LIVE Webinar: Major Lessons to be Learned from Top Cyber Attacks in 2020

We likely all agree that 2020 was a year we won't soon forget - for many reasons. One area particularly impacted last year was and continues to be cybersecurity. While Internet access allowed many businesses to continue functioning during the COVID-19 stay at home requirements, the unprecedented...

5 identity priorities for 2021—strengthening security for the hybrid work era and beyond

When I outlined the five identity priorities for 2020, the world was a very different place. Since then, the COVID-19 pandemic has forever changed how organizations run their businesses. It’s also changed the way we work, learn, and collaborate. What hasn’t changed is the critical role identity...

Top Cyber Attacks of 2020

With so much of the world transitioning to working, shopping, studying, and streaming online during the coronavirus pandemic, cybercriminals now have access to a larger base of potential victims than ever before. "Zoombomb" became the new photobomb—hackers would gain access to a private meeting o...

In the Wake of the SolarWinds Hack, Here's How Businesses Should Respond

Throughout 2020, businesses, in general, have had their hands full with IT challenges. They had to rush to accommodate a sudden shift to remote work. Then they had to navigate a rapid adoption of automation technologies. And as the year came to a close, more businesses began trying to assemble th...

The Evolution of Bad Bots from Grinchbots to Parasitic Bots-as-a-Service

The doomsday pandemic prediction is that you wont be able to buy toilet paper because bad bots will have hoarded all the inventory and are offering it to the highest bidder on secondary markets at an exorbitant mark-up. The Gaming Console War The use of scalping bots was once the domain of ticket...

The Advantages and Risks of Serverless Computing

Organizations are increasingly embracing serverless computing for its convenience and cost-effectiveness. But many IT teams are blindly embracing this innovation in cloud technology without consulting their security peers. As a result, we can expect to see a growing number of cyber-attacks in thi...

Feds seize VPN service used by hackers in cyber attacks

By Deeba Ahmed Cybercriminals’ Favorite VPN Service Rendered ‘Inaccessible’ in a Joint Operation Conducted by Europol and the FBI. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Feds seize VPN service used by hackers in cyber attacks...

Customer Guidance on Recent Nation-State Cyber Attacks

Note: we are updating as the investigation continues. Revision history listed at the bottom. This post contains technical details about the methods of the actor we believe was involved in Recent Nation-State Cyber Attacks, with the goal to enable the broader security community to hunt for activit...

Customer Guidance on Recent Nation-State Cyber Attacks

Note: we are updating as the investigation continues. Revision history listed at the bottom. This post contains technical details about the methods of the actor we believe was involved in Recent Nation-State Cyber Attacks, with the goal to enable the broader security community to hunt for activit...

Customer Guidance on Recent Nation-State Cyber Attacks

Note: we are updating as the investigation continues. Revision history listed at the bottom. This post contains technical details about the methods of the actor we believe was involved in Recent Nation-State Cyber Attacks, with the goal to enable the broader security community to hunt for activit...

Locking down your cyber life in lockdown

Today the NCSC refreshed their advice for online shoppers, so I thought it’d be handy to review and advise on other aspects of consumer security hygiene. More than ever, we’re reliant on technology, so now that we’re in various stages of lockdown it’s a great time to have a look at your home and...

How Organizations Can Prevent Users from Using Breached Passwords

There is no question that attackers are going after your sensitive account data. Passwords have long been a target of those looking to compromise your environment. Why would an attacker take the long, complicated way if they have the keys to the front door? No matter how extensive your security...

Healthcare security in 2021

The pandemic has turned 2020 into a year of medicine and information technology. The remarkable surge in the criticality level of medical infrastructure, coupled with feasible across-the-board digitalization, led to many of our last years predictions coming true much sooner than expected. As we...

Why Replace Traditional Web Application Firewall (WAF) With New Age WAF?

At present, web applications have become the top targets for attackers because of potential monetization opportunities. Security breaches on the web application can cost millions. Strikingly, DNS Domain Name System related outage and Distributed denial of service DDoS lead a negative impact on...

Holidays Are Coming – the State of Security for E-commerce in 2020

With the Coronavirus pandemic driving consumers online, a new report from Imperva reveals how this year’s holiday shopping season will present online retailers with a level of traffic - and cyber-attack threats - like they’ve never seen before. Among the many effects of COVID-19 has been a huge...

LokiBot Malware

Summary This Alert uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge ATT &CK® framework. See the ATT&CK for Enterprise frameworks for all referenced threat actor techniques. This product was written by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA with contributions...

Iranian Advanced Persistent Threat Actors Threaten Election-Related Systems

Summary The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI are warning that Iranian advanced persistent threat APT actors are likely intent on influencing and interfering with the U.S. elections to sow discord among voters and undermine public...

U.S. Charges 6 Russian Intelligence Officers Over Destructive Cyberattacks

The US government on Monday formally charged six Russian intelligence officers for carrying out destructive malware attacks with an aim to disrupt and destabilize other nations and cause monetary losses. The individuals, who work for Unit 74455 of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate GRU, ha...

Can VPN protect users from cyber-attacks?

By Waqas In 2019, 65% of organizations based in the United States experienced successful phishing attacks. So how to protect yourself from these attacks? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Can VPN protect users from cyber-attacks?...

VMworld 2020: Delivering Intrinsic Security to the World’s Digital Infrastructure

A year ago, we bet big, with a vision to truly disrupt the security industry — and ultimately help more customers stay safe from cyber attacks. The VMware acquisition of Carbon Black created a massive opportunity to leverage infrastructure and control points in new ways to make security intrinsic...