CISA Emergency Directive Orders Mitigations After Microsoft Breach
The U.S. government has made public an emergency directive that it issued last week for federal agencies, ordering them to take
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Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch
Executive EditorLindsey O’Donnell-Welch is an award-winning journalist who strives to shed light on how security issues impact not only businesses and defenders on the front line, but also the daily lives of consumers.
In her previous position at Threatpost, Lindsey covered all aspects of the cybersecurity industry - from data privacy regulatory efforts to the evolution of underground cybercriminal marketplaces. Prior to that, Lindsey specialized in writing about microprocessors, enterprise business technology and the Internet of Things at CRN. In Lindsey’s spare time, she enjoys playing tennis and traveling.
- lindsey@decipher.sc
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3 Things We Still Don’t Know About the XZ Backdoor
The XZ Utils backdoor was a very subtle operation that took several years to pull off, and while some of the technical details are
CISA Releases Cyber Incident Reporting Rule Draft
CISA has laid out the proposed details of the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA).
Linux Distributions Impacted By High-Severity Glibc Bug
The high-severity flaw (CVE-2023-4911), which was introduced in glibc version 2.34, exists in glibc’s dynamic loader.
Clues Point to Ongoing Campaign From Qakbot Threat Actors
Researchers have discovered clues that may indicate that the Qakbot threat actors are still active.
Researchers Track Exploitation of Critical WS_FTP Flaw
Exploitation has been observed in the wild for a critical flaw in the file transfer server from the MOVEit Transfer maker.
Time-to-Exploit: What It Means and Why It’s Going Down
The average time that it takes threat actors to exploit vulnerabilities - either prior to or after their public disclosure - is going down.
FBI: Ransomware Actors Launching ‘Dual’ Attacks
Threat actors have deployed two different ransomware variants against victims, including AvosLocker, Diamond, Hive, Karakurt, LockBit, Quantum and Roya.