The week's top cybersecurity news and in-depth coverage
CSO First Look
May 25, 2023
Will Joe Sullivanâs conviction for obstruction in the reporting of the 2016 Uber privacy breach send a chill through the cybersecurity profession? Sullivan tells CSOs heâs worried it just might. Read more â¶
The 2023 State of Secrets Sprawl report measures the exposure of secrets within GitHub, Docker and internal repos and how it is evolving year to year. Hard-coded secrets increased by 67% compared to 2021, whereas the volume of scanned commits rose by 20%. We have never detected as many secrets!
Generative AI chatbots and large language models can be a double-edged swords from a risk perspective, but with proper use they can also improve cybersecurity in key ways Read more â¶
Threat actors now use Legion to steal AWS-specific credentials from web servers to enable email and SMS spam campaigns. Read more â¶
North Korean hackers stole more virtual currency in 2022 than in any previous year, with estimates ranging from $630 million to over $1 billion â reportedly doubling Pyongyangâs total cybertheft proceeds in 2021. Read more â¶
Research shows a shift toward advanced persistent threat actors compromising smaller organization, in part to enable other attacks. Read more â¶
