Top news of the week: 07.10.2021.
Mitre Attack
What the CEO Saw: Colonial Pipeline, Accellion Execs Share Cyberattack War Stories
CEOs of the two breached companies said their priorities instantly shifted to joining the response efforts when they first learned of attacks on their systems.
Mandia Alerted NSA on FireEye's SolarWinds Breach
"National security" concerns led former CEO Kevin Mandia to call the NSA when FireEye discovered its breach in late 2020.
Why Windows Print Spooler Remains a Big Attack Target
Despite countless vulnerabilities and exploits, the legacy Windows printing process service continues to be an attack surface in constant need of repair and maintenance, security experts ...
Operation GhostShell: Novel RAT Targets Global Aerospace and Telecoms Firms
The highly-targeted attacks against aerospace and telecoms firms by new Iranian threat actor MalKamak includes newly discovered malware that evaded security tools since 2018 and abuses ...
Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 43 Deals Announced in September 2021
The number of cybersecurity-related mergers and acquisitions announced in the past months has remained constant, with roughly 40 deals announced in September 2021 as well.
Malicious Life Podcast: Inside the MITRE ATT&CK Framework
Cybereason CISO Israel Barak delves into the MITRE ATT&CK framework and explains how it can help organizations get better at detecting stealthy advanced attacks - check it out...
Loss of Intellectual Property, Customer Data Pose Greatest Business Risks
The slightly "good" news? Security professionals are a little less concerned about certain threats than last year, according to Dark Reading's "State of Incident Response 2021" report.
Enterprises Planning SecOps Technology Deployments
With the easing of pandemic-related restrictions, enterprise defenders report they are investigating security operations technology to manage new risks that emerged over the past year.