Tag: Cyberattacks
As the industry has gotten better at locking down endpoint devices such as laptops, threat actors are finding new ways to infiltrate an organization’s systems—and they’re seeing more and more success. From the widespread compromise of Ivanti VPNs to a string of cyberattacks involving vulnerabilities in on-premises firewalls, this year has seen threat actors increasingly…
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The advisory recommends that Snowflake customers perform hunting activities for malicious activity in their systems. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning about the recent threat actor campaign targeting users of Snowflake and urging customers to proactively look for malicious activity. In the advisory, CISA pointed to a post from Snowflake on…
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Live Nation disclosed that its Ticketmaster subsidiary was impacted by ‘unauthorized activity within a third-party cloud database environment.’ Live Nation disclosed Friday that its Ticketmaster subsidiary was impacted by malicious activity in a cloud database operated by a third party, which resulted in the theft of company data. CRN reached out to Ticketmaster for further…
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The cybersecurity vendor says that a now-fixed VPN vulnerability has been exploited in attacks. Check Point has released emergency patches for a VPN vulnerability that the cybersecurity vendor said has been exploited in a small number of attacks. Initially disclosed by Check Point on Monday, the company released more details Tuesday as well as fixes…
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‘Security is a team sport,’ Microsoft CVP Vasu Jakkal said on a panel this week. Microsoft solution providers are “critical” to the vendor’s plans for achieving and maintaining responsible artificial intelligence and security, Microsoft executives told CRN this week. During a panel on responsible AI and security held the week of Microsoft Build 2024, CRN…
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“We’re going to have a big refresh moment,” Microsoft VP Mark Linton tells CRN in an interview. Copilot+ PCs, which Microsoft bills as “the fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever built,” carry a massive partner opportunity as Windows 10 end of support spurs customers into looking at buying new devices. “We’re going to have a…
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Despite the security trade-offs in using GenAI for code generation, all respondents to the 2024 State of Cloud-Native Security survey say they are embracing the approach. Despite the security trade-offs in using GenAI for code generation, the approach is more or less universal at this point, according to a new survey released Wednesday by Palo…
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The attack on the Ascension health system shut down its electronic health records system and forced it to divert emergency care at some of its hospitals. Ascension has added more details to its online site about the recovery from the ransomware attack that impacted the health system, with information now shared on a state-by-state basis.…
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CRN spoke with the CEOs and CTOs of a number of cybersecurity companies, including Proofpoint, Palo Alto Networks, Rubrik and CrowdStrike, during RSA Conference 2024. Here’s what they had to say. While the many implications of GenAI for security continued to be discussed and debated at last week’s RSA Conference, an array of other issues…
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‘While we expect this process will take time to complete, we are making progress and systems are being restored in a coordinated manner at each of our care sites,’ Ascension said in an update over the weekend. Days after a reported ransomware attack paralyzed Ascension health system, shutting down its electronic health records system and…
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