How We Hacked Thousands of Data Centers in Minutes Using a 20-Year-Old Vulnerability

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Lance Whitney/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Microsoft has patched a record 570 Windows security flaws for July. The flaws include three zero-days, two of which have been exploited. The update also enhances key features like File Explorer and Bluetooth. The second Tuesday of the month marks…

Benjamin Bachmann, Director Group Information Security at Bilfinger, speaks with Help Net Security about defending industrial plants. He explains why attackers want to control operations instead of stealing data, and why the air gap is mostly a myth. Bachmann covers how containment plans get negotiated before an incident, how to build visibility on old equipment…

X Corp. should not be able to escape privacy compliance because it changed its name.  On May 15, X Corp. filed a petition before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to set aside or modify an order issued in 2022 requiring the company to report regularly to the FTC for its violations of user data. The…

San Francisco-based StrongestLayer has raised $4.1 million in new funding, bringing its total seed financing to $9.3 million as the company looks to capitalize on growing enterprise demand for email security tools that can detect sophisticated phishing and business email compromise attacks. The round was led by Canada’s Inovia Capital, with participation from existing investor…

Swiss rail vehicle manufacturer Stadler Rail says the Everest ransomware gang demanded about $12.3 million after breaching a data exchange platform shared with one of its suppliers. The threat actor has not publicly claimed the attack, but the Swiss company says that it received an extortion letter from Everest ransomware asking for a ransom of…