A Bootiful Podcast: Oracle VP and GraalVM founder Thomas Weurthinger

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Oracle VP and GraalVM founder Thomas Weurthinger, recorded at Devoxx 2025!...

Defense Department Scrambles to Pretend It’s Called the War Department

President Donald Trump said the so-called Department of War branding is to counter the “woke” Department of Defense name...

Michael Trites Joins Aembit as Senior Vice President of Global Sales

Silver Spring, Maryland, 5th February 2025, CyberNewsWire...

Welcoming Our New CFO & President

Fazal Merchant joins our leadership team as we look to what lies ahead...

Meet Andy Zollo, SVP of APJ Sales

Andy Zollo, who led the Imperva business in EMEA, relocated to Singapore in October to be Senior Vice President of Sales for the combined Imperva and Thales CPL businesses in the APJ region. With a wealth of experience in sales leadership and business transformation, Andy is set to play a vital...

On the CSRB’s Non-Investigation of the SolarWinds Attack

ProPublica has a long investigative article on how the Cyber Safety Review Board failed to investigate the SolarWinds attack, and specifically Microsofts culpability, even though they were directed by President Biden to do so...

The Next US President Will Have Troubling New Surveillance Powers

Over the weekend, President Joe Biden signed legislation not only reauthorizing a major FISA spy program but expanding it in ways that could have major implications for privacy rights in the US...

An Obsession With Impact: The Inspiring Journey of a Dreamer That Led to a Career at Microsoft

Bruce’s story unfolds in Cincinnati, Ohio. As a young boy, he had an ambitious dream of one day becoming the President of the United States. This aspiration remained his guiding star until he began his professional career after college. His mother, amused by his...

China-Linked Hackers Target Myanmar's Top Ministries with Backdoor Blitz

The China-based threat actor known as Mustang Panda is suspected to have targeted Myanmar's Ministry of Defence and Foreign Affairs as part of twin campaigns designed to deploy backdoors and remote access trojans. The findings come from CSIRT-CTI, which said the activities took place in November...

Running Signal Will Soon Cost $50 Million a Year

Signal’s president reveals the cost of running the privacy-preserving platform—not just to drum up donations, but to call out the for-profit surveillance business models it competes against...

A Bootiful Podcast: GraalVM founder and Oracle vice president Thomas Wuerthinger

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment Josh Long talks to Oracle vice president Thomas Wuerthinger about the project he created and leads, GraalVM. This was recorded live from Devoxx Belgium 2023!...

president-pmr.org Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3739585

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

New TSA Cybersecurity Emergency Action Rule Impacts Cybersecurity and Compliance

On March 7, 2023, in the wake of President Joe Biden’s National Cybersecurity Strategy announcement, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration TSA issued a cybersecurity emergency action amendment for certain regulated airport and aircraft operators. The new Action Rule can have significant...

Trump’s Indictment Marks a Historic Reckoning

A Manhattan grand jury has issued the first-ever indictment of a former US president. Buckle up for whatever happens next...

Researchers Uncover Chinese Nation State Hackers' Deceptive Attack Strategies

A recent campaign undertaken by Earth Preta indicates that nation-state groups aligned with China are getting increasingly proficient at bypassing security solutions. The threat actor, active since at least 2012, is tracked by the broader cybersecurity community under Bronze President, HoneyMyte,...

Normalizing Women in Tech with Intentionality

Vice President Simone Stewart kicks off our Akamai “Women In Tech” blog series and discusses how intentionality can cultivate a more inclusive environment...

Rapid7 CEO Corey E. Thomas Appointed To National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee

President Biden has announced his intent to appoint a group of highly qualified and diverse industry leaders, including Rapid7 chairman & CEO Corey E. Thomas, to the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee NSTAC. NSTAC’s mission is to to provide the best possible...

Iranian State TV Hacked During President’s Speech on Revolution Day

By Waqas The hackers disrupted the State TV broadcast and instead aired the slogan “Death to Khamenei” and urged people to withdraw their money from government banks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Iranian State TV Hacked During Presidents Speech on Revolution Day...

FedRAMP just got better – and is here to stay

Today, President Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act NDAA, taking a giant step forward in securing the federal governments cloud-first mission. The FedRAMP® Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Authorization Act, outlined in section 5921 of the NDAA, formalizes the...

Chinese Hackers Target Government Officials in Europe, South America, and Middle East

A Chinese hacking group has been attributed to a new campaign aimed at infecting government officials in Europe, the Middle East, and South America with a modular malware known as PlugX. Cybersecurity firm Secureworks said it identified the intrusions in June and July 2022, once again demonstrati...