The leadership of U.S. Cyber Command’s key digital warfighting force will officially change hands on Friday, Recorded Future News has learned. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Lorna Mahlock will assume command of the Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) during a change of command ceremony at Fort Meade, Maryland. She will succeed Army Maj. Gen. William Hartman, […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission has officially reached the implementation dates for its historic cyber incident reporting requirements. The rules, which require companies to report material cyber incidents within four business days of determination, are leading to significant changes in how companies prepare for and implement cyber risk strategies at the highest levels of publicly […]
Dec 19, 2023NewsroomRansomware / Cybercrime The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) has officially announced the disruption of the BlackCat ransomware operation and released a decryption tool that victims can use to regain access to files locked by the malware. Court documents show that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) enlisted the help of a confidential […]
Dec 07, 2023The Hacker NewsEncryption / Data Privacy Meta has officially begun to roll out support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in Messenger for personal calls and one-to-one personal messages by default in what it called the “most significant milestone yet.” “This isn’t a routine security update: we rebuilt the app from the ground up, in […]
Nov 08, 2023NewsroomPrivacy / Data Security Meta-owned WhatsApp is officially rolling out a new privacy feature in its messaging service called “Protect IP Address in Calls” that masks users’ IP addresses to other parties by relaying the calls through its servers. “Calls are end-to-end encrypted, so even if a call is relayed through WhatsApp servers, […]
Nov 02, 2023NewsroomVulnerability Assessment The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) has officially announced CVSS v4.0, the next generation of the Common Vulnerability Scoring System standard, more than eight years after the release of CVSS v3.0 in June 2015. “This latest version of CVSS 4.0 seeks to provide the highest fidelity of vulnerability […]
Sep 26, 2023THNEndpoint Security / Password Microsoft is officially rolling out support for passkeys in Windows 11 today as part of a major update to the desktop operating system. The feature allows users to login to websites and applications without having to provide a username and password, instead relying on their device PIN or biometric […]
Sep 11, 2023THNPrivacy / Online Security Google has officially begun its rollout of Privacy Sandbox in the Chrome web browser to a majority of its users, nearly four months after it announced the plans. “We believe it is vital to both improve privacy and preserve access to information, whether it’s news, a how-to-guide, or a […]