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).
Critical MOVEit Authentication Bypass Flaws Fixed
The flaws include a critical-severity MOVEit Transfer authentication bypass bug (CVE-2024-5806).
Cisco Talos: How Threat Actors Target MFA
According to the latest Cisco Talos Incident Response Quarterly Trends report, instances related to MFA were involved in some capacity in half of all security incidents that the Talos team responded to in the first quarter of 2024.
European Council Sanctions Individuals Tied to Conti, Trickbot
The European Council has sanctioned six individuals allegedly tied to the Wizard Spider, Armageddon and Callisto threat groups.
Decipher Podcast: Metin Kortak
Metin Kortak, CISO with Rhymetec, talks about how organizations are approaching data privacy and security compliance, and thinking about risk management policies, when it comes to generative AI in the workplace.
Espionage Threat Actor Hits Multiple Government Entities
Cisco Talos researchers have linked known Gh0stRAT campaigns targeting public and private sector entities to a Chinese-speaking threat actor called SneakyChef.