Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer Source: Profit_Image via Shuttertock A threat actor is using malware droppers disguised as legitimate mobile apps on Google’s...
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Wyze Cameras Allow Accidental User Spying – Source: www.darkreading.com
Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: Kristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading Source: phison pussa via Alamy Stock Photo Wyze has confirmed in an email to its users...
Meta Disrupts 8 Spyware Firms, 3 Fake News Networks – Source: www.darkreading.com
Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: Nate Nelson, Contributing Writer Source: Rokas Tenys via Alamy Stock Photo Meta has identified and interrupted six spyware networks linked to eight...
Joomla XSS Bugs Open Millions of Websites to RCE – Source: www.darkreading.com
Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: Dark Reading Staff Source: Jorge Pérez via Alamy Stock Photo The Joomla open source content management system (CMS) is vulnerable to multiple...
Google’s Cloud Run Service Spreads Several Bank Trojans – Source: www.darkreading.com
Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: Dark Reading Staff Source: SOPA Images via Alamy Stock Photo Researchers flagged a worrying spike in campaigns dropping banking malware by abusing...
Median Ransomware Demands Grow to $600K a Pop – Source: www.darkreading.com
Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: Tara Seals, Managing Editor, News, Dark Reading 2 Min Read Source: les polders via Alamy Stock Photo When it comes to ransomware...
‘KeyTrap’ DNS Bug Threatens Widespread Internet Outages – Source: www.darkreading.com
Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: Becky Bracken, Editor, Dark Reading Source: Makym Klimov via Alamy Stock Photo Although it’s been sitting there since 2000, researchers were just...
Hacked Iraqi Voter Information Found for Sale Online – Source: www.darkreading.com
Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: John Leyden, Contributing Writer Source: TP via Alamy Stock Photo A team of researchers this month uncovered the sale of voter data...
Global Law Enforcement Disrupts LockBit Ransomware Gang – Source: www.darkreading.com
Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer Source: Freedomz via Shutterstock Global law-enforcement authorities including the FBI have disrupted the activities of the formidable LockBit...
Cyber Insurance Needs to Evolve to Ensure Greater Benefit – Source: www.darkreading.com
Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: Mark Millender Source: Egor Kotenko via Alamy Stock Photo Skyrocketing premiums and complicated policy terms have put insurance policies across industries under...
LockBit Ransomware Gang’s Website Shut Down by FBI and International Law Enforcement – Source: www.techrepublic.com
Source: www.techrepublic.com – Author: Megan Crouse The U.K. National Crime Agency’s Cyber Division, the FBI and international partners have cut off ransomware threat actors’ access to...
Okta vs. Microsoft Entra ID (Azure Active Directory) 2024: IAM Software Comparison – Source: www.techrepublic.com
Source: www.techrepublic.com – Author: James La Forte Published February 16, 2024 We may earn from vendors via affiliate links or sponsorships. This might affect product placement...
LogMeOnce vs Bitwarden (2024): Which Password Manager is Better? – Source: www.techrepublic.com
Source: www.techrepublic.com – Author: Luis Millares If you’re looking to compare LogMeOnce and Bitwarden, you know the importance of using a password manager to protect your...
Singapore’s monetary authority advises banks to get busy protecting against quantum decryption – Source: go.theregister.com
Source: go.theregister.com – Author: Team Register The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) advised on Monday that financial institutions need to stay agile enough to adopt post-quantum...
Cops turn LockBit ransomware gang’s countdown timers against them – Source: go.theregister.com
Source: go.theregister.com – Author: Team Register In seizing and dismantling LockBit’s infrastructure, Western cops are now making a mockery of the ransomware criminals by promising a...
Wyze admits 13,000 users could have viewed strangers’ camera feeds – Source: go.theregister.com
Source: go.theregister.com – Author: Team Register Smart home security camera slinger Wyze is telling customers that a cybersecurity “incident” allowed thousands of users to see other...
Insider steals 79,000 email addresses at work to promote own business – Source: go.theregister.com
Source: go.theregister.com – Author: Team Register A former council staff member in the district where William Shakespeare was born ransacked databases filled with residents’ information to...
Vietnam to collect biometrics – even DNA – for new ID cards – Source: go.theregister.com
Source: go.theregister.com – Author: Team Register The Vietnamese government will begin collecting biometric information from its citizens for identification purposes beginning in July this year. Prime...
New Typosquatting and Repojacking Tactics Uncovered on PyPI – Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com
Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com – Author: 1 Security researchers have identified a concerning uptick in malicious activities infiltrating open-source platforms and code repositories. This trend encompasses a wide...
Linux Malware Campaign “Migo” Targets Redis For Cryptomining – Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com
Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com – Author: 1 Security researchers have uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign targeting Redis, a popular data store system. This campaign, dubbed “Migo,” employs novel...
LockBit Takedown: What You Need to Know about Operation Cronos – Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com
Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com – Author: 1 Operation Cronos, the global law enforcement operation that took down LockBit, one of the world’s most harmful ransomware groups, is a...
Top UK Universities Recovering Following Targeted DDoS Attack – Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com
Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com – Author: 1 Top UK universities have had their services impacted by a DDoS attack, which has been claimed by the Anonymous Sudan hacktivist...
Initial Ransomware Demands Jump 20% to $600,000 in 2023 – Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com
Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com – Author: 1 Initial ransomware demands reached a median of $600,000 in 2023, a 20% rise on the previous year, according to a new...
Insider Steals 80,000 Email Addresses From District Councils – Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com
Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com – Author: 1 A former council worker has been cautioned by police after admitting taking tens of thousands of residents’ emails from a database...
vCISO: The Future of Cybersecurity
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Top 10 Web Hacking Techniques 2023
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ConnectWise urges ScreenConnect admins to patch critical RCE flaw – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Sergiu Gatlan ConnectWise warned customers to patch their ScreenConnect servers immediately against a maximum severity flaw that can be used in remote...
THREAT HUNTING MALWARE INFRASTRUCTURE
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Microsoft Is Spying on Users of Its AI Tools – Source: www.schneier.com
Source: www.schneier.com – Author: Bruce Schneier Microsoft announced that it caught Chinese, Russian, and Iranian hackers using its AI tools—presumably coding tools—to improve their hacking abilities....
EU Court of Human Rights Rejects Encryption Backdoors – Source: www.schneier.com
Source: www.schneier.com – Author: Bruce Schneier The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that breaking end-to-end encryption by adding backdoors violates human rights: Seemingly most...