CTO Insights: The State of Modern PAM and Audit-Ready Access by 2026 In the rapidly evolving landscape of cybersecurity, the conversation around Privileged Access Management (PAM) and its role in ensuring audit-ready access is paramount as we look toward 2026. Recent trends indicate that organizations are increasingly adopting advanced PAM…
Security researchers have identified a massive breach involving an unsecured database that has exposed the usernames and passwords of approximately 149 million individuals, representing a substantial risk to online security. This database, which surfaced on the internet without any protective measures, contains login credentials for prominent platforms such as Gmail…
Ongoing Malware Campaign Hijacks Routers to Distribute Banking Malware Recent cybersecurity alerts have emphasized the urgency of addressing a malicious campaign targeting Internet routers. This operation exploits vulnerabilities to distribute Android banking malware, jeopardizing users’ personal data, login credentials, and two-factor authentication codes. Dubbed Roaming Mantis, this sophisticated malware leverages…
In a significant cybersecurity incident, Anthem, the nation’s second-largest health insurance provider, disclosed on Wednesday that cybercriminals have compromised the personal information of more than 80 million individuals. This breach surpasses the scale of the infamous Target data breach in 2013, which involved stolen payment card data for 40 million…
Webinar on Discovering AI and Quantum Threats: Essential Insights for Modern Cybersecurity In the evolving landscape of cybersecurity, the emergence of artificial intelligence and quantum computing technologies presents unprecedented challenges for businesses. A recent webinar titled “AI & Quantum Attacks Exposed: Your Survival Guide for the Next-Gen Threat Era” delved…
Data Protection Compliance Tightens Amid Rising Cybersecurity Concerns As adherence to data protection regulations becomes crucial, industries with high-risk profiles, particularly fintech and healthcare, are bracing for intensified scrutiny. This warning comes in light of remarks from Ademikun Adeseyoju, Head of Emerging Services at DataPro, one of Nigeria’s leading credit…
A critical vulnerability has emerged in Progress Software’s MOVEit Transfer, a managed file transfer application, resulting in extensive exploitation and system takeovers. This flaw, labeled with the CVE identifier CVE-2023-34362, concerns a significant SQL injection vulnerability that could facilitate privilege escalation and unauthorized access within affected environments. According to statements…
Cybersecurity Alert: CCleaner Faces Major Supply-Chain Malware Attack Last year, the widely utilized system optimization tool CCleaner fell victim to a significant supply-chain malware attack, marking one of the most severe cybersecurity breaches to date. Hackers infiltrated the servers of Piriform, the software’s parent company acquired by Avast in 2017,…
Security Researcher Releases 10 Million Leaked Usernames and Passwords A notable development in cybersecurity has emerged as a researcher has made public a staggering compilation of 10 million usernames and passwords. This data has been gathered from various breaches over the past decade, sourced from readily available database dumps circulating…