Cybercriminals are abusing a widespread lack of authentication in the customer service platform Zendesk to flood targeted email inboxes with menacing messages that come from hundreds of Zendesk corporate customers …
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Microsoft Revokes 200 Fraudulent Certificates Used in Rhysida Ransomware Campaign
by David Walker
Oct 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cybercrime Microsoft on Thursday disclosed that it revoked more than 200 certificates used by a threat actor it tracks as Vanilla Tempest to fraudulently sign …
Coming in at number #8 on OSHA’s annual top 10 list of their most cited standards is 29 CFR 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks (PITs) (which includes forklifts and similar equipment). …
Last week, I attended a webinar on psychological safety that confirmed all of my worst fears about the Human Resources approach to addressing psychosocial factors and mental …
Safety & Security
SonicWall VPNs face a breach of their own after the September cloud-backup fallout
by David Walker
Huntress’ new discovery, however, points to a separate, credential-driven campaign. Starting around October 4, Huntress observed mass logins into SonicWall SSLVPN devices from attacker-controlled IPs – one notably traced to …
Safety & Security
DDoS Botnet Aisuru Blankets US ISPs in Record DDoS – Krebs on Security
by David Walker
The world’s largest and most disruptive botnet is now drawing a majority of its firepower from compromised Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices hosted on U.S. Internet providers like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, …
Safety & Security
Astaroth Banking Trojan Abuses GitHub to Remain Operational After Takedowns
by David Walker
Oct 13, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Financial Security Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign that delivers the Astaroth banking trojan that employs GitHub as a backbone for its …
Safety & Security
How EHS Insight Works for the Transportation, Trucking, Railroad Industry
by David Walker
Transportation, trucking, and railroads keep the global economy in motion. But operating in this space comes with unique challenges: strict regulatory oversight, complex fleet and equipment management, high driver safety …
In support of Australia’s Safe Work Month, I have recorded a 12-minute opinion piece on how Australian politics since 2010 has affected the perception and development of …
Safety & Security
The CIA triad is dead — stop using a Cold War relic to fight 21st century threats
by David Walker
What’s next? Indeed, if the CIA triad has failed to answer the modern challenges, what should take its place? To be effective, any new direction must take information security …