United States defense contractor L3Harris is in talks with NSO Group, a blacklisted Israeli spyware company, to purchase the firm’s spyware tools.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97834-us-defense-contractor-in-talks-to-buy-nso-groups-spyware

Lookout Inc. has discovered an enterprise-grade Android surveillanceware currently used by the government of Kazakhstan within its borders.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97833-android-spyware-deployed-in-kazakhstan

Cyber resilience requires a holistic approach to risk reduction — people, processes, and technology all continually optimized as the nature of the threat landscape changes.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97832-the-human-element-to-cyber-resiliency

The Global Cyber Conference (GCC) will take place in Zurich, Switzerland this September 22-23, 2022.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97831-the-global-cyber-conference-to-take-place-in-zurich-this-september

School districts need to increase their awareness and preparedness to combat cyberattacks. Governments and businesses need to join forces to support districts via training, testing and tools to ensure threat detection, appropriate response and minimal damage.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97829-setting-a-national-standard-for-k-12-cybersecurity

The University of Pisa in Italy is allegedly being held to ransom for $4.5 million, according to Cybersecurity360 and other European news sources.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97826-university-of-pisa-suffers-ransomware-attack

The State of the CISO 2022 whitepaper from BARR Advisory lists traditional and new responsibilities of chief information security officers (CISOs).

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97828-what-is-a-ciso-responsible-for

There are more than 24 billion usernames and password combinations in circulation in cybercriminal marketplaces, many on the dark web, according to new Digital Shadows research.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97825-24-billion-usernames-passwords-available-on-the-dark-web

Opportunities for fraud rings to do their nefarious deeds are high. Still, there are ways for businesses to fight back.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97824-fraud-rings-detecting-and-defeating-cybercriminal-networks

From the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to the latest bills introduced across the country, legislative and compliance expert Bill Tolson explores the ins and outs of U.S. data privacy laws and how they affect enterprise organizations.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97810-understanding-the-patchwork-of-us-data-privacy-laws

Check out these case studies where law enforcement and other organizations used CCTV towers to surveil their facilities.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97822-cctv-towers-help-deter-security-threats

DevSecOps, a software engineering philosophy that integrates security and development, can aid enterprise cybersecurity efforts.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97813-3-ways-devsecops-can-improve-enterprise-cybersecurity

Security teams can leverage social media threat monitoring to improve business continuity, risk management, crisis management & more.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97823-threat-monitoring-with-social-media

Kaiser Permanente suffered a data breach in April that affected 700,000 patient records and 69,000 patients.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97821-kaiser-permanente-data-breach-exposed-700-000-patient-records

An unpatched security flaw in Travis CI could expose thousands of users to supply chain attacks, according to Aqua Security.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97819-public-travis-ci-logs-expose-users-to-cyberattacks

Security and tech executives weighed in on their security priorities for the rest of 2022 in a survey from Forgepoint Capital.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97820-security-leaders-rank-cyber-priorities-for-2022

Military police leader Phillip Lenz has been named Director of Public Safety at Westminster College.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97818-phillip-lenz-named-director-of-public-safety-at-westminster-college

CISA is now accepting nominations for the new Cyber Innovation Fellows program, who will lend their expertise to CISA’s technical teams on threat hunting, incident response and vulnerability management.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97815-cisa-launches-cyber-innovation-fellow-initiative

The Okta, GitHub and MailChimp supply chain breaches illustrate the inherent risks of leaving your supply chain in the dark. What can be done to mitigate these risks?

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97814-clear-and-present-danger-saas-supply-chain-attacks

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a set of guidelines for security leaders to ensure worker safety by protecting against heat exposure in their environments.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97816-how-to-protect-workers-from-heat-exposure