Steve Zurier

Washington, D.C., United States

Contributor at SC Media

Writer, editor and music lover, especially jazz and improvised music. I work as a freelance writer out of Columbia, Md.

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Legends International notifies customers, employees of data breach

6 days ago | scworld.com | Steve Zurier

Legends International, the large sports venue support company with reportedly $1.7 billion in sales, earlier this week sent out letters to some customers and employees that it was the victim of a cyberattack.
China's allegation that NSA hacked Asian Winter Games draws suspicion

1 week ago | scworld.com | Steve Zurier

Security experts were suspicious of the news Tuesday that Chinese authorities are pursuing three alleged operatives tied to the National Security Agency (NSA) who purportedly engineered cyberattacks in February at the Asian Winter Games and on Chinese critical infrastructure.
Neptune RAT spreads across GitHub, Telegram, and YouTube

2 weeks ago | scworld.com | Steve Zurier

A new version of Neptune RAT written in Visual Basic.NET is spreading rapidly across many platforms, most notably GitHub, Telegram, and YouTube. CYFIRMA researchers said the creator of the remote access trojan (RAT) made the software available without the source code, intentionally obfuscating the executable files to make analysis more challenging.
NIST marks all CVEs prior to Jan. 1, 2018, as ‘deferred’

2 weeks ago | scworld.com | Steve Zurier

Facing potential layoffs of at least 500 probationary employees, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) last week announced that it will defer all common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) prior to Jan. 1, 2018.
Top Dems, industry pros, express concerns over firing of NSA Director Timothy Haugh

2 weeks ago | scworld.com | Steve Zurier

The grim parade of firings in the national security establishment has continued with news early Friday morning in the Washington Post that Gen. Timothy Haugh and his deputy Wendy Noble were both dismissed by President Trump. Gen. Haugh served as both NSA Director and head of U.S. Cyber Command, a role that President Trump has had eyes on to consolidate for several years. It was unclear precisely what the motives were for the top-level firings at the nation’s top spy agency.
NSA: ‘Fast Flux’ DNS evasion technique now a national security threat

3 weeks ago | scworld.com | Steve Zurier

In what some experts are calling a “big-time wakeup call” to security teams globally, a joint advisory was issued April 3 by government officials in the United States, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand warning that threat actors are using the well-known “fast flux” technique to change domain name system (DNS) records, evade detection, and compromise enterprise networks.
Veeam patches critical 9.9 flaw in backup and replication product

1 month ago | scworld.com | Steve Zurier

Backup and recovery company Veeam on March 19 released a patch for a critical 9.9 deserialization vulnerability in its backup and replication product that could let attackers run a remote code execution (RCE). The danger here: A flaw in Veeam storage that’s gets exploited can potentially compromise the security of backups, leading to ransomware attacks, data breaches, and business disruptions because backup and replication servers often contain critical data and are vital for recovery.
Top 12 Online Cybersecurity Online Courses for 2025 (Free and Paid)

Jan 13, 2025 | techtarget.com | Steve Zurier

Our panel of experts picked the best free and paid online cybersecurity courses for professionals looking to advance their careers and for newbies breaking into the field.
Top 10 Must-Have Cybersecurity Skills for Career Success

Jan 13, 2025 | techtarget.com | Steve Zurier

Looking to advance your cybersecurity career? Here are the skills you need to win a CISO job, land a threat hunter gig and snag other security positions in high demand.
Avast anti-rootkit driver used to seize control of infected systems | SC Media

Dec 12, 2024 | scworld.com | Steve Zurier

Malware leverages a legitimate – but outdated – Avast kernel driver, which lets it evade defenses and wreak havoc on systems.