Everyone Loves Remote Work—Especially Hackers - CPO Magazine
One of the outcomes of COVID-19 has been our newfound openness to remote work. According to a recent PwC survey, 41% of workers would now prefer their workdays to be fully remote, compared with 29% in January 2021, signaling the desire to work remotely is only ramping up.
While the majority of workers now find themselves working in a hybrid environment, the option to work remotely has presented possibilities that weren't a reality in the past, such as working from abroad for extended periods of time.
US government to offer up to $5,000 'bounty' to hackers to identify cyber vulnerabilities -
(CNN) The Department of Homeland Security is launching a "bug bounty" program, potentially offering thousands of dollars to hackers who help the department identify cybersecurity vulnerabilities within its systems.
How expired web domains help criminal hackers unlock enterprise defenses | The Daily Swig
Managing domain names is a task that enterprises often leave to the marketing department rather than the security team.
Yet expired – or 'dropped' – domains can pose a real security risk. Cybercriminals can hijack redundant domains and use them to carry out a range of attacks against organizations.
Iran-linked hackers attack Israeli targets: company
The targets of the attack by the group called "Charming Kitten" included the Israeli "government and business sector", Tel Aviv-based Check Point said in a statement late Wednesday, without providing specifics.
"Check Point has blocked these attacks, as we witnessed communications between a server used by this group and the targets in Israel," said the firm.
Brockton rapper Brandon Tory: Google engineer writes 'Little Hackers'
Now a Google software engineer and signed rapper, his new venture is to teach 6-year-olds how to code.
Augmented Reality (AR) is technology that superimposes computer-generated images on the real, physical world.
"With Little Hackers we use AR to show the characters dancing on the pages and engaging with kids to give insights about the coding exercises," Tory said.
Facebook to Pay Hackers for Reporting Data Scraping Bugs and Scraped Datasets
Meta Platforms, the company formerly known as Facebook, has announced that it's expanding its bug bounty program to start rewarding valid reports of scraping vulnerabilities across its platforms as well as include reports of scraping data sets that are available online.
Should the requisite criteria be met, the company said it will take appropriate measures, including legal actions, to remove the data from the non-Meta website.
White House to companies: Hackers love to strike on holidays - Washington Times
"Unfortunately, malicious cyber actors are not taking a holiday — and they can ruin ours if we're not prepared and protected.
Her memo said companies need to stiffen their defenses early. In some cases, hackers infiltrate networks and then wait for the holiday to launch an attack.
Warning for THOUSANDS on US payroll as hackers attack big company with ransomware
A RANSOMWARE attack on a payroll and HR management software company has left at least one firm struggling to pay its staff.
UKG is said to have around 50,000 customers across the globe and was targeted by cyber criminals over the weekend.
UKG said it could take several weeks to restore its systems, meaning some of the companies it provides software to are struggling to pay staff.
Happening on Twitter
Microsoft detects a new wave of state-sponsored activity focusing on the Logj4 bug: https://t.co/wowDBAOdBO (by ZDNet's @LiamT) maryjofoley Wed Dec 15 13:57:52 +0000 2021
中国などの支援受けるハッカー、「Log4j」の脆弱性を悪用か #サイバー攻撃 #Log4j #中国 https://t.co/lRnCfMIH5Z WSJJapan (from 東京) Thu Dec 16 13:10:07 +0000 2021
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