Category Archives: Security News
Law enforcement strikes back at Emotet, one of the world’s most popular ransomware loaders
The voluntary, collaborative posture taken by different private and public stakeholders is what sets this takedown apart from others.
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Law enforcement strikes back at Emotet, one of the world’s most popular ransomware loaders
The voluntary, collaborative posture taken by different private and public stakeholders is what sets this takedown apart from others.
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Phishing scheme shows CEOs may be ‘most valuable asset,’ and ‘greatest vulnerability’
Cybercriminals have been using a phishing kit featuring fake Office 365 password alerts as a lure to target the credentials of chief executives, business owners and other high-level corporate leaders – often companies’ biggest security liabilities.
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BEC attack techniques exploit Microsoft 365 messages
Attackers exploit Microsoft 365 “read receipt” and “out of office” message loopholes to evade auto-remediation of a malicious email.
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The cyber ‘journeymen’: Apprentices may be the solution to the skills gap
Aspiring infosec professionals have the opportunity to hone their craft as companies develop talent from within, potentially with government funding, and chip away at the diversity problem.
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Google to offer suite of new zero trust capabilities through Chrome browser
With backing from Google infrastructure and support from a host of industry partners, the features have the potential to significantly expand the footprint of zero trust solutions within industry and government.
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Google discloses spearphishing targeting security researchers
Depending on how widespread the compromises were, it could potentially taint some research and defensive strategies that threat intelligence firms share with businesses and other organizations.
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Users of IoT products from three major vendors at risk of DDoS attacks, data leaks
Softing Industrial Automation GmbH, Kepware PTC, and Matrikon Honeywell all provided fixes for their respective products after security firm Claroty privately disclosed them during 2020.
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Speed of White House cyber appointments should make CISOs ‘a bit more confident’
The appointments and presumed future appointments draw heavily from people with public sector experience, a move that some praise and others criticize as a failure to consider private sector expertise.
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