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Chinese Antivirus Firm Was Part of APT41 ‘Supply Chain’ Attack

Krebs on Security

The government alleges the men used malware-laced phishing emails and “supply chain” attacks to steal data from companies and their customers. One of the alleged hackers was first profiled here in 2012 as the owner of a Chinese antivirus firm. Image: FBI. APT41’s activities span from the mid-2000s to the present day.

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The Evolution of SIEM: Where It’s Been and Where It is Going

CyberSecurity Insiders

Today, SIEM accounts for approximately $4.4 This is easy to understand as SIEM has evolved into the data store for cybersecurity data which has been exploding as the volume of data and number of alerts is growing exponentially. Its first appearance as a Leader on the Gartner MQ for SIEM was in 2012.

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Best Enterprise VPN Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Even better, customer accounts are not limited to a set number of devices. offers contracts as short as a week passes up to family accounts for as long as a year. Since its launch in 2012, Los Angeles, California’s IPVanish has garnered over 1,600 servers in 75 locations and 40,000 IPs. For coverage, Encrypt.me

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Ten Years Later, New Clues in the Target Breach

Krebs on Security

FLASHBACK The new clues about Rescator’s identity came into focus when I revisited the reporting around an April 2013 story here that identified the author of the OSX Flashback Trojan , an early malware strain that quickly spread to more than 650,000 Mac computers worldwide in 2012. ru under the handle “ r-fac1.”

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Hackers access DNA data of over 2 million patients

CyberSecurity Insiders

Ohio based DNA Diagnostics Center(DDC) that deals with DNA research, and paternity tests has notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office that its IT staff have discovered a cyber incident that relates to the data exposure of over 2 million patients whose DNA was tested between 2004 and 2012.

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Best SIEM Tools & Software for 2022

eSecurity Planet

A screenshot of the User Account Management dashboard on LogPoint. Unified storage of logs capable of big-data searches and visualizing analytics. Workflow and playbook automation to enable investigation and remediation. Integrations for identity-access management (IAM), threat intel, EDR, and cloud APIs. Best of the Rest.

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Top Database Security Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

SAP HANA offers a database, data processing, and a framework for application development and big data sources. With data anonymization and dynamic data masking, organizations can feel confident knowing their data is secure. Database security features. Also Read: Lack of Monitoring Weakens Database Security.

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