One moment, the defenders’ network looked secure but the next, as if out of nowhere, the ransom note pops up.
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Category Archives: Cybersecurity
Better Behavior, Better Biometrics?
Behavioral biometrics is a building block to be used in conjunction with other security measures, but it shows promise.
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Russian Nation-State Group Employs Custom Backdoor for Microsoft Exchange Server
Turla hacking team abuses a legitimate feature of the Exchange server in order to hide out and access all of the target organization’s messages.
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Turla LightNeuron: An email too far
ESET research uncovers Microsoft Exchange malware remotely controlled via steganographic PDF and JPG email attachments
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Firefox add-ons with obfuscated code will be banned by Mozilla
The updated Add-on Policy aims to rid Firefox of third-party malicious code that hides what it’s really up to.
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Dark web marketplace Wall Street Market busted by international police
It went down in flames, with a rogue admin blackmailing vendors and buyers and leaking login credentials and the IP address.
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Blockchain project settles cross-border payment
Singapore’s central bank sent a payment to Canada using blockchain technology last week, in a clear signal that the technology has value.
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Weekly review – the hot 25 stories of last week
From malware-stuffed piracy apps to the Docker breach, get yourself up to date with everything we wrote last week – it’s roundup time.
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Attackers Add a New Spin to Old Scams
Scammers are figuring out unique ways of abusing cloud services to make their attacks look more genuine, Netskope says.
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Password Reuse, Misconfiguration Blamed for Repository Compromises
Armed with stolen credentials from another breach or from a misconfigured file, attackers delete developers’ repositories on GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab, leaving behind ransom notes.
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