Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

retail giant Target was battling a wide-ranging computer intrusion that compromised more than 40 million customer payment cards over the previous month. The story on the Flashback author featured redacted screenshots that were taken from Ika’s BlackSEO account (see image above). 18, 2013, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that U.S.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1962 — Allan Scherr — MIT sets up the first computer passwords, for student privacy and time limits. Student Allan Scherr makes a punch card to trick the computer into printing off all passwords and uses them to log in as other people after his time runs out. It is thought to be the first computer virus. . years of probation.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

A young woman plays on the Electronic Arts (EA) newest product “Sims2 – Nightlife” at a Computer Gaming Convention on August 18, 2005 in Leipzig, Germany. That represents a 340% increase year-over-year, a 415% increase since 2018 and accounted for about 4% of the more than 6.3

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For instance, according to the New York Times, in 2003, the United States made plans for a huge cyberattack to freeze billions of dollars in Saddam Hussein’s bank accounts and cripple his government before the invasion of Iraq. Taking sides: professional ransomware groups, hacktivists, and DDoS attacks.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2018

If ever there were a technology giant that deserved to be named and shamed for polluting the Web, it is Xiongmai — a Chinese maker of electronic parts that power a huge percentage of cheap digital video recorders (DVRs) and Internet-connected security cameras. A rendering of Xiongmai’s center in Hangzhou, China. no password).

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Consumer electronics, business, network appliances, and industrial IoT (IIoT) devices are all driving the exponential growth of IoT systems. Hackers can spread malware via IoT networks, disrupt supply chains in development, and use a fleet of routers as an IoT botnet to launch a DDoS attack. What Are the Cybersecurity Risks of 5G?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

Attackers hacked support agent to access Microsoft Outlook email accounts. Romanian duo convicted of fraud Scheme infecting 400,000 computers. A new DDoS technique abuses HTML5 Hyperlink Audit Ping in massive attacks. A new DDoS technique abuses HTML5 Hyperlink Audit Ping in massive attacks. Code execution – Evernote.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

BK: But certainly there are some areas of computer hardware and network design where you absolutely must have far greater integrity assurance? Another is accountability and traceability back to a source. There’s this buzzphrase that if you can’t build in security then build in accountability.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Source: Verizon DBIR [1] In last year’s DBIR report [2], Social Engineering and Basic Web Application Attacks accounted for over 50% of all cybersecurity data breach events, with Denial of Service being the number one cybersecurity incident covering almost 50% of all events. For example, DDoS attacks and unauthorized encryption (e.g.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

With the special technical capabilities of monitoring, deanonymization and seizing of BTC accounts now in place, we should expect cybercriminals to switch to transit cryptocurrencies for charging victims. If not ransomware, then DDoS or possibly both. Cybercriminals also found a host of new tools for amplifying DDoS attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Starting our list of the top database security vendors is the multinational cloud computing company, Alibaba Cloud. Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. One such example is the addition of cloud computing service Microsoft Azure in 2008.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Anyone who has used a computer for any significant length of time has probably at least heard of malware. Typically, attackers will use rootkits to spy on users and launch cyber assaults, such as a distributed denial of service ( DDoS ) attack, but the aforementioned software toolbox contains a variety of malicious implements.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In their 2021 report, Social Engineering and Basic Web Application Attacks accounted for over 50% of all breach events. In their 2022 report, System Intrusion took the lead, accounting for 40% of all breach events. Source: DBIR [1]. “So So what do these categories mean?”

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Source: Verizon DBIR [1] In last year’s DBIR report [2], Social Engineering and Basic Web Application Attacks accounted for over 50% of all cybersecurity data breach events, with Denial of Service being the number one cybersecurity incident covering almost 50% of all events. For example, DDoS attacks and unauthorized encryption (e.g.

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Spinone

MARCH 17, 2018

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a term used to describe the network of interconnected electronic devices with “smart” technology. The biggest ever DDoS attack was recently carried out using over 150,000 hacked smart devices worldwide including cameras, printers, and fridges.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

According to DBIR, social engineering and basic web application attacks account for over 50% of all incidents of breaches. Figure 5 from the report (shown below) shows the relative proportion of causes that fall within each classification pattern. Curious to see it in action? Try it out!

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In their 2021 report, Social Engineering and Basic Web Application Attacks accounted for over 50% of all breach events. In their 2022 report, System Intrusion took the lead, accounting for 40% of all breach events. Source: DBIR [1] “So what do these categories mean?”

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