Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Threat actors found a new attack vector spamming open-source ecosystem with packages that contain links to phishing campaigns. The post New Attack Vector: 144k Phishing Packages Found on Open-source Repositories appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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SiteLock

JULY 30, 2021

The post What Is An Attack Vector? appeared first on The SiteLock Blog. As an increasing number of organizations maintain flexible or permanent remote work policies, more and more sensitive personal and business information is migrating onto the web—and cybercriminals are taking advantage.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

This becomes a constant cycle of organizations introducing new protections and attackers finding ways to exploit them. Recently, attackers have targeted multi-factor authentication (MFA). Even if an attacker has access to a username and password, they still need access to the second authentication factor to break into the organization.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Threat actors are continually looking for better ways to target organizations, here are the top five attack vectors to look out for in 2022. Malicious actors are continually looking for better ways to carry out successful cyber attacks. Phishing scams remain such a widely used attack vector because of their efficiency.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 15, 2023

Ransomware attacks have become an increasingly prevalent cyber threat, affecting organizations of all sizes and industries. Read our […] The post 5 Common Ransomware Attack Vectors appeared first on Flare | Cyber Threat Intel | Digital Risk Protection.

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Quick Heal Antivirus

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The post Your Office Document is at Risk – XLL, A New Attack Vector appeared first on Quick Heal Blog | Latest computer security news, tips, and advice. Microsoft office documents are used worldwide by both corporates and home-users alike. It’s different office versions, whether.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 29, 2021

This blog post was authored by Hossein Jazi. The attackers may have wanted to combine a social engineering technique with a known exploit to maximize their chances of infecting targets. We could not determine who might be behind this attack based on the techniques alone, but a decoy document displayed to victims may give some clues.

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McAfee

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In the blog, they detail the MITRE Tactics and Techniques the actors used in the attack. In this blog, our Pre-Sales network defenders describe how you can defend against a campaign like Operation Harvest with McAfee Enterprise’s MVISION Security Platform and security architecture best practices.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In the rapidly evolving world of information security, attack vectors, and cyberattacks, there is a. The post Preventing Hyperjacking in a virtual environment appeared first on Entrust Blog. The post Preventing Hyperjacking in a virtual environment appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 9, 2020

Office 365 is becoming the platform of choice for malicious attacks. Malevolent actors can easily launch password spraying attacks to gain access to network resources and start moving laterally to steal sensitive information or cause damage. In fact, in 2019 researchers published a report according to which more than 1.5

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

While breaches targeting identity as the initial attack vector are on the rise, with increasing. The post Why it’s important to secure your Identity Provider (IdP) with high assurance identity appeared first on Entrust Blog.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Watering Hole Attack: The Attack Vector Used In Targeting Florida Water Utilities! Do you know that no less than 1,000 end-user computers visited the site infected by the attackers during the 58-day window! But what are these attacks and how do they affect an organization? Well, this blog sums it all!

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2020

A security flaw in the way Microsoft Windows guards users against malicious files was actively exploited in malware attacks for two years before last week, when Microsoft finally issued a software update to correct the problem. In fact, CVE-2020-1464 was first spotted in attacks used in the wild back in August 2018.

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Heimadal Security

JANUARY 9, 2023

Threat actors targeting the Visual Studio Code extensions use a new attack vector. They upload rogue extensions impersonating their legitimate counterparts with the goal of triggering supply chain attacks on the machines of developers.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Phishing attacks use deceptive emails to trick users. They have become one of the foremost attack vectors to deliver malicious Continue reading. The post Prevention of Phishing Attacks in 2021 appeared first on Kratikal Blog. The post Prevention of Phishing Attacks in 2021 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Anton on Security

JULY 7, 2022

This is my completely informal, uncertified, unreviewed and otherwise completely unofficial blog inspired by my reading of our third Threat Horizons Report ( full version ) that we just released ( the official blog for #1 report , my unofficial blog for #2 ). cloud ransomware isn’t really ‘a ware’, but a RansomOp where humans?—?not

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Once the attackers establish a foothold in an environment and recognize that a website is vulnerable, you can guarantee that they will be back to try to reinfect the website. Continue reading An Overview of Website Reinfection Vectors at Sucuri Blog. We often deal with clients who become reinfected over and over again.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 7, 2018

This is worrisome: DDoS vandals have long intensified their attacks by sending a small number of specially designed data packets to publicly available services. The vector this time is memcached , a database caching system for speeding up websites and networks. Cloudflare blog post. BoingBoing post.

