The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2019

In 2015, penetration tester Oliver Münchow was asked by a Swiss bank to come up with a better way to test and educate bank employees so that passwords never left the network perimeter. This is stunning: phishing attacks soared in 2018, rising 250% between January and December, according to Microsoft’s Security Intelligence Report.

Social Engineering 166

Social Engineering Engineering Phishing Banking 166

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The security firms have collected more than 125,000 TrickBot malware samples and mapped the command and control infrastructure. The TrickBot botnet was considered by security experts one of the biggest botnets. Microsoft took action against the Trickbot botnet, disrupting one of the world’s most persistent malware operations.

Banking 95

Banking Malware Advertising Financial Services 95

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

BlueKeep is a wormable flaw that can be exploited by malware authors to create malicious code with WannaCry capabilities. ” A new wave of attacks could exploit the vulnerability to spread more dangerous and destructive malware, like ransomware or spyware. . SecurityAffairs – Bluekeep, malware). Pierluigi Paganini.

Penetration Testing 62

Penetration Testing Malware Advertising Spyware 62

Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2019

The popular expert Larry Cashdollar, from Akamai’s Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT), spotted a new version of the Echobot botnet that counts 26 different exploits. ” Botnet operators continue to implement new methods to make their malware more aggressive and to infect the larger number of systems as possible. .”

IoT 80

IoT Wireless Advertising Malware 80

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2020

As with kube-apiserver, organizations might accidentally leave etcd exposed to the Internet. This investigation uncovered 2,284 etcd servers that malicious actors could access through the Internet. How to secure it. About the Author: David Bisson is an information security writer and security junkie.

Advertising 90

Advertising Internet Internet VPN 90

Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

At the time of its discovery, operators added 8 new exploits, but a few weeks later the popular expert Larry Cashdollar from Akamai’s Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) discovered a variant that included a total of 26 exploits. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Wireless 79

Wireless IoT Advertising Surveillance 79

Spinone

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Risk Level Assessment It’s crucial for a business to contextualize internal cyber security intelligence with external threat data to determine real security risks and their impact on business. The Future of Life Institute launched an AI Safety Research Program in 2015, with the help of a generous donation by Elon Musk.

Artificial Intelligence 40

Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity Technology Big data 40