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EU extends mass scanning of messages without a warrant

The Chat Control 1.0 law has been extended through at least 2028, allowing scanning of email and direct messages on platforms including Discord, and Skype.

By Maxwell Cooter

10 Jul 20263 mins

Communications SecurityEmail SecurityMessaging Security

Employees are unknowingly inviting tech support impersonators into firms, says FBI

By Howard Solomon

28 May 20268 mins

FraudPhishingSocial Engineering

Crowdstrike cybersecurity report highlights a spike in physical attacks on privileged users

By Evan Schuman

5 Nov 20255 mins

CybercrimePhysical SecuritySecurity

Foreign aircraft, domestic risks

By Daniel Hoffman

19 Jun 20259 mins

CyberattacksGovernmentManufacturing Industry

Meta wins $168M judgment against spyware seller NSO Group

By Gyana Swain

7 May 20251 min

MalwareNetwork SecuritySurveillance

How CISOs can protect their personal liability

By Ericka Chickowski

3 Jul 202413 mins

CSO and CISOEmployee Protection

Articles

What is digital executive protection and how does it work?

Presidents, CEOs, and other C-suite-level leaders are attractive targets for cybercriminals. Digital executive protection is like a bodyguard service to protect them from bad actors.

By Deb Radcliff

26 Jun 2024 8 mins

CSO and CISOCyberattacksEmployee Protection

North Korea hacked into Russian missile company: Report

SentinelLabs analyzed leaked emails and associated implants to confirm two North Korea-backed hacker groups intruded into a Russian missile maker.

By Shweta Sharma

8 Aug 2023 4 mins

Data BreachSurveillance

Apple patches exploits used in spy campaign ‘Operation Triangulation’

Apple has released fixes for both the new and the affected versions of iOS.

By Shweta Sharma

22 Jun 2023 3 mins

MalwareSurveillance

Russia points finger at US for iPhone exploit campaign that also hit Kaspersky Lab

The Operation Triangulation surveillance campaign infects Apple iPhones without the need for user action and is difficult to detect.

By Lucian Constantin

3 Jun 2023 5 mins

Advanced Persistent ThreatsMalwareSurveillance

The classified document leak: let’s talk about Jack Teixeira’s need-to-know

The release of classified documents by a US Air National Guardsman highlights how important it is for CISOs to consider who should have access to sensitive data and why.

By Christopher Burgess

18 Apr 2023 6 mins

Data and Information SecurityGovernmentMilitary

Spyware vendors use exploit chains to take advantage of patch delays in mobile ecosystem

Spyware vendors use a combination of zero-day exploits and known vulnerabilities. Google TAG researchers urge faster patching of mobile devices

By Lucian Constantin

31 Mar 2023 6 mins

Mobile SecuritySurveillanceZero-Day Vulnerabilities

Biden administration seeks to tamp down the spyware market with a new ban

The Biden administration issued an executive order to outlaw the federal government's use of commercial foreign spyware–with some caveats.

By Cynthia Brumfield

28 Mar 2023 6 mins

Laws and RegulationsSurveillance

French government says TikTok and all other “recreational apps” pose data security risks if installed on government and senior official devices.

By Michael Hill

27 Mar 2023 3 mins

Data and Information SecurityGovernmentSurveillance

Surge of swatting attacks targets corporate executives and board members

Swatters use data brokers and stolen information on the dark web to target C-suite and board members. Removing personal information from the web is the best way to minimize this risk.

By Cynthia Brumfield

8 Feb 2023 6 mins

Data and Information SecurityPhysical Security

What CISOs need to know about the renewal of FISA Section 702

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act sets out the rules for the US intelligence community around gathering information abroad—but is it inadvertently being used at home too?

By Christopher Burgess

7 Feb 2023 6 mins

GovernmentLaws and RegulationsSurveillance

US Maritime Administrator to study port crane cybersecurity concerns

Recently passed legislation might have been spurred by supply chain disruption and surveillance concerns enabled by Chinese-made cranes.

By Cynthia Brumfield

17 Jan 2023 6 mins

Advanced Persistent ThreatsSupply ChainSurveillance

If governments are banning TikTok, why is it still on your corporate devices?

When lawmakers and higher education take steps to prevent official users from accessing the popular video-sharing app on their devices, corporations should sit up and take notice.

By Christopher Burgess

9 Jan 2023 5 mins

Application SecurityBusiness IT AlignmentEmployee Protection