Freelance Journalist, Contributing Writer, Dark Reading, SC Media
Steve Zurier is a freelance journalist and writer based in Columbia, Maryland. With a focus on cybersecurity and technology, Steve's work has been featured in publications such as Dark Reading, SC Media, Network World, and ChannelE2E. He covers a wide range of topics including data breaches, cyberattacks, and the latest trends in cybersecurity.
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Steve Zurier's coverage primarily focuses on privacy, cybersecurity, software, and content & publishing. He often cites data and government announcements while also covering breaking news in the field of cybersecurity.
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Security pros say the hospitality sector represents a new attack vector for the Daixin Team ransomware gang.
The ransomware group posted screenshots of alleged insurer and patient information Monday.
By: Laura French, Steve Zurier
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, an East Coast fisheries management organization, has disclosed having its systems disrupted by a cyberattack after the 8Base ransomware operation took responsibility for the incident, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
By: Laura French, Steve Zurier
Major instant messaging and VoIP social platform Discord had over four billion messages from almost 620 million users stored across over 14,000 chat servers claimed to be gathered by internet data scraping site Spy.pet, The Register reports.
While a longstanding method, the scale and systematic execution of the attacks signify an escalation, security pros said.
By: Paul Wagenseil, Steve Zurier
The line between standard and privileged users is blurring as the standard user often has access to sensitive data and can perform high-risk actions as part of their daily activities, making them ripe targets for cyber threats. Here's what to know and what to do.
By: Steve Zurier
Attacks exploiting a critical SQL injection vulnerability impacting Fortinet FortiClient EMS devices, tracked as CVE-2023-48788, have been launched to facilitate the deployment of the ScreenConnect software and Metasploit Powerfun script as part of a new campaign, The Hacker News reports.
BleepingComputer reports that vulnerable TP-Link Archer AX21 routers impacted by the year-old high-severity unauthenticated command injection flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-1389, have been targeted by at least six botnets.
By: Steve Zurier, Laura French
Security pros say using Windows backdoor in a malvertising campaign could expose companies to other malware attacks.
By: Steve Zurier, Laura French
A cryptominer campaign leveraged five vulnerabilities in OpenMetadata to infect environments.
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