By Sergiu Gatlan | March 9. 2023 “AT&T is notifying roughly 9 million customers that some of their information was exposed after a marketing vendor was hacked in January. “Customer Proprietary Network Information from some wireless accounts was exposed, such as the number of lines on an account or wireless rate plan,” AT&T told BleepingComputer. “The […]
The global cybersecurity skills gap increased to 26.2% compared to 2021, according to the (ISC)2 2022 Cybersecurity Workforce Study. A survey by the World Economic Forum found that 59% of businesses would find it difficult to respond to a cybersecurity incident due to the shortage of skills. With a widening skills gap, it’s safe to ponder […]
Join Bolt Resources and the Dallas Fort Worth cybersecurity community at the North Texas ISSA lunch and learn March 16, 2023 at 11am. Visit North Texas ISSA to register today!
On March 10, please join our Founder, Jessie Bolton, in attending the 2023 National Security Dual Use Technology Summit – a virtual event that will bring together experts in cybersecurity, space, and defense to share insights and best practices. Comtech is proud to sponsor this event. With the need to stay ahead of the many […]
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 […]