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Anton on Security

JANUARY 3, 2023

This is my completely informal, uncertified, unreviewed and otherwise completely unofficial blog inspired by my reading of our fifth Threat Horizons Report ( full version ) that we just released ( the official blog for #1 report , my unofficial blogs for #2 , #3 and #4 ). However, API key compromise [ A.C. — take

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 21, 2023

As I begin to document the ransomware landscape of 2023, I recognize that the constantly changing nature of these attacks means that any momentary snapshot becomes quickly outdated. Ransomware, although not a novel threat vector, has undeniably intensified its grip this year, permeating diverse industries and platforms.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In the first two blogs of this three-part series, we discussed the MFA methods available to users and their strengths and weaknesses in defending against five types of cyberattack. In this blog, we’ll discuss how end-users and administrators can select the best methods to keep themselves and their organizations secure.

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Anton on Security

APRIL 13, 2023

This is my completely informal, uncertified, unreviewed and otherwise completely unofficial blog inspired by my reading of our sixth Threat Horizons Report ( full version ) that we just released ( the official blog for #1 report , my unofficial blogs for #2 , #3 , #4 and #5 ). You can have fun in the cloud!

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The Hacker News

APRIL 7, 2022

This highly sophisticated group utilizes state-of-the-art attack vectors to great success. This blog will review the three breaches based on During the last week of March, three major tech companies - Microsoft, Okta, and HubSpot - reported significant data breaches. DEV-0537, also known as LAPSUS$, performed the first two.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2023

It is a well-established fact that credential theft is the most common attack vector cybercriminals use to defraud consumers. The post Decentralized Identity – Know Your Customer (Kyc) appeared first on Entrust Blog. The post Decentralized Identity – Know Your Customer (Kyc) appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

How Thales and Red Hat Protect Telcos from API Attacks madhav Thu, 02/22/2024 - 04:55 Application programming interfaces (APIs) power nearly every aspect of modern applications and have become the backbone of today’s economy. Unfortunately, API attacks are increasing as vectors for security incidents. What are APIs?

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Checklist of vulnerabilities Potential attack vectors can be exploited in AI chatbots, such as: • Input validation and sanitation: User inputs are gateways, and ensuring their validation and sanitation is paramount. Neglecting this can lead to injection attacks,, jeopardizing user data integrity. of cyber security attacks.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 20, 2024

In Social Engineering 101 , we shared the story of John, the well-meaning employee who fell victim to a phishing attack. In that blog, we also discussed the many ways Duo protects John, from strong authentication methods to pairing authentication with device trust policies. This is not a new story.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 17, 2024

It's usually something to the effect of "hey, have you seen the Spotify breach", to which I politely reply with a link to my old No, Spotify Wasn't Hacked blog post (it's just the output of a small set of credentials successfully tested against their service), and we all move on. Until the Naz.API list appeared.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2024

The usual attack vectors include: •Data theft : Charities are rich in valuable data, whether in their email list or donor database. Ransomware: This attack involves criminals holding a network and its precious data hostage until the enterprise pays the demanded amount. Cybersecurity is a must for charities.

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Unsurprisingly, identity continues to be the 'new perimeter' and stolen credentials remain one of the most common attack vectors today. One piece of evidence to support this hypothesis is the low adoption of a basic security control that protects against identity-based attacks - multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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SecureList

JANUARY 17, 2024

Moreover, since political confrontation now inherently includes cyber-elements, some data breach attacks also occurred amid ongoing conflicts, such as the Israeli-Hamas conflict. In 2022, these blogs, found on both public platforms and the dark web, averaged 386 posts per month.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 14, 2023

“A number of the patches released have been identified as ‘more likely to be exploited,’ and as we have seen over the last several years, attackers are quick to exploit newly released patches, with the average time from patch to exploit being seven days,” he said.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 12, 2023

Learn how OAuth works and the risks of improper OAuth implementation that may introduce attack vectors on your SaaS estate. The post OAuth Token: What It Is, How It Works, and Its Vulnerabilities appeared first on AppOmni. The post OAuth Token: What It Is, How It Works, and Its Vulnerabilities appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 6, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Lethal unauthorized code injections like XXS (cross site scripting) attacks are some of the most dynamic cyber-attacks. This technique has the ability to eliminate many common injection vectors and… Posted by: Theodoros Karasavvas. Read full post.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This blog examines the escalating phishing landscape, shortcomings of common anti-phishing approaches, and why implementing a Protective DNS service as part of a layered defense provides the most effective solution. Phishing is now the most common initial attack vector, overtaking stolen or compromised credentials.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2023

Its initial access vector remains unknown. Both asymmetric and symmetric encryption make it impossible to decrypt files without the attacker’s private key.” At the time of this writing, the initial access vector is unknown. Its malware is specifically geared toward ESXi hosts, as it contains two related commands.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Enterprises must ensure that vendors are capable of defending its network & applications from the latest DDoS burst and multi-vector attacks. . The post Does Your DDoS Protection Solution Defend Against the Latest Attacks? appeared first on Radware Blog. appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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