Rene Millman
Rene Millman is a freelance writer and broadcaster who covers cybersecurity, AI, IoT, and the cloud. He also works as a contributing analyst at GigaOm and has previously worked as an analyst for Gartner covering the infrastructure market. He has made numerous television appearances to give his views and expertise on technology trends and companies that affect and shape our lives. You can follow Rene Millman on Twitter.
Latest articles by Rene Millman

BazarLoader malware abuses Windows 10 apps in 'Call Me Back' attack
By Rene Millman published
News The highly targeted phishing campaign abuses appxbundle to infect devices

Millions of routers and NAS devices vulnerable to BotenaGo malware
By Rene Millman published
News The malware takes advantage of 33 different exploits to attack routers and IoT devices

Big zero-day flaw found in Palo Alto security appliance
By Rene Millman published
News Vulnerability in GlobalProtect VPN could enable hackers to take control of the security system

83% of critical infrastructure companies have experienced breaches in the last three years
By Rene Millman published
News Survey finds security practices are weak if not non-existent in critical firms

Nitro acquires European e-sign SaaS provider Connective
By Rene Millman published
News The deal should propel Nitro into the top three enterprise e-signing providers worldwide

Iranian hackers targeting telcos and ISPs using upgraded malware
By Rene Millman published
News New report shines a light on Lyceum cyberespionage group

Chinese hackers target ManageEngine password manager
By Rene Millman published
News Around nine organizations in the technology, defense, health care, energy, and education industries hit in new campaign

Sitecore XP RCE flaw is being actively exploited, ACSC warns
By Rene Millman published
News The vulnerability was fixed last month but hackers are now moving against patching laggards

US Treasury sanctions crypto exchange Chatex over ransomware ties
By Rene Millman published
News The move comes after the US government sanctioned the Suex exchange in September

What is Maze ransomware?
By Rene Millman last updated
In-depth This Windows ransomware has targeted many organisations worldwide

Proofpoint impersonator steal Microsoft, Google logins in phishing campaign
By Rene Millman published
News Clever hackers dodged Microsoft security by pretending to be a cyber security firm

Critical vulnerabilities in Philips EMR system could risk patient data
By Rene Millman published
News CISA has warned that hackers could extract info from medical databases or mount DoS attacks

US sanctions Israeli NSO Group for selling spyware
By Rene Millman published
News COSEINC and Positive Technologies were also blocked by the government

Vulnerability in Linux kernel could let hackers remotely take over systems
By Rene Millman published
News Heap overflow attacks can exploit TIPC module in all common Linux distributions

Magecart card skimmer avoids detection by evading virtual machines
By Rene Millman published
News Browser script detects VMs used by researchers

Fake Steam phishing baits victims with free Discord Nitro
By Rene Millman published
News Victims end up on a fake page where their credentials are stolen

Mekotio trojan continues to spread despite its operators’ arrests
By Rene Millman published
News Hackers have used it in 100 more attacks since arrests

161% surge in mobile phishing pushes energy industry to its limits
By Rene Millman published
News Following Colonial Pipeline, crooks get a taste for energy companies

Mitre reveals ten worst hardware security weaknesses in 2021
By Rene Millman published
News The list aims to highlight common hardware flaws to help eliminate them from product development cycles

Red Hat launches Enterprise Linux 9 beta
By Rene Millman published
News Changes will require less work from admins and IT Ops

Office 365 phishing campaign used stolen Kaspersky Amazon SES token to fool victims
By Rene Millman published
News Credentials stolen from users after legitimate-looking email arrives in inboxes

“Trojan Source” hides flaws in source code from humans
By Rene Millman published
News Organizations urged to take action to combat the new threat that could result in SolarWinds-style attacks

Hackers could use new Wslink malware in highly targeted cyber attacks
By Rene Millman published
News Malware acts as a server, but its origins baffle boffins
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