Nair previously worked at TechCircle, IDG, Times Group and other publications, where he reported on developments in enterprise technology, digital transformation and other issues.
While large conglomerates are uncertain about their future in an economically volatile world, AirAsia is paving the way to growth while staying digitally resilient through cybersecurity, according to Shyam Krishnamurthy, country head of AirAsia's Super App.
The dark web is an ideal platform for planning dangerous crimes, which is why India's state of Kerala has coordinated cybersecurity experts and law enforcement officials, said Manoj Abraham, additional director general of police for the Government of Kerala.
Threat actors are exploiting Kubernetes Role-Based Access Control in the wild to create backdoors and to run cryptocurrency miners. Researchers observed a recent campaign that targeted at least 60 Kubernetes clusters by deploying DaemonSets to hijack and steal resources from the victims' clusters.
Hackers who turned a zero-day in Fortra's GoAnywhere software into a bonanza of ransomware attacks for Russian-speaking extortion group Clop first penetrated the company's software in January. Hackers exploited some on-premises instances of the file transfer software as early as Jan. 18.
Sanitize IT gear before decommissioning is well-trod cybersecurity advice given to corporations everywhere and yet many persist in disposing of equipment still laden with sensitive data. Cybersecurity firm Eset says it found a wealth of corporate data on secondhand routers.
Important lessons about security and risk management aren't being learned, remembered and applied by defenders amid organizations' rapid migration to the cloud, according to the finding that just 5% of security rules, on average, trigger 80% of all alerts, threat intelligence group Unit 42 warns.
Australian non-bank lender Latitude Financial said it will not pay a ransom demand from extortionists behind the theft of 14 million customers' data. Australian Minister for Home Affairs Clare O'Neil called Latitude's decision "consistent with Australian government advice."
With enterprises revisiting their cybersecurity posture to defend against new challenges stemming from the ever-expanding threat landscape, CISOs have the daunting task of unlocking new strategies and tracking the next move of the hackers.
Apple issued security updates to address two zero-day vulnerabilities being actively exploited in the wild and targeting iPads, Macs and iPhones. Both vulnerabilities can lead to arbitrary code execution, but Apple said it found no exploits related to cybercrime or nation-state groups.
North Korean hackers who use social engineering tactics for espionage have learned that less is more when it comes to coaxing victims into clicking a malicious link. Hackers that Google tracks as Archipelago might not introduce a malicious link until after a chain of emails has been exchanged.
Days after Google suspended the popular budget e-commerce application Pinduoduo from its Play Store, researchers are alleging that the Chinese app can bypass phones' security and monitor activities of other apps, including accessing private messages and changing settings.
Security researchers have uncovered more evidence that the North Korean Lazarus Group is responsible for the software supply chain attack on 3CX, a voice and video calling desktop client used by major multinational companies. Tools and code samples match previous Lazarus hacks.
Hackers have used a modular toolkit called "AlienFox" to compromise email and web hosting services at 18 companies. Distributed mainly by Telegram, the toolkit scripts are readily available in open sources such as GitHub, leading to constant adaptation and variation in the wild.
Suspected North Korean hackers trojanized installers of a voice and video calling desktop client made by 3CX and used by major multinational companies. The vulnerability traces to a poisoned Electron software library file, an open-source framework for user interfaces.
Credential harvesting attackers are taking advantage of a distributed file protocol to distribute customized phishing links. Because the system, the InterPlanetary File System, is designed to be resilient against content takedowns, scammers are using it to deliver phishing emails at scale.
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