Tag: Cyberattacks
For the week ending Oct. 18, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including Presidio, Intel, AMD, Google Cloud, Netskope, Cyera and Inforcer. The Week Ending Oct. 18 Topping this week’s Came to Win list is channel superstar Presidio for striking a strategic collaborative agreement (SCA) that…
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When it comes to the channel, ‘I think even our relationships with our partners are stronger because of this,’ Kurtz says during a CRN interview Tuesday. The massive global outage in July caused by a CrowdStrike update has ultimately “helped transform” the company, which should put the cybersecurity vendor in an even better position to…
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In an interview, Kurtz also discusses the major opportunities for solution and service providers in working with GenAI-powered security. Kurtz On The Record For CrowdStrike co-founder and CEO George Kurtz, the massive IT outage caused by the cybersecurity vendor’s faulty update in July has revealed just how essential the solution and service provider community really…
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The real-world demo of Tesla’s humanoid Optimus robot suggests hackers may soon have a whole new attack surface to try to exploit. Get ready to meet your newest home IoT device, C-3PO. Last night in Burbank, Calif., Elon Musk offered a real-world demo of Tesla’s much-anticipated Optimus bots, letting the humanoid robots loose to mingle…
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The vendor disclosed that some customers have been attacked through exploitation of the newly discovered flaws in its Cloud Service Appliance. Ivanti disclosed Tuesday that some customers have been attacked through exploitation of three newly discovered vulnerabilities in its Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) gateway. The vendor said the flaws have been exploited in conjunction with…
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From personalized attacks and malware evasion to audio deepfakes, here’s what you need to know on five of the GenAI-powered threats that security experts are watching right now. GenAI Threats To Know While it’s not always possible to pinpoint exactly where generative AI has played a role in a cyberattack, organizations can assume it’s now…
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The telecom giant says a portion of its customers were impacted by the breach of FBCS, a collection agency formerly used by Comcast. Comcast Cable Communications disclosed that a portion of its customers were impacted by the breach of FBCS (Financial Business and Consumer Solutions), a collection agency formerly used by the telecom giant. In…
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A Wall Street Journal report pointed to Verizon and AT&T among the impacted internet service providers in the China-linked attacks. Verizon and AT&T were reportedly among the affected internet service providers in a China-linked hacking campaign by a group tracked as Salt Typhoon. The report Saturday from the Wall Street Journal followed the outlet’s prior…
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The Microsoft-DOJ effort has aimed to disrupt the group Star Blizzard—tied to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB)—which has been ‘targeting Microsoft customers globally.’ Microsoft disclosed details Thursday about a recent effort to disrupt the activities of a “relentless” Russia-linked threat group, which has targeted Microsoft customers worldwide including in the U.S., the company said. The…
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A cybersecurity researcher tells CRN that his own family was recently targeted with a convincing voice-clone scam. While audio deepfake attacks against businesses have rapidly become commonplace in recent years, one cybersecurity researcher says it’s increasingly clear that voice-clone scams are also targeting private individuals. He knows this first-hand, in fact. The researcher, Kyle Wilhoit…
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