Daily Cyber Brief
SolarWinds reaches settlement with shareholders, Microsoft warns on Zero-Day spike as nation state groups shift tactics, and Japan joins NATO cyber cooperation center...
Cybersecurity
SolarWinds has agreed to pay $26 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit, and it's also expecting to be slapped with an enforcement action by Uncle Sam – both related to its infamous 2020 supply chain security fiasco, according to the software maker's most recent…
Enterprise security executives that perceive nation-state-backed cyber groups as a distant threat might want to revisit that assumption, and in a hurry. Several recent geopolitical events around the world over the past year have spurred a sharp increase in nation-state activity…
Responding to a recent surge in AI-generated bot accounts, LinkedIn is rolling out new features that it hopes will help users make more informed decisions about with whom they choose to connect. Many LinkedIn profiles now display a creation date, and the company is…
Japan formally joined NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) on Friday, several years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the nation’s intention to do so. Japan’s defense minister Seiichi Hamada told journalists that the move…
The mysticism that has allowed tech firms to make billions of dollars from surveillance is finally clearing, the boss of encrypted messaging app Signal told AFP. Meredith Whittaker, who spent years working for Google before helping to organise a staff walkout in 2018 over…
Microsoft on Friday accused state-backed hackers in China of abusing the country’s vulnerability disclosure requirements in an effort to discover and develop zero-day exploits. In July 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued stricter rules around…
The LockBit hacking group has claimed responsibility for the August cyber-attack against the multinational automotive group Continental. The ransomware gang made the announcement on its leak site on Wednesday and is threatening to publish the company's data unless the…
Britain has made its cyber support public because keeping it secret was no longer deemed necessary, officials said — an indication that the Kremlin was already aware. British cyber spies have been playing a key role in defending Ukraine from widespread Russian cyber…
The Australian Cyber Security Centre received over 76,000 cybercrime reports during the last financial year — an increase of nearly 13% — and warned in its latest annual report that “cyberspace has become a battleground.” “We are currently witnessing deteriorating strategic…
This summer was a period of economic uncertainty for much of the tech industry, resulting in a drop in bitcoin prices, hundreds of layoffs, and a hiring freeze. It was also the summer that US regulators crossed the aisle to reach an agreement: it was time for stricter rules for the…