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Security researchers from Cloudmark have discovered a new piece of mobile malware strain spread via SMS that cybercriminals are using to target users across the US and Canada with COVID-19 lures.

Howell will create a cybersecurity program for the institute and work alongside other senior-level members of Georgia Tech's information technology department.

A user on a popular hacker forum is selling a database that purportedly contains 3.8 billion user records, scraped and merged from Facebook and Clubhouse.

A new global survey of C-level executives released by CloudBees, reveals high confidence levels in software supply chain security but a limited understanding of the essential components that make a software supply chain secure. 

The Security Industry Association (SIA) RISE scholarship has opened applications to young professionals seeking to further their security education.

Aalborg University's access control system secures a campus with over 20,000 students, faculty and staff each year.

The university will increase its annual security budget by at least $2 million per year for the next decade. The budget increase was announced after an uptick in gun violence in Columbus, Ohio. 

The programming will provide information on multi-factor authentication, securing email and social media accounts and detecting spam risks for senior citizens.

According to a recent ransomware study, cybercrime rings have used fake apps related to the COVID-19 pandemic to target individuals. New research looks at the most impersonated apps, along with trends in other cyberattacks.

Foltak brings over 25 years of information security experience to his SVP and CISO roles at the cloud services provider.