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Conti gang says it's ready to hit critical infrastructure in support of Russian government

CSO Magazine

The move comes after Twitter accounts claiming association with the Anonymous hacktivist collective declared "cyberwar" against the Russian government and took credit for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the websites of Russia Today, the Kremlin and the Russian Ministry of Defense.

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Rash of hacktivism incidents accompany Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

CSO Magazine

Late last week, a Twitter account purporting to represent Anonymous wrote that “The #Anonymous collective has taken down the website of the #Russian propaganda station RT News.” It's worth noting that the situation is really quite unprecedented,” Brett Callow, threat analyst at Emsisoft, tells CSO. “I

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Online retailers should prepare for a holiday season spike in bot-operated attacks

CSO Magazine

With the holiday shopping season in full swing, retail websites can expect a spike in account takeover fraud, DDoS, and other attacks, including attacks via APIs, which now represent almost half of e-commerce traffic.

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Online retailers should prepare for a holiday season spike in bot-operated attacks

Security Boulevard

With the holiday shopping season in full swing, retail websites can expect a spike in account takeover fraud, DDoS, and other attacks, including attacks via APIs, which now represent almost half of e-commerce traffic. Leer más CSO Online. To read this article in full, please click here.

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CISOs Getting Back to 'Business as Usual,' Proofpoint Survey Shows

SecureWorld News

CISOs are right to remain concerned about these threats.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Tenable Report Warns About Toxic Cloud Exposures, as PwC Study Urges C-Suite Collaboration for Stronger Cyber Resilience

Security Boulevard

Those are the three major vectors that organizations must take into account in order to properly assess a cloud workload’s risk level and potential vulnerability impact. Securing cloud workloads is about much more than scanning for vulnerabilities,” reads the report, whose telemetry data was collected during the first six months of 2024.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA Warns of Global Spear-Phishing Threat, While OWASP Releases AI Security Resources

Security Boulevard

Unraveling the True Security Risks ” (SecurityWeek) “ How deepfakes threaten biometric security controls ” (TechTarget) “ Deepfakes break through as business threat ” (CSO) 3 - Fake update variants dominate list of top malware in Q3 Hackers are doubling down on fake software-update attacks.