Cybersecurity News
Ransomware Deals Deathblow to 157-year-old College
Why a private college that stayed in business for 157 years had to close after the combo of COVID-19 and ransomware proved too much.
Opportunity out of crisis: Tapping the Great Resignation to close the cybersecurity skills gap
What can organizations do to capitalize on the current fluidity in the job market and bring fresh cybersecurity talent into the fold?
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, May 2022 Edition
Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 74 separate security problems in its Windows operating systems and related software. This month's patch batch includes fixes for seven "critical" flaws, as well as a zero-day vulnerability that affects all supported versions of Windows.Hackers Actively Exploit F5 BIG-IP Bug
The bug has a severe rating of 9.8, public exploits are released.
Conti Ransomware Attack Spurs State of Emergency in Costa Rica
The threat group has leaked data that it claims was stolen in the breach and is promising more government-targeted attacks.
Low-rent RAT Worries Researchers
Researchers say a hacker is selling access to quality malware for chump change.
FBI: Rise in Business Email-based Attacks is a $43B Headache
A huge spike in fraudulent activities related to attacks leveraging business email accounts is a billion-dollar-problem.
Podcast: The State of the Secret Sprawl
In this podcast with Mackenzie Jackson, developer advocate at GitGuardian, we dive into the report and also the issues that corporations face with public leaks from groups like Lapsus and more, as well as ways that developers can keep their code safe.
Common LinkedIn scams: Beware of phishing attacks and fake job offers
LinkedIn scammers attack when we may be at our most vulnerable – here’s what to look out for and how to avoid falling victim to fraud when using the platform
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Your Phone May Soon Replace Many of Your Passwords
Apple, Google and Microsoft announced this week they will soon support an approach to authentication that avoids passwords altogether, and instead requires users to merely unlock their smartphones to sign in to websites or online services. Experts say the changes should help defeat many types of phishing attacks and ease the overall password burden on Internet users, but caution that a true passwordless future may still be years away for most websites.Defending against APT attacks – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
The conflict in Ukraine has highlighted the risks of cyberespionage attacks that typically involve Advanced Persistent Threat groups and often target organizations' most valuable data
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USB-based Wormable Malware Targets Windows Installer
Activity dubbed ‘Raspberry Robin’ uses Microsoft Standard Installer and other legitimate processes to communicate with threat actors and execute nefarious commands.
CANs Reinvent LANs for an All-Local World
A close look at a new type of network, known as a Cloud Area Network.
F5 Warns of Critical Bug Allowing Remote Code Execution in BIG-IP Systems
The vulnerability is 'critical' with a CVSS severity rating of 9.8 out of 10.
VHD Ransomware Linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group
Source code and Bitcoin transactions point to the malware, which emerged in March 2020, being the work of APT38, researchers at Trellix said.
Decade-old bugs discovered in Avast, AVG antivirus software
Researchers say exploitation could have had "far-reaching and significant" consequences.There’s no sugarcoating it: That online sugar daddy may be a scammer
The bitter truth about how fraudsters dupe online daters in this new twist on romance fraud
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China-linked APT Caught Pilfering Treasure Trove of IP
A state-sponsored threat actor designed a house-of-cards style infection chain to exfiltrate massive troves of highly sensitive data.
GitHub launches new 2FA mandates for code developers, contributors
New rules surrounding authentication will come in by the end of 2023.Attackers Use Event Logs to Hide Fileless Malware
A sophisticated campaign utilizes a novel anti-detection method.