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Ivanti VPN Zero-Day Flaws Fuel Widespread Cyber Attacks
By Deeba Ahmed Another day, another zero-day flaw driving the cybersecurity world crazy. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ivanti VPN Zero-Day Flaws Fuel Widespread Cyber Attacks...
Summary of Vulnerabilities, Actors & Attacks: December 2023
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Wallarm Named a Leader in GigaOm Radar for API Security
I am thrilled to share that Wallarm, has been named a leader in the GigaOm Radar for API Security! We would like to share insights from the recent GigaOm 2023 API Security Radar report, particularly shining a spotlight on our Advanced API Security solution. The growing importance of APIs and API...
Pro-Iranian Hacker Group Targeting Albania with No-Justice Wiper Malware
The recent wave of cyber attacks targeting Albanian organizations involved the use of a wiper called No-Justice. The findings come from cybersecurity company ClearSky, which said the Windows-based malware "crashes the operating system in a way that it cannot be rebooted." The intrusions have been...
What Is Network Detection and Response (NDR)?
Network Detection and Response NDR: Demystifying the Basics The Internet Security Tool known as Network Analysis and Immediate Action NAIA signifies a transformational step in cyber protection. This innovative framework fuses the power of artificial intelligence and the predictive prowess of...
Albanian Parliament and One Albania Telecom Hit by Cyber Attacks
The Assembly of the Republic of Albania and telecom company One Albania have been targeted by cyber attacks, the country's National Authority for Electronic Certification and Cyber Security AKCESK revealed this week. "These infrastructures, under the legislation in force, are not currently...
The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2023
From Sam Altman and Elon Musk to ransomware gangs and state-backed hackers, these are the individuals and groups that spent this year disrupting the world we know it...
5 Fraud Prevention Strategies That Help Companies Ward Off Cyber Attacks
By Owais Sultan Building a successful business is no small feat. You pour your heart and soul into it - serving… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 5 Fraud Prevention Strategies That Help Companies Ward Off Cyber Attacks...
Ransomware review: December 2023
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web sites. In this report, "known attacks" are those where the victim did not pay a ransom. This provides the best overall picture of...
Non-Human Access is the Path of Least Resistance: A 2023 Recap
2023 has seen its fair share of cyber attacks, however there's one attack vector that proves to be more prominent than others - non-human access. With 11 high-profile attacks in 13 months and an ever-growing ungoverned attack surface, non-human identities are the new perimeter, and 2023 is only t...
Sierra:21 - Flaws in Sierra Wireless Routers Expose Critical Sectors to Cyber Attacks
A collection of 21 security flaws have been discovered in Sierra Wireless AirLink cellular routers and open-source software components like TinyXML and OpenNDS. Collectively tracked as Sierra:21, the issues expose over 86,000 devices across critical sectors like energy, healthcare, waste...
North Korea's Lazarus Group Rakes in $3 Billion from Cryptocurrency Hacks
Threat actors from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea DPRK are increasingly targeting the cryptocurrency sector as a major revenue generation mechanism since at least 2017 to get around sanctions imposed against the country. "Even though movement in and out of and within the country is...
Indian Hack-for-Hire Group Targeted U.S., China, and More for Over 10 Years
An Indian hack-for-hire group targeted the U.S., China, Myanmar, Pakistan, Kuwait, and other countries as part of a wide-ranging espionage, surveillance, and disruptive operation for over a decade. Indian security firm under scrutiny, according to an in-depth analysis from SentinelOne, began as a...
FREE Cybersecurity Education Courses
Navigating the nuanced realm of digital defense doesn't need to feel like a herculean task. This section aims to shed light on the intricacies of digital defense and aid you in leveraging freely available Cybersecurity Learning Programs. Deciphering Digital Defense Digital defense, also referred ...
New BiBi-Windows Wiper Targets Windows Systems in Pro-Hamas Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have warned about a Windows version of a wiper malware that was previously observed targeting Linux systems in cyber attacks aimed at Israel. Dubbed BiBi-Windows Wiper by BlackBerry, the wiper is the Windows counterpart of BiBi-Linux Wiper, which has been put to use by a...
A new video series, Google Forms spam and the various gray areas of cyber attacks
I found the juxtaposition of stories on the Talos blog over the past week-plus kind of funny. On one hand, we had a massive story about Arid Viper, a Middle Eastern threat actor spreading spyware, one of the most dangerous types of malware out there right now, operating out of Gaza no less. Then,...
Microsoft shares threat intelligence at CYBERWARCON 2023
At the CYBERWARCON 2023 conference, Microsoft and LinkedIn analysts are presenting several sessions detailing analysis across multiple sets of threat actors and related activity. This blog is intended to summarize the content of the research covered in these presentations and demonstrates Microso...
Offensive and Defensive AI: Let's Chat(GPT) About It
ChatGPT: Productivity tool, great for writing poems, and… a security risk?! In this article, we show how threat actors can exploit ChatGPT, but also how defenders can use it for leveling up their game. ChatGPT is the most swiftly growing consumer application to date. The extremely popular...
Iranian Hackers Launch Destructive Cyber Attacks on Israeli Tech and Education Sectors
Israeli higher education and tech sectors have been targeted as part of a series of destructive cyber attacks that commenced in January 2023 with an aim to deploy previously undocumented wiper malware. The intrusions, which took place as recently as October, have been attributed to an Iranian...