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- In Cyberwar, Attribution Can Be Impossible — and That’s OKby Justin Fier, Director for Cyber Intelligence & Analytics at Darktrace on October 18, 2021 at 2:00 pm
Instead of using a substantial proportion of resources to determine attribution, organizations should focus on defenses that will help them remediate an attack.
- China’s Hackers Crack Devices at Tianfu Cup for $1.5M in Prizesby Dark Reading Staff, Dark Reading on October 15, 2021 at 10:26 pm
China’s premier hackers will target web browsers, operating systems, mobile devices, and even a car at Tianfu Cup.
- Cisco Duo Trusted Access Report: More Than 50% of Companies Plan Passwordless Moveon October 15, 2021 at 9:26 pm
Multifactor authentications soar as enterprises move away from passwords to secure hybrid workers.
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- Verizon’s Visible Wireless Carrier Confirms Credential-Stuffing Attackby Lisa Vaas on October 14, 2021 at 6:18 pm
Visible says yes, user accounts were hijacked, but it denied a breach. As of today, users are still posting tales of forcibly changed passwords and getting stuck with bills for pricey new iPhones.
- FreakOut Botnet Turns DVRs Into Monero Cryptominersby Becky Bracken on October 13, 2021 at 8:17 pm
The new Necro Python exploit targets Visual Tool DVRs used in surveillance systems.
- Microsoft Oct. Patch Tuesday Squashes 4 Zero-Day Bugsby Lisa Vaas on October 12, 2021 at 9:51 pm
Microsoft’s October 2021 Patch Tuesday included security fixes for 74 vulnerabilities, one of which is an actively exploited zero-day.
- Incident Of The Week: Australian Government Directory Breached In First Cyberatt…by Esther Shein on January 4, 2019 at 8:54 pm
The first data breach of 2019 came less than 24 hours into the new year when the private data of 30,000 Australian civil servants was stolen in a phishing attack. The breach occurred when a directory…
- Incident Of The Week: NASA Reveals Employee Data Breach In Memoby Esther Shein on December 28, 2018 at 3:29 am
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said that one of its servers was hacked earlier this year, exposing personal data of current and former employees including social securit…
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- REvil ransomware operation shuts down once againby Pierluigi Paganini on October 18, 2021 at 7:27 am
It seems that the REvil ransomware operation has shut down once again after a threat actor has hijacked their Tor hidden service. The REvil […]
- Experts spotted an Ad-Blocking Chrome extension injecting malicious adsby Pierluigi Paganini on October 18, 2021 at 6:30 am
Researchers warn of an Ad-Blocking Chrome extension that was abused by threat actors to Injecting Ads in Google search pages. Researchers from […]