InfoSec News Nuggets 3/29/2024

Threat Indicators Show 2024 Is Already Promising to be Worse Than 2023 While 2023 was a difficult year for cybersecurity teams, 2024 is likely to be worse. In just the first two months of 2024, threat intelligence firm Flashpoint has logged dramatic increases in all major threat indicators. By Flashpoint’s numbers, there were 6,077 recorded data breaches in 2023, with attackers accessing more than 17 billion personal records (up 34.5% on 2022’s figures). In the…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 3/6/2024

Rapid7 throws JetBrains under the bus for 'uncoordinated vulnerability disclosure' Security shop Rapid7 is criticizing JetBrains for flouting its policy against silent patching regarding fixes for two fresh vulnerabilities in the TeamCity CI/CD server. Rapid7 says it reported the two TeamCity vulnerabilities in mid-February, claiming JetBrains soon after suggested releasing patches for the flaws before publicly disclosing them. Such a move is typically seen as a no-no by the infosec community, which favors transparency, but…
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