08 Jun

Beijing-backed baddies target unpatched networking kit to attack telcos

State-sponsored Chinese attackers are actively exploiting old vulnerabilities to “establish a broad network of compromised infrastructure” then using it to attack telcos and network services

Author rabih
08 Jun

US cyber chiefs: Moving to Shields Down isn’t gonna happen

RSA Conference A heightened state of defensive cyber security posture is the new normal, according to federal cyber security chiefs speaking at the RSA Conference

Author rabih
08 Jun

Ukraine’s secret cyber-defense that blunts Russian attacks: excellent backups

RSA Conference The Kremlin-backed cyberattack against satellite communications provider Viasat, which happened an hour before Russia invaded Ukraine, was “one of the biggest cyber events

Author rabih
08 Jun

Phishing Campaigns featuring Ursnif Trojan on the Rise

Authored by Jyothi Naveen and Kiran Raj McAfee Labs have been observing a spike in phishing campaigns that utilize Microsoft office macro capabilities. These malicious

Author rabih
07 Jun

Types of Online Banking Scams and How to Avoid Them

Online banking puts the ability to pay bills, check your balance, or transfer money at your fingertips. Unfortunately, it can also make you vulnerable to

Author rabih
07 Jun

Cybersecurity awareness training: What is it and what works best?

Give employees the knowledge needed to spot the warning signs of a cyberattack and to understand when they may be putting sensitive data at risk

Author rabih
07 Jun

IBM buys Randori to address multicloud security messes

RSA Conference IBM has expanded its extensive cybersecurity portfolio by acquiring Randori – a four-year-old startup that specializes in helping enterprises manage their attack surface

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07 Jun

Microsoft seizes 41 domains tied to Iranian phishing ring

Microsoft has obtained a court order to seize 41 domains used by an Iranian cybercrime group that the Windows giant said was behind a spear-phishing

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06 Jun

Cisco EVP: We need to lift everyone above the cybersecurity poverty line

RSA Conference Exclusive Establishing some level of cybersecurity measures across all organizations will soon reach human-rights issue status, according to Jeetu Patel, Cisco EVP for

Author rabih
06 Jun

A Guide to Finding Out If Your Information Is on the Dark Web

It’s difficult to imagine what life was like before the internet. We log in daily to pay bills, shop, watch movies, and check out what

Author rabih
06 Jun

Does Windows 10 or 11 Need Antivirus Software?

If your PC runs on Windows 10, you’re in very good company. The Microsoft operating system is the most widely used OS in the world.

Author rabih
06 Jun

Costa Rican government held up by ransomware … again

In brief Last month the notorious Russian ransomware gang Conti threatened to overthrow Costa Rica’s government if a ransom wasn’t paid. This month, another band

Author rabih
06 Jun

Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh resigns after being added to EU sanctions list

Arkady Volozh, CEO of Russia’s biggest internet company Yandex, has resigned after being added to the European Union’s list of individuals sanctioned as part of

Author rabih
04 Jun

Feeling highly stressed about your job? You must be a CISO

Almost all cybersecurity professionals are stressed, and nearly half (46 percent) have considered leaving the industry altogether, according to a DeepInstinct survey. For its annual

Author rabih
03 Jun

Even Russia’s Evil Corp now favors software-as-a-service

The Russian-based Evil Corp is jumping from one malware strain to another in hopes of evading sanctions placed on it by the US government in

Author rabih
03 Jun

To cut off all nearby phones with these Chinese chips, this is the bug to exploit

A critical flaw in the LTE firmware of the fourth-largest smartphone chip biz in the world could be exploited over the air to block people’s

Author rabih
03 Jun

Clipminer rakes in $1.7m in crypto hijacking scam

A crew using malware that performs cryptomining and clipboard-hacking operations have made off with at least $1.7 million in stolen cryptocurrency. The malware, dubbed Trojan.Clipminer,

Author rabih
03 Jun

Setting off on the Journey to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0

Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST Over the past few months, NIST has been seeking feedback on the use and improvements to its cybersecurity resources through the Request

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