data Breach

While no sensitive financial data like credit card information was compromised, the threat actors were able to get away with names, email addresses, phone numbers, and more.

Prime Security Wins Black Hat's Startup Spotlight Competition

Security startups of all stripes submitted applications for Black Hat USA's Startup Spotlight. Prime Security won with its AI security architect platform.

Privilege Escalation Issue in Amazon ECS Leads to IAM Hijacking

A software developer discovered a way to abuse an undocumented protocol in Amazon's Elastic Container Service to escalate privileges, cross boundaries and gain access to other cloud resources.

'Samourai' Cryptomixer Founders Plead Guilty to Money Laundering

As part of their plea deal, the cybercriminal founders will also have to forfeit more than $200 million.