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China-linked APT group Salt Typhoon (FamousSparrow and GhostEmperor) breached US broadband providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, potentially accessing systems for lawful wiretapping and other data.

See:  https://redskyalliance.org/xindustry/hotels-under-attack

According to the Wall Street Journal, which reported the news exclusively, the security breach poses a major national security risk. The WSJ states that the compromise remained undisclosed due to possible impact on na

Non-human Identity (NHI) lifecycle firm Entro Security (https://entro.security) has raised $18 million in a Series A funding round led by Dell Technologies Capital and including angel investors. The funds will be used to scale the firm’s global operations, including increasing its headcount from 35 to around 80 by the end of 2024.

Entro’s platform is designed to bring order to the increasingly chaotic management of non-human identities.  Identity management has always been problematic, but the g

The statistics are sobering: 61% of CISOs (and 53% of CEOs) think that their organization is unprepared to cope with a targeted cyberattack in the next 12 months.  With mobile devices now making up a large part—even the majority—of the device estate, mobile security is more important than ever.  Those managing security must protect a growing number and diversity of endpoints.  Increasingly, those endpoints are mobile or using mobile connectivity.  Bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies, hybrid wo

The COVID-19 pandemic is now a year old and has forced businesses to quickly support remote working practices, often without proper security measures in place.  The Verizon Business Mobile Security Index (MSI) 2021 reveals that many businesses may have left themselves vulnerable and open to cybercriminals in the rush to ensure their workforce could operate remotely.  Forty-nine (49) percent of businesses surveyed in the latest edition of Verizon's MSI stressed that changes made to remote working