Tag: malware
Shai-Hulud 2.0 demonstrates the danger of open source, expert says
December 12, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine — Developers are picking up the pieces after the catastrophic release of the Shai-Hulud 2.0 malware worm in the Node Package Manager (NPM) registry.
The worm infected thousands of repositories, exposing up to 400,000 developer secrets and wiping victims’ home directories. Its primary goal was to steal sensitive credentials, including GitHub Personal Access Tokens (PATs) and API keys for major cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure.
Microsoft,...
OneSpan invests in ThreatFabric
October 6, 2025SSN Staff
BOSTON — OneSpan Inc. has announced a strategic investment in and partnership with ThreatFabric, a provider of proactive fraud detection, mobile threat intelligence, and malware defense solutions.
According to OneSpan, the partnership marks a significant milestone in its mission to offer advanced authentication customers additional capabilities in adjacent areas of cybersecurity and fraud prevention, and enables OneSpan to expand its cyber fraud prevention capabilities for the financial...
Beyond the breach: Why cybersecurity must shift from recovery to readiness
August 15, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
PORTLAND, Ore. — The rules for cybersecurity are changing at an alarming rate – so fast that it’s time to throw out the old security playbook and write a new one, according to Dale “Dr. Z” Zabriskie, field CISO at Cohesity.
With decades of experience as a security consultant and tech evangelist, Zabriskie argues that modern cybersecurity should be moving away from the practice of post-breach recovery and focus on real-time damage mitigation. SSN spoke with Zabriskie...
Synopsys report finds over half of surveyed orgs suffered supply chain attack in 2023
May 16, 2024SSN Staff
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — The majority of global organizations (54%) suffered a software supply chain attack over the past year, and most are unable to keep up with the growing risk landscape, according to a report released by Synopsys.
“The State of Software Supply Chain Security Risk” report, released on 5/16/2024 by Synopsys and the Ponemon Institute also found that 50% of organizations took more than a month to respond to an attack. One in five say that their organization...
Quorum Cyber Threat Intelligence Outlook 2024 Report analyzes tumultuous year
February 23, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
EDINBURGH, Scotland – 2024 is set to be a year full of security landmark events and challenges. Looking ahead Quorum Cyber has released its "Threat Intelligence Outlook 2024" report to address these cyber threats.
The in-depth report offers a strategic analysis of emerging cybersecurity threats, from malware and ransomware developments to geopolitical considerations and the outlook for 2024 global events.
Among its topics are examining the “Big Four” nation-state...
Fingerprint's Dan Pinto - ‘Device intelligence is an underutilized security tool'
February 5, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and the popularity of electronic currencies and digital wallets, fintech is becoming an important tool for consumers, and few people recognize that better than Fingerprint CEO Dan Pinto.
Fingerprint is a platform dedicated to empowering developers to detect and prevent online fraud. Security Systems News (SSN) had the opportunity to speak recently with its CEO and co-founder Dan Pinto about some of the latest concerns and...
Honesty is the best policy, according to SSN News Poll results
April 21, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – The numbers are in, and the results are rather brisk and breezy in reader responses from this month’s SSN News Poll.
In discussing the prevalence and explosion of data breaches and ransomware events, Security Systems News asked readers to chime in and give their thoughts on what were the best practices when handling the fallout from malware-related events. Let’s break down your responses below:
What is the best way to reduce or eliminate the possibility and...
ChatGPT AI is changing the face of cybersecurity
March 17, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
SAN FRANCISCO – On March 14, artificial intelligence (AI) research laboratory OpenAI released the latest iteration of its popular AI deep learning model, GPT-4.
Built on that framework, OpenAI’s ChatGPT program has taken the world by storm in recent months as people and businesses come to terms with both the limitations, and the potential of the AI application. Some of those boundaries are already being pushed with this latest version of GPT. “For example, it passes...
Ring seemingly hit by ransomware group
March 14, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Ransomware gang ALPHV has claimed to have breached Ring LLC and is threatening the release of its data.
News began making the rounds on March 13 that the video doorbell and security camera company had been breached by the group who left the message, “There’s always the option to let us leak your data.” In response Ring has denied the breach to various news outlets, stating instead the victim was a third-party vendor, however reporting by Joseph...
HUB Security launches Confidential Computing cyber solution for insurance industry
March 9, 2023SSN Staff
MOUNTAINVIEW, Calif. – HUB Cyber Security Ltd., developer of Confidential Computing cybersecurity solutions and services has launched a new cyber risk management solution for the insurance industry.
The solution allows insurance carriers and reinsurers to evaluate, price, and underwrite cyber insurance policies HUB stated. Users are provided a secure file vault that reduces the chances of attack and minimizes potential damage from lost or corrupted data. “As a result, insurance based...