Cybersecurity News
DDoS Attack Targets German Food Delivery Service
Liefrando delivers food from more than 15,000 restaurants in Germany, where people under COVID-19 restrictions depend on the service.19 March 2020
VPN Usage Surges as More Nations Shut Down Offices
As social distancing becomes the norm, interest in virtual private networks has rocketed, with some providers already seeing a doubling in users and traffic since the beginning of the year.19 March 2020
Work from home: Improve your security with MFA
Remote work can be much safer with the right cyber‑hygiene practices in place – multi‑factor authentication is one of them
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19 March 2020
New Study Calls Common Risk Figure into Question
Many risk models use a commonly quoted number -- $150 per record -- to estimate the cost of an incident. A new study from the Cyentia Institute says misusing that number means that estimates are almost never accurate.19 March 2020
Cloud Misconfig Mistakes Show Need For DevSecOps
Unit 42 researchers discuss public cloud misconfiguration issues that are leading to breaches of sensitive data.
19 March 2020
What is the Best Defense Against Phishing Attacks?
While many view phishing as a small annoyance, this attack method has maintained longevity for a reason and is still the number one cause of data breaches.
19 March 2020
Achieving DevSecOps Requires Cutting Through the Jargon
Establishing a culture where security can work easily with developers starts with making sure they can at least speak the same language.19 March 2020
Cyber Resilience Benchmarks 2020
Here are four things that separate the leaders from the laggards when fighting cyber threats.19 March 2020
TA505 Targets HR Departments with Poisoned CVs
Infamous cybercrime organization spotted in attacks that employ legitimate software -- and Google Drive.19 March 2020
Cisco tackles root privilege vulnerability in SD-WAN software
Three vulnerabilities have been patched in SD-WAN, two of which can lead to root privilege escalation.19 March 2020
Quantifying Cyber Risk: Why You Must & Where to Start
Quantifying cybersecurity risks can be a critical step in understanding those risks and getting executive support to address them.
19 March 2020
This cryptocurrency miner uses unique, stealthy tactics to hide from prying eyes
A combination of botnet and cryptominer has been utilizing new obfuscation techniques never before made public.19 March 2020
Stantinko’s new cryptominer features unique obfuscation techniques
ESET researchers bring to light unique obfuscation techniques discovered in the course of analyzing a new cryptomining module distributed by the Stantinko group’s botnet
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19 March 2020
France warns of new ransomware gang targeting local governments
CERT France says some local governments have been infected with a new version of the Pysa (Mespinoza) ransomware.19 March 2020
Firefox to remove support for the FTP protocol
Mozilla: "We're doing this for security reasons. FTP is an insecure protocol."18 March 2020
Skimmer May Have Put NutriBullet Customers' Card Data at Risk for Nearly a Month
Blender maker is the latest victim of Magecart.18 March 2020
WordPress, Apache Struts Attract the Most Bug Exploits
An analysis found these web frameworks to be the most-targeted by cybercriminals in 2019.
18 March 2020
Azure Red Flag: Microsoft Accidentally Fixes Cloud Config ‘Bug’
Researchers detail a misconfiguration in Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform that could have given hackers carte blanche access to a targeted company's cloud services.
18 March 2020
Process Injection Tops Attacker Techniques for 2019
Attackers commonly use remote administration and network management tools for lateral movement, a new pool of threat data shows.18 March 2020
500,000 Documents Exposed in Open S3 Bucket Incident
The open database exposed highly sensitive financial and business documents related to two financial organizations.18 March 2020