A Look Ahead at 2021: SolarWinds Fallout and Shifting CISO Budgets
Threatpost editors discuss the SolarWinds hack, healthcare ransomware attacks and other threats that will plague enterprises in 2021.
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Vulnerabilities
SolarWinds Hires Chris Krebs, Alex Stamos in Wake of Hack
Former CISA director Chris Krebs and former Facebook security exec Alex Stamos have teamed up to create a new consulting group – and have been hired by SolarWinds.
Read MoreBugs in Firefox, Chrome, Edge Allow Remote System Hijacking
Major browsers get an update to fix separate bugs that both allow for remote attacks, which could potentially allow hackers to takeover targeted devices.
Read MoreNvidia Warns Windows Gamers of High-Severity Graphics Driver Flaws
In all, Nvidia patched flaws tied to 16 CVEs across its graphics drivers and vGPU software, in its first security update of 2021.
Read MoreThreatpost Poll: Weigh in on Ransomware Security
Provide your views on ransomware and how to deal with it in our anonymous Threatpost poll.
Read MoreNSA Urges SysAdmins to Replace Obsolete TLS Protocols
The NSA released new guidance providing system administrators with the tools to update outdated TLS protocols.
Read MoreFeds Issue Recommendations for Maritime Cybersecurity
Report outlines deep cybersecurity challenges for the public/private seagoing sector.
Read MoreCybercriminals Ramp Up Exploits Against Serious Zyxel Flaw
More than 100,000 Zyxel networking products could be vulnerable to a hardcoded credential vulnerability (CVE-2020-29583) potentially allowing cybercriminal device takeover.
Read MoreFeds Pinpoint Russia as ‘Likely’ Culprit Behind SolarWinds Attack
The widespread compromise affecting key government agencies is ongoing, according to the U.S. government.
Read MoreRCE ‘Bug’ Found and Disputed in Popular PHP Scripting Framework
Impacted are PHP-based websites running a vulnerable version of the web-app creation tool Zend Framework and some Laminas Project releases.
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