Can Your Business Email Be Spoofed? Check Your Domain Security Now!

Are you aware of how secure your domain is? In most organizations, there is an assumption that their domains are secure and within a few months, but the truth soon dawns on them that it isn't. Spotting someone spoofing your domain name is one way to determine if your security is unsatisfactory -...

[Security Nation] How Robert Black Wards Off Cyber-Attackers with Deception Techniques

!\Security Nation\ How Robert Black Wards Off Cyber-Attackers with Deception Techniqueshttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2021/05/securitynationlogo-2.jpg In our latest episode of Security Nation, we talk with Robert Black, Deputy Director of the UK National Cyber Deception Lab, about his wor...

4 Ways Cyberattackers Hunt for Security Bugs

Blue teamers are in constant battle against hackers — faceless adversaries whose persistence can seem unending. But these actors have processes just like corporate operations, even if theirs are bootlegged. Attackers seek the path of least resistance: Gain access with as little effort as possible...

Watch Out! Mission Critical SAP Applications Are Under Active Attack

Cyber attackers are actively setting their sights on unsecured SAP applications in an attempt to steal information and sabotage critical processes, according to new research. "Observed exploitation could lead in many cases to full control of the unsecured SAP application, bypassing common securit...

Anatomy of a Security Super Bowl Dynasty, Part 3: Special Teams and Coaching

Imperva Directors of Technology in the Office of the CTO, Brian Anderson and Craig Burlingame, recently conducted an informal education session titled, Creating a Security Super Bowl Dynasty. In this presentation, they illustrated the ways American football teams create consistent, sustainable...

Greg Rattray Invented the Term Advanced Persistent Threat

I was so pleased to read this Tweet yesterday from Greg Rattray: "Back in 2007, I coined the term “Advanced Persistent Threat” to characterize emerging adversaries that we needed to work with the defense industrial base to deal with... Since then both the APT term and the nature of our adversarie...

NSA, ASD Release Guidance for Mitigating Web Shell Malware

The U.S. National Security Agency NSA and the Australian Signals Directorate ASD have jointly released a Cybersecurity Information Sheet CSI on mitigating web shell malware. Malicious cyber actors are increasingly deploying web shell malware on victim web servers to execute arbitrary system...

The US Leans on Private Firms to Expose Foreign Hackers

Opinion: The government needs to step up in calling out cyber-attackers. Otherwise, we risk playing into their hands...

‘Chaff Bug’ Defense Rolls Out Shiny Objects for Attackers to Find

Camouflage and distraction have long been hallmarks of warfare, and it’s no different when it comes to the cyber-front. A group of researchers from New York University are taking the idea further than it’s gone before with the idea of introducing decoy bugs into code – ultimately non-exploitable...

Financial Services Sector Rife with Hidden Tunnels

Global financial services organizations are seeing a significant uptick in the rate of being actively targeted by sophisticated cyber-attackers using hidden-tunnel techniques for post-intrusion data exfiltration. In an attempt to steal critical data and personally-identifiable information PII,...

Top Five Trends IT Security Pros Need to Think About Going into 2018

It’s that time of the year when we look back at the tech trends of 2017 to provide us with a hint of things to come. Accordingly, let’s engage in our favorite end-of-year pastime: predictions about the coming year. Equipped with Imperva’s own research, interactions with our customers, and a wealt...

Akamai's DNS Contribution to Internet Resiliency

Background Akamai Technologies recently contributed its "Serve Stale" DNS algorithm to Version 9 of the Internet Systems Consortium's ISC Berkeley Internet Name Domain BIND open source Domain Name System DNS project. As the Internet's most widely used DNS implementation, BIND operates ubiquitousl...

HTTP TRACE Allowed

The HTTP TRACE method allows a client to send a request to the server, and have the same request sent back in the server's response. This allows the client to determine if the server is receiving the request as expected. Often this method is used for debugging purposes e.g. to verify that a reque...

The vulnerability of the Opera software allows a malicious attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information.

Vulnerabilities exist in Opera due to the fact that the browser itself is based on the vulnerable Chromium software. Exploiting these vulnerabilities allows attackers to manipulate the system...

Malware infected International Atomic Energy Agency Computers

Hackers and malware are everywhere, waiting for you around every corner of the Internet. The International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA, which holds highly sensitive information and plays a key role in global efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, said on Tuesday that some of its computer...

That’s a Wrap! Highlights from MIRcon 2012

Three years ago when we set out to create a conference that would bring together the greatest minds in the information security industry, we could not imagine the overwhelmingly positive response and growth MIRcon™ would receive year after year. Our goal for MIRcon is simple: to inform innovators...

Lady Gaga website hacked and fans details stolen by Hackers

Lady Gaga website hacked and fans details stolen by Hackers Lady Gaga has called in police after thousands of her fans personal details were stolen from her website. Her record label Univeral acted after the site was hacked into by US cyber attackers SwagSec. A source said: "She's upset and hopes...

Lady Gaga website hacked and fans details stolen by Hackers

Lady Gaga website hacked and fans details stolen by Hackers Lady Gaga has called in police after thousands of her fans personal details were stolen from her website. Her record label Univeral acted after the site was hacked into by US cyber attackers SwagSec. A source said: "She's upset and hopes...

System safety SA weak passwords bring security risks-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

The presence of the Microsoft SQL Server SA of the weak password vulnerability of the computer has been cyber attackers favor of one of the objects, through this loophole, you can easily get the Server Management permission, and thus a threat to network and data security. As a network...