SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The problem at hand is, website owners might not be aware of all potential security risks when it comes to their websites. In this blog we compare celebrities to websites to help illustrate the correlation between website popularity and an increased likelihood of cyberattacks. Securing Your Website.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 6, 2023

To help ensure your payment information stays secure, always shop on familiar websites and check for the padlock symbol to the left of the URL to indicate the website is secure. To make safe travel bookings , always use secure payment methods, such as credit cards with fraud protection.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Research methodology For the purpose of this research, the Photon Intelligence Team set up a detailed alert system to collect examples of cyber threats to the Qatar 2022 World Cup over the course of ninety days. pro is flagged as a phishing domain by multiple security providers.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

A look at the nature and effects of legal, advanced spyware on application security. Typically, these attacks directly exploit known app vulnerabilities and use data verification loopholes to avoid automated detection and other security features. Media outlets first reported the existence of the spyware in 2016.

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McAfee

APRIL 3, 2020

Just like there’s no “best” car, there’s also no best collaboration service, but here’s a few suggestions around security and privacy to consider when deciding which services to support and use in your organisation. Let’s review some of the possible security and privacy problems. Make sure to read the fine print! Encryption.

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SC Magazine

MAY 27, 2021

An attempt to poison the Oldsmar, Florida water supply by hijacking a remote access system demonstrates the critical threat tied to failure to properly secure operational technology. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images). In the aftermath of the compromise and attempted sabotage of the Bruce T.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 30, 2021

It’s a staggering statistic on its own, considering there have been a host of other security incidents impacting more than 100,000 individuals that did not make the ongoing list. Thus, the mid-year breach update should serve as a wake-up call for the sector to review vendor contracts and assess their security processes.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2019

The only way to remove ransomware is by paying a fee – and with access to your income information, attackers know how much they can demand of you. Let’s assume you haven’t updated the security settings on your Facebook profile for a while, so your posts are visible to people you’re not friends with. Real World Dangers.

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 31, 2023

Welcome to our new blog series, in which ReliaQuest staff members recommend interesting stories that you might find useful in your day to day jobs. ” The bottom line up front: Threat actors utilize legacy drivers to gain kernel access and disable security monitoring. Here is what we are reading.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 31, 2023

This blog was jointly written with Alejandro Prada and Ofer Caspi. After a few months, on the 1st of February, the YouTuber CyberSec Zaado published a video alerting the community about the capabilities of the RAT from a defensive perspective. AmsiScanBuffer” to always return “AMSI_RESULT_CLEAN”. Quasar Server Certificate.

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SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

They inject the malware directly into the system memory, leaving no artifacts on the local drive that might alert traditional signature-based security and forensics tools. The malware does not contain the exact address of the C2 (command-and-control) server, making it harder for security researchers to find it.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Becoming a cloud first company is an exciting and rewarding journey, but it’s also fraught with difficulties when it comes to securing an entire cloud estate. These range from inconsistent security across cloud properties to lack of visibility into the public cloud infrastructure where cloud-native applications are hosted—and more.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 29, 2022

There is a terrifying and highly effective “method” that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data from Internet service providers, phone companies and social media firms. The roster of the now-defunct “Infinity Recursion” hacking team, from which some members of LAPSUS$ allegedly hail.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

We have been tracking Roaming Mantis since 2018, and published five blog posts about this campaign: Roaming Mantis uses DNS hijacking to infect Android smartphones. It’s been a while since the last blog post, but we’ve observed some new activities by Roaming Mantis in 2021, and some changes in the Android Trojan Wroba.g (or

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 21, 2018

Transparency has been a huge part of that effort and I've always written and spoken candidly about my thought processes, how I handle data and very often, the mechanics of how I've built the service (have a scroll through the HIBP tag on this blog for many examples of each). Sometimes, endorsement even extends through to the real media!

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Black Hat Network Operations Center (NOC) provides a high security, high availability network in one of the most demanding environments in the world – the Black Hat event. We also provide integrated security, visibility and automation: a SOC (Security Operations Center) inside the NOC, with Grifter and Bart as the leaders.

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SC Magazine

MAY 14, 2021

SC Media spoke with various experts and consultants with knowledge of the federal government procurement space for their opinions on current flaws in contracts and how they might be amended to satisfy Biden’s order. Federal Acquisition Regulation, or FAR, may include burdensome restrictions on how information can be propagated, say experts.

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SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

It was not clear who was behind the attack, although the deputy secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council stated that it was the work of UNC1151 , a threat actor thought to be linked to Belarus. On March 22, the Ukraine CERT published a new alert about the DoubleZero wiper targeting the country.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 4, 2021

Those experts also made 31% less than their male counterparts, according to a 2020 report shared with SC Media. In observance of International Women’s Day, Cisco got a group of women security experts together and asked them, “Who has meant the most to you as an ally? Mike is always inspiring, while making security approachable.

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SecureList

JULY 29, 2021

FourteenHi abuses the popular VLC media player to execute its loader. According to public blogs, targeting was widespread but focused primarily on diplomatic entities throughout Europe and North America: based on the content of the lure documents bundled with the malware, this assessment appears to be accurate.

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Lenny Zeltser

MAY 3, 2019

The short-lived nature of most political campaigns typically precludes them from building formal cybersecurity security programs. Keep your software you need up-to-date on security patches. Install security updates for your apps and the OS as soon as they come out. Enable as many OS and app security features as practical.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

However, Clark, de Guzman and Calce are equally notable as leading members of the Hall of Fame of script kiddies – youngsters who precociously shed light on the how these same tools and services are riddled with profound privacy and security flaws. In these times, this is anything but a trivial development.

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