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Russian-speaking cybercrime evolution: What changed from 2016 to 2021

SecureList

Having been in the field for so long, we have witnessed some major changes in the cybercrime world’s modus operandi. This report shares our insights into the Russian-speaking cybercrime world and the changes in how it operates that have happened in the past five years. Vulnerabilities market got a remake.

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Just What Does It Take to Develop a Career in the Cybersecurity Domain?

IT Security Guru

System Administrator (or, sysadmin). Security Architecture. Far away from the glamor and spotlight that other career fields like programming or data science get, there is a full-on war for hiring good cyber talent because of the year-on-year spike in cybercrime. Secure DevOps. IoT (Internet of Things) Security.

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New Linux/DDosMan threat emerged from an evolution of the older Elknot

Security Affairs

They are not aiming servers with x32 or x64 architecture but the router devices that runs on Linux too.” But let’s see what are the execution binaries and what an administrator will see because this analysis IS for rise the system administration awareness: Code execution: execve("/tmp/upgrade""); // to execute upgrade.

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IT threat evolution Q2 2021

SecureList

The new chip, which has replaced Intel processors in several of its products, is based on ARM architecture instead of the x86 architecture traditionally used in personal computers. This lays the foundation for Apple to switch completely to its own processors and unify its software under a single architecture.

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Best Privileged Access Management (PAM) Software for 2022

eSecurity Planet

PAM is the utility that verifies the permissions for administrative users according to these policies. As cybercrime has grown in both frequency and severity, zero trust’s advantages have become increasingly clear. It integrates with Office 365, Google Workspace, Okta and more for both cloud-based and on-premises systems.

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