All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. There is a significant gap between an organization’s ambitions for using artificial intelligence (AI) and the reality of how those projects turn out, Intel chief data scientist Dr. Melvin Greer said in a conversation with VentureBeat founder and […]
Category: Security
The Kaseya Ransomware Nightmare Is Almost Over
Nearly three weeks ago, a ransomware attack against a little-known IT software company called Kaseya spiraled into a full-on epidemic, with hackers seizing the computers as many as 1,500 businesses, including a major Swedish grocery chain. Last week, the notorious group behind the hack disappeared from the internet, leaving victims […]
An Explosive Spyware Report Shows the Limits of iOS Security
In fact, the Amnesty International researchers say they actually had an easier time finding indicators of compromise and investigating Apple devices targeted with Pegasus malware than those running stock Android. “In Amnesty International’s experience there are significantly more forensic traces accessible to investigators on Apple iOS devices than on stock […]
Microsoft doubles down on cybersecurity with CloudKnox acquisition
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Microsoft today announced that it acquired CloudKnox Security, a platform designed to protect resources and identities across multicloud and hybrid cloud environments. With the purchase, the terms of which weren’t disclosed, Microsoft says that Azure customers will be […]
Venmo Gets More Private—but It’s Still Not Fully Safe
“Venmo’s finally getting the message that maximum publicity on a financial app is a terrible idea,” says Kaili Lambe, senior campaigner at the Mozilla Foundation, a nonprofit focused on internet openness and accessibility. “However, from the beginning we have been calling on Venmo to be private by default, because so […]
Use This Tool to Check If Your Phone’s Been Hacked by the NSO Group’s Spyware
Photo: JACK GUEZ / AFP (Getty Images) If you’ve been watching the news this week you may have heard something about the NSO Group, an Israeli spyware firm that currently stands accused of helping bad actors to hack journalists, politicians, and human rights activists throughout the world. You’d be forgiven […]
Supply chain threats demand industrywide approach to AI
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. As the world becomes increasingly reliant on technology, organizations have to consider the growing threats to their supply chain. Goldman Sachs principal engineer Michael Mattioli and AMD CTO Mark Papermaster spoke about this issue at VentureBeat’s virtual Transform […]
How China’s Hacking Entered a Reckless New Phase
For years, China seemed to operate at the quieter end of the state-sponsored hacking spectrum. While Russia and North Korea carried out hack-and-leak operations, launched massively disruptive cyberattacks, and blurred the line between cybercriminals and intelligence agencies, China quietly focused on more traditional—if prolific—espionage and intellectual property theft. But a […]
This tool tells you if NSO’s Pegasus spyware targeted your phone – TechCrunch
Over the weekend, an international consortium of news outlets reported that several authoritarian governments — including Mexico, Morocco, and the United Arab Emirates — used spyware developed by NSO Group to hack into the phones of thousands of their most vocal critics, including journalists, activists, politicians and business executives. A […]
Mimecast’s new AI tools protect against the sneakiest phishing attacks
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Email security provider Mimecast this week launched Mimecast CyberGraph, an AI-driven add-on to Mimecast Secure Email Gateway (SEG) that sniffs out sophisticated and hard-to-detect phishing and impersonation threats, the company said. Mimecast CyberGraph uses machine-learning technology to detect […]