Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, Author at CW Enterprises

US Accuses China of Using Criminal Hackers in Cyber Espionage Operations

19th July 2021Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer

DOJ indicts four Chinese individuals for alleged role in attacks targeting intellectual property, trade secrets belonging to defense contractors, maritime companies, aircraft service [...]

Attackers Exploited 4 Zero-Day Flaws in Chrome, Safari & IE

15th July 2021Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer

At least two government-backed actors — including one Russian group — used the now-patched flaws in separate campaigns, Google says. Source: Dark [...]

Targeted Attack Activity Heightens Need for Orgs. to Patch New SolarWinds Flaw

14th July 2021Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer

A China-based threat actor — previously observed targeting US defense industrial base organizations and software companies — is exploiting the bug in SolarWinds’ [...]

New Phishing Campaign Targets Individuals of Interest to Iran

13th July 2021Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer

TA453 group spoofed two scholars at University of London to try and gain access to email inboxes belonging to journalists, think tank personnel, [...]

Microsoft Releases Emergency Patch for 'PrintNightmare' Vuln

7th July 2021Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer

It organizations to immediately apply security update, citing exploit activity. Source: Dark Reading – Threat Intelligence – Microsoft Releases Emergency Patch for [...]

Microsoft Releases Emergency Patch for 'PrintNightmare' Flaw

7th July 2021Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer

Urges Organizations to immediately apply security update citing exploit activity. Source: Dark Reading – Threat Intelligence – Microsoft Releases Emergency Patch for [...]

Ransomware Losses Drive Up Cyber-Insurance Costs

29th June 2021Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer

Premiums have gone up by 7% on average for small firms and between 10% and 40% for medium and large businesses. Source: [...]

Microsoft Refining Third-Party Driver Vetting Processes After Signing Malicious Rootkit

28th June 2021Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer

Rogue driver was distributed within gaming community in China, company says. Source: Dark Reading – Threat Intelligence – Microsoft Refining Third-Party Driver [...]