Posted: February 17, 2023 by Jovi Umawing “Car manufacturer Hyundai, and its subsidiary Kia, began rolling out a free software update on February 14, 2023, to address a flaw in their anti-theft software, which was highlighted in a social media challenge. The release of the update came nine months after an uptick in car theft of the affected models in the […]
“The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is reportedly investigating malicious cyber activity on the agency’s network. The federal law enforcement agency says it already contained the “isolated incident” and is working to uncover its scope and overall impact. “The FBI is aware of the incident and is working to gain additional information,” the U.S. […]
Plus: The FBI got (at least a little bit) hacked, an election-disruption firm gets exposed, Russia mulls allowing “patriotic hacking,” and more. “GoDaddy revealed in a statement on Thursday it had discovered that hackers inside its systems had installed malware on its network and stolen parts of its code. The company says it became aware […]
For the non-technical person, we recommend reading related articles such as this techie finding by Bleeping Computer to discover the how, the why, and the extra bonus of learning something new & uber nerdy. In short — this article explains, “When spreading to other devices, the botnet uses a telnet/SSH brute-forcer that tries to connect […]
Join Bolt Resources March 28th, as CISO XC returns with the second annual DFWSecCon, open to all levels of information security practitioners. This will be an all day event with a variety of talks and discussions for all levels of information security. Time & Location Mar 28, 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM CDT The Ford […]
Photo by Getty Images Signature, shylendrahoode “A cyberattack caused a nearly daylong outage of the nation’s new 988 mental health helpline late last year, federal officials told The Associated Press Friday. Lawmakers are now calling for the federal agency that oversees the program to prevent future attacks. “On December 1, the voice calling functionality of […]
Published by Kaitlin Balasaygun “That screen-blocking software update notification that keeps coming back may be annoying to a phone user, but ignoring it for too long is a mistake. Many consumers opt to not have phones set to automatic update. Once the day begins, these notifications can pop up at inconvenient and distracted times — […]
Join us February 23, 2023 as we join Blackberry Cylance Security and North Texas ISSA for a whiskey tasting happy hour with NTX ISSA members and cybersecurity professionals at Trinity River Distillery: Home of Silver Star Spirits in Fort Worth! Visit North Texas ISSA to register today! Registration for North Texas ISSA Members is FREE! […]
Come join us as we watch a live simulation of a breach, and learn real world tips for response and hardening your SaaS to reduce risk. Hosted by Obsidian Security Location: Maggiano’s Plano / 6001 W Park Blvd, Plano, TX 75093 Date/Time: February 16, 2023 / 11:30am-1:00p Visit NTXISSA to register! Never been to a NTXISSA […]
