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AI Integration, Budget Pressures Challenge CISOs
Chief information security officers (CISOs) are struggling to manage cybersecurity effectively due to a lack of strategic support from other C-suite executives, according to a LevelBlue survey of 1,050 C-suite and senior ...
Security Boulevard
Compromising the Secure Boot Process
Bruce Schneier | | cryptography, encryption, keys, passwords, supply chain, Uncategorized, Vulnerabilities
This isn’t good: On Thursday, researchers from security firm Binarly revealed that Secure Boot is completely compromised on more than 200 device models sold by Acer, Dell, Gigabyte, Intel, and Supermicro. The ...
Supply Chain Cyberattacks are on the Rise – Here’s How U.S. Businesses can Fortify Their Defenses
The management of vendor and third-party risks is emerging as the number one challenge among U.S. information security professionals ...
Security Boulevard
Data Breaches Impact Growing Number of Victims, ITRC Finds
The number of data breach victims in the first half (H1) of 2024 has surged to 1,078,989,742, marking a 490% increase compared to the same period in 2023, which saw 182,645,409 victims ...
Security Boulevard
More than 100K sites impacted by Polyfill supply chain attack
The new Chinese owner tampers with the code of cdn.polyfill.io to inject malware targeting mobile devices ...
The U.S. Bans Kaspersky Antivirus, WordPress Plugin Supply Chain Attacks
Tom Eston | | anti-virus, antivirus, backdoor, ban, Banned, Biden, Biden administration, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Information Security, Infosec, kaspersky, Kaspersky Antivirus, Malware, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, Russia, security, supply chain, supply chain attack, technology, US, Weekly Edition, wordpress, WordPress Plugins
In episode 336 of the Shared Security Podcast, we discuss the Biden administration’s recent ban on Kaspersky antivirus software in the U.S. due to security concerns linked to its Russian origins. We ...
Polyfill.io supply chain attack hits 100,000+ websites — all you need to know
In a significant supply chain attack, over 100,000 websites using Polyfill[.]io, a popular JavaScript CDN service, were compromised ...
Hallucinated Packages, Malicious AI Models, and Insecure AI-Generated Code
Worried about attackers using AI models to write malicious code? Here are three other ways AI model use can lead to attacks ...
Threat Hunting 101: Five Common Threats to Look For
Learn more about supply chain threats and where to find them ...
Backdoor in XZ Utils That Almost Happened
Bruce Schneier | | backdoors, economics of security, essays, Hacking, Infrastructure, Linux, national security policy, open source, SSH, supply chain, Uncategorized
Last week, the Internet dodged a major nation-state attack that would have had catastrophic cybersecurity repercussions worldwide. It’s a catastrophe that didn’t happen, so it won’t get much attention—but it should. There’s ...