Chris Butera, CISA's acting executive assistant director for cybersecurity, told reporters on Wednesday that the goal of the directive is to help agencies prioritize, so they can address the most problematic vulnerabilities first while taking more time to remediate bugs that pose a less-pressing ri… …
… As cybercriminals and offensive hackers ramp up their use of AI to exploit vulnerabilities and develop hacking tools, the technology is also radically changing the dynamics of how security researchers hunt for vulnerabilities. …
… Ransomware and data extortion is an inveterate digital security problem, and attackers regularly repeat targets and stoop to new lows in carrying out large-scale disruptive attacks. …
… They became the latest in a long line of stalkerware apps to have suffered security breaches and exposed sensitive information. …
A so-called software supply chain attack, in which hackers corrupt a legitimate piece of software to hide their own malicious code, was once a relatively rare event but one that haunted the cybersecurity world with its insidious threat of turning any innocent application into a dangerous foothold i… …