South Korea defense firms hit by North Korean attacks

South Korea defense firms hit by North Korean attacks

Multiple North Korean state-sponsored hacking groups have been attacking South Korean defense companies for more than a year, stealing login credentials and sensitive data.  A Reuters report, citing South Korea’s law enforcement, claims three major threat actors – Lazarus, Kimsuky, and Andariel, have been going after defense organizations and third-party contractors, planting malicious code in … Read more

The inevitable risks and best defense for cloud cybersecurity

The inevitable risks and best defense for cloud cybersecurity

Most businesses, regardless of size, now understand the potential value of the cloud. We’re beyond that stage of early skepticism in which technology decision-makers questioned whether cloud services would factor significantly into corporate operations. Wholesale adoption is now underway and has been for years. And why not? The benefits of the cloud are obvious. The … Read more

US Department of Defense claims to have flushed out 50,000 vulnerabilities with bug bounty program

US Department of Defense claims to have flushed out 50,000 vulnerabilities with bug bounty program

The US Department of Defense (DoD) passed the significant milestone of logging more than 50,000 vulnerabilities through its vulnerability disclosure program (VDP). The VDP was launched in November 2016 by the DoD Cyber Crime Center (DC3), and logged the 50,000th bug bounty on the March 15 2024. The DC3 VDP program incentivises white-hat hackers to … Read more