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CSC Research Finds Third Parties Continue to Lay Groundwork for Malicious Activity Among Thousands of COVID-Related Domains

CyberSecurity Insiders

DomainSec is the first of its kind to deliver a holistic approach for securing and defending brands’ domain portfolio ecosystems. It uses proprietary technology combined with machine learning, artificial intelligence, and clustering technology to generate invaluable security insights to help thwart brand abuse and cybersecurity incidents.

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Updated Kmsdx botnet targets IoT devices

Security Affairs

The Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) discovered a new version of the KmsdBot botnet that employed an updated Kmsdx binary targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The malicious code was used in attacks targeting multiple sectors including the gaming industry, technology industry, and luxury car manufacturers.

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Vietnam-linked Bismuth APT leverages coin miners to stay under the radar

Security Affairs

Learn how the group tried to stay under the radar using threats perceived to be less alarming: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 30, 2020. The experts warn that nation-state actors are adopting TTPs associated with cybercrime gangs to make it hard the attack attribution.

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PRODUCT REVIEW: Nisos OSINT Monitoring and Analysis

CyberSecurity Insiders

As a managed service, Nisos provides the people, process, and technology necessary to deliver actionable intelligence so that organizations can utilize internal resources most effectively and achieve positive outcomes. Nisos OSINT Monitoring and Analysis delivers client-specific threat intelligence as an analyst-led managed service.

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HTML Smuggling technique used in phishing and malspam campaigns

Security Affairs

Attackers increasingly use HTML smuggling in phishing and other email campaigns to stealthily deliver threats, but Microsoft Defender Office 365’s detonation technology provides durable protection against this evasive delivery technique. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) July 23, 2021.

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GUEST ESSAY: How SIEMS, UEBAs fall short in today’s turbulent threat landscape

The Last Watchdog

And the cost of damage directly related to cybercrime is adding up, expected to reach $6 trillion by 2021. The painful impact of cyber attacks on businesses is worsening despite advances in technology aimed at protecting enterprises from malicious network traffic, insider threats, malware, denial of service attacks and phishing campaigns.

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7 Insights About Managing Cyber Risk You Can’t Afford To Miss

Jane Frankland

Security intelligence comes with a high pay off. When Accenture analysed 9 cutting-edge technologies that are helping to reduce cybercrime, and calculated their net savings: the total potential savings minus the required investment in each type of technology or tool, they found the figure amounted to almost USD 2.3