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More companies are shifting workers to passwordless authentication
It’s safe to say that no one is crazy about passwords. For chief information security officers, there’s the nightmare of employees leaving lists of passwords on their desks or putting them on Post-it notes on their computers. For workers, there’s the inconvenience of having to enter multiple passwords to gain access to various devices and resources.
Passwordless authentication technology is designed to address these issues, and use of these tools is on the rise. Read More
Harvard cyberattack data breach exposes alumni, donors, students and faculty records? Here’s complete truth, what happened, who was affected, Harvard’s response
Harvard Cyberattack Data Breach Exposes Alumni, Donors, Students and Faculty Records?
Harvard cyberattack data breach exposes alumni, donors, students and faculty records after an unauthorized party accessed a university database. The breach happened following a phone-based phishing attack. This is the second breach Harvard has investigated this year.
What Happened in Harvard Data Breach?
Harvard University confirmed that its Alumni Affairs and Development Office systems were accessed by an unauthorized party. The attack occurred earlier this week and included personal contact information, donation details, and event attendance records.). Read more
CrowdStrike fires ‘suspicious insider’ linked to cyberattack
CrowdStrike has terminated an employee suspected of leaking information to cybercriminals, TechCrunch reports. The hacker collective, dubbed Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, claims to have compromised CrowdStrike’s internal systems using stolen data from Gainsight, a CRM provider. However, the cybersecurity firm refutes these claims and assets a “suspicious insider” leaked internal screenshots to the extortion group. The incident follows a wave of high-profile cyberattacks, as hackers increasingly utilize large language models and sophisticated social engineering techniques to stage broad cyberattacks. Read more
Switching to Offense: US Makes Cyber Strategy Changes
The US will pursue a single coordinated cyber strategy focused on taking a more aggressive stance against the groups that attack US companies, government agencies, and citizens, but whether the initiative works will rely greatly on execution, experts say.
Earlier this week, the White House’s National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said the Trump administration plans to release an updated National Cyber Strategy that takes a more aggressive stance toward attackers, deepens public-private partnerships, aims to fill cybersecurity rolls, and combines the efforts of disparate federal agencies. Read more
