CrowdStrike observed significant growth in China’s offensive cyber capabilities last year as more groups used sector-specific skills to target critical industries and technologies.| CyberScoop
It’s a “pivotal” moment for Sean Cairncross, fresh off his Senate confirmation in a changing federal cyber landscape.| CyberScoop
Ransomware groups last year achieved lateral movement within an average of 48 minutes after gaining initial access to targeted environments, threat intelligence experts said.| CyberScoop
Top security leaders at some of the largest tech and cybersecurity vendors said public-private collaborative work continues, despite budget cuts and personnel changes.| CyberScoop
Wild variances in naming taxonomies aren’t going away, but a new initiative from the security vendors aims to more publicly address obvious overlap in threat group attribution.| CyberScoop
The yearslong scheme goes much deeper than contract work, extending to roles beyond traditional IT and sometimes granting the insider threat “keys to the kingdom,” DTEX President Mohan Koo said.| CyberScoop
Delta will have to account for its own shortcomings if it follows through on a threat based on a “misleading narrative,” CrowdStrike said.| CyberScoop
CISA Director Jen Easterly says the CrowdStrike-linked outage serves as a “dress rehearsal” for what China may have planned for U.S. critical infrastructure.| CyberScoop
George Kurtz, CEO of the software firm, said a fix is being deployed and the issue is not due to a cyberattack.| CyberScoop