Cybersecurity News
Epik Confirms Hack, Gigabytes of Data on Offer
"Time to find out who in your family secretly ran ... [a] QAnon hellhole," said attackers who affiliated themselves with the hacktivist collective Anonymous, noting that Epik had laughable security.
21 September 2021
Hackers Are Going ‘Deep-Sea Phishing,’ So What Can You Do About It?
Nick Kael, CTO at Ericom, discusses how phishing is gaining sophistication and what it means for businesses.
21 September 2021
Turla APT Plants Novel Backdoor In Wake of Afghan Unrest
“TinyTurla,” simply coded malware that hides away as a legitimate Windows service, has flown under the radar for two years.
21 September 2021
European police dismantle cybercrime ring with ties to Italian Mafia
The group used phishing, BEC and other types of attacks to swindle victims out of millions
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21 September 2021
BlackMatter Strikes Iowa Farmers Cooperative, Demands $5.9M Ransom
Critical infrastructure appears to be targeted in latest ransomware attack, diminishing the hopes of governments to curb such attacks.
21 September 2021
46% of On-Prem Databases Globally Contain Vulnerabilities: Is Yours Safe?
Are organizations neglecting the security of their data? An unprecedented five-year study reveals that internal databases are riddled with vulnerabilities – some even years old.
21 September 2021
HackerOne expands Internet Bug Bounty project to tackle open source bugs
Open source code is used by most companies. It's time to improve its security.21 September 2021
Turla hacking group launches new backdoor in attacks against US, Afghanistan
The Russian cyberattackers are using the new module to become more stealthy.21 September 2021
Siemens launches AI solution to fight industrial cybercrime
Eos.ii will monitor for threats against industrial IoT endpoints and platforms.21 September 2021
Does Your Organization Have a Security.txt File?
It happens all the time: Organizations get hacked because there isn't an obvious way for security researchers to let them know about security vulnerabilities or data leaks. Or maybe it isn't entirely clear who should get the report when remote access to an organization's internal network is being sold in the cybercrime underground. In a bid to minimize these scenarios, a growing number of major companies are adopting "Security.txt," a proposed new Internet standard that helps organizations describe their vulnerability disclosure practices and preferences.20 September 2021
Amazon Driver-Surveillance Cameras Roll Out, Sparking Debate
Drivers bristle under constant surveillance by artificial-intelligence (AI) tech, but Amazon says it works and boosts safety.
20 September 2021
Europol Breaks Open Extensive Mafia Cybercrime Ring
Organized crime ring thrived on violence, intimidation and $12 million in online fraud profits.
20 September 2021
Payment API Bungling Exposes Millions of Users’ Payment Data
Misconfigured APIs make any app risky, but when you’re talking about financial apps, you’re talking about handing ne’er-do-wells the power to turn your pockets inside-out.
20 September 2021
Bring Your APIs Out of the Shadows to Protect Your Business
APIs are immensely more complex to secure. Shadow APIs—those unknown or forgotten API endpoints that escape the attention and protection of IT¬—present a real risk to your business. Learn how to identify shadow APIs and take control of them before attackers do.
20 September 2021
Facebook rebukes WSJ over investigation on the platform's ability to harm, 'toxic' impact
Facebook says the series contains "deliberate mischaracterizations."20 September 2021
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Analysis of Numando banking trojan, steps to mitigate attack surface, and more! – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
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17 September 2021
Porn Problem: Adult Ads Persist on US Gov’t, Military Sites
Cities, states, federal and military agencies should patch the Laserfiche CMS post-haste, said the security researcher whose jaw dropped at 50 sites hosting porn and Viagra spam.
17 September 2021
Ditch the Alert Cannon: Modernizing IDS is a Security Must-Do
Jeff Costlow, CISO at ExtraHop, makes the case for implementing next-gen intrusion-detection systems (NG-IDS) and retiring those noisy 90s compliance platforms.
17 September 2021
AT&T Phone-Unlocking Malware Ring Costs Carrier $200M
With the help of malicious insiders, a fraudster was able to install malware and remotely divorce iPhones and other handsets from the carrier's U.S. network -- all the way from Pakistan.
17 September 2021
Microsoft MSHTML Flaw Exploited by Ryuk Ransomware Gang
Microsoft and RiskIQ researchers have identified several campaigns using the recently patched zero-day, reiterating a call for organizations to update affected systems.
17 September 2021