Meet MyloBot malware turning Windows devices into Botnet

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How To Leverage Data Access Analytics for Effective Breach Detection

Detecting and preventing data breaches is a challenge for most, if not all, enterprises. In fact, according to a study released in 2017, 78% of all CISOs are concerned that data breaches go undetected, while only 19% admit they are effective at breach prevention. Simply put, breaches happen almos...

Android Gets New Anti-Spoofing Feature to Make Biometric Authentication Secure

Google just announced its plan to introduce a new anti-spoofing feature for its Android operating system that makes its biometric authentication mechanisms more secure than ever. Biometric authentications, like the fingerprint, IRIS, or face recognition technologies, smoothen the process of...

Code Injection in Moodle

Moodle is a widely-used open-source e-Learning software with more than 127 million users allowing teachers and students to digitally manage course activities and exchange learning material, often deployed by large universities. In this post we will examine the technical intrinsics of a critical...

Clustering App Attacks with Machine Learning Part 2: Calculating Distance

In our previous post in this series we discussed our motivation to cluster attacks on apps, the data we used and how we enriched it by extracting more meaningful features out of the raw data. We talked about the many features that can be extracted from IP and URL. In this blog post we’ll discuss...

LAMS Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

LAMS is an open source learning activity management system. The system is used to design, manage and deliver online collaborative learning activities. A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in LAMS versions prior to 3.1. A remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability by manipulating...

Machine learning vs. social engineering

Machine learning is a key driver in the constant evolution of security technologies at Microsoft. Machine learning allows Microsoft 365 to scale next-gen protection capabilities and enhance cloud-based, real-time blocking of new and unknown threats. Just in the last few months, machine learning h...

Clustering App Attacks with Machine Learning Part 1: A Walk Outside the Lab

A lot of research has been done on clustering attacks of different types using machine learning algorithms with high rates of success. Much of it from the comfort of a research lab, with specific datasets and no performance limitations. At Imperva, our research is done for the benefit of real...

Reverse Engineering the Analyst: Building Machine Learning Models for the SOC

Many cyber incidents can be traced back to an original alert that was either missed or ignored by the Security Operations Center SOC or Incident Response IR team. While most analysts and SOCs are vigilant and responsive, the fact is they are often overwhelmed with alerts. If a SOC is unable to...

Automatic Machine Learning Penetration Test Tool: Deep Exploit

DeepExploit is fully automated penetration tool linked with Metasploit. It identifies the status of all opened ports on the target server and executes the exploit at pinpoint using Machine Learning. DeepExploit consists of the machine learning model A3C and Metasploit . The A3C executes exploit t...

Adversarial Robustness Toolbox: ART

The Adversarial Robustness Toolbox ART, an open source software library, supports both researchers and developers in defending deep neural networks against adversarial attacks, making AI systems more secure. Its purpose is to allow rapid crafting and analysis of attack and defense methods for...

A week in security (May 21 – May 27)

Last week we told you about a Mac cryptominer using XMRig, an overview of Dreamcast related scams, part 1 of decoding Emotet, and what to do about bad coding habits that die hard. We also published the results of our second CrackMe contest. Other news How a pioneer of machine learning became one ...

GyoiThon - A Growing Penetration Test Tool Using Machine Learning

GyoiThon is a growing penetration test tool using Machine Learning. GyoiThon identifies the software installed on web server OS, Middleware, Framework, CMS, etc... based on the learning data. After that, it executes valid exploits for the identified software using Metasploit. Finally, it generate...

Sit-down with Wallarm CTO, Alex Golovko

I have had a chance to pose a few questions to Alexander Golovko, one of the co-founders of Wallarm and our CTO. Here are Alex’s reflections on Wallarm and some technology trends. How did Wallarm get its start? Ivan Wallarm’s founder has involved me in various projects on and off since 2010. By...

ILIAS cross-site scripting vulnerability (CNVD-2018-10487)

ILIAS is a Web-based learning management system developed by the ILIAS team. The system contains modules for course management, file sharing, and live chat. A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in ILIAS versions prior to 5.1.26, 5.2.x prior to 5.2.15 and 5.3.x prior to 5.3.4. A remote...

Healthcare IT Leaders Most Concerned about Ransomware and Insider Threats: Survey

Just over a year ago, the WannaCry ransomware attack wreaked havoc on the UK National Health Service NHS, ultimately disrupting a third of its facilities and causing a rash of canceled appointments and operations. Breaches are always a concern in healthcare, but this incident brought to light its...

ILIAS 5.3.2 / 5.2.14 / 5.1.25 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Exploit for php platform in category web applications ILIAS 5.3.2 / 5.2.14 / 5.1.25 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability Product: ILIAS Affected Versions: 5.3.2, 5.2.14, 5.1.25 Tested Versions: 5.3.2, 5.2.12 Vulnerability Type: Reflected Cross-Site-Scripting Risk Level: MEDIUM Solution Status: Fixe...

A week in security (May 14 – May 20)

Last week, we looked at the deluge of incoming policies caused by GDPR, tackled Adobe Reader zero days, and ran through some iPhone security tips. We also caught some helpline scammers in the act, explored advergaming, got our Senate Bill game face on, and deep dived into Drupal vulnerabilities...

Learn How Trillions of DNS Requests Help Improve Security

Akamai's global platform is comprised of 240,000 servers in 3,750 locations within 134 countries. Additionally, our platform interacts with 1.3 billion client devices every day and we ingest 2.5 exabytes of data a year. So why are these stats important? The answer is that this visibility provides...

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner: A Valuable Certification for Professionals in Non-Technical Roles

Within the past year, AWS unveiled what is arguably one of the best programs they have ever offered to non-technical professionals in the AWS Partner Network APN: the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification. The program, which is especially valuable for those in sales or marketing roles,...