5 Reasons Why Programmers Should Think like Hackers

Programming has five main steps: the identification and definition of the problem, the planning of the solution for the problem, coding of the program, testing, and documentation. It's a meticulous process that cannot be completed without going through all the essential points. In all of these,...

Adobe Releases Patches for 'Likely Exploitable' Critical Vulnerabilities

The last Patch Tuesday of 2019 is finally here. Adobe today released updates for four of its widely used software—including Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Photoshop CC, ColdFusion, and Brackets—to patch a total of 25 new security vulnerabilities. Seventeen of these flaws have been rated as critical in...

Snatch Ransomware Reboots Windows in Safe Mode to Bypass Antivirus

Cybersecurity researchers have spotted a new variant of the Snatch ransomware that first reboots infected Windows computers into Safe Mode and only then encrypts victims' files to avoid antivirus detection. Unlike traditional malware, the new Snatch ransomware chooses to run in Safe Mode because ...

Small businesses also need protection from cyber attacks

By Uzair Amir From large corporations to small business everyone is vulnerable to cyber attacks. What happened in these cyber attacks is a whole new story. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Small businesses also need protection from cyber attacks...

Over 12,000 Google Users Hit by Government Hackers in 3rd Quarter of 2019

As part of its active efforts to protect billions of online users, Google identified and warned over 12,000 of its users who were targeted by a government-backed hacking attempt in the third quarter of this year. According to a report published by Google's Threat Analysis Group TAG, more than 90...

From Thousands of Security Alerts to a Handful of Insights

Understanding an attacker’s workflow and how Attack Analytics hunts them down In recent years we’ve seen a significant increase in the number and complexity of cyber-attacks. The accessibility of public tools and their automation capabilities, as well as distributed and anonymization features tha...

4 Best Free Online Security Tools for SMEs in 2020

Cyberattacks on small and midsized companies in 2019 cost $200,000 per company on average, mercilessly putting many of them out of business, says CNBC in its analysis of a recent Accenture report. In light of the global cybersecurity skills shortage, the number is set to soar in 2020. Solely in t...

What Makes Island Hopping a Formidable Threat?

Island hopping is a technique used by cybercriminals to exploit less sophisticated organizations in order to breach their larger affiliates. Attackers use vulnerabilities in the first company’s defenses as a point of entry to the second. This is no small threat. In fact, half of cyber attacks tod...

Ransomware, Mobile Malware Attacks to Surge in 2020

Cyber threats like targeted ransomware, mobile malware and sophisticated phishing attacks will escalate in 2020, researchers warn. However, defenses like artificial intelligence AI, cyber insurance and faster security response will also increase, helping defend companies against imminent threats,...

Threat Source newsletter (Oct. 17, 2019)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. It’s rare that iOS jailbreaks make it onto the scene. Apple is usually able to patch them out quickly. But a recent exploit is actually...

Cybercrime Tool Prices Bump Up in Dark Web Markets

Prices have been rising in the last two years for longstanding tools available on the Dark Web to help bad actors commit cyber attacks and fraud, alongside newer innovations that are emerging to bolster crimes like ransomware and SIM swapping, new research has found. Keeping track of these trends...

APT Groups Exploiting Flaws in Unpatched VPNs, Officials Warn

State-sponsored advanced persistent threat APT groups are using flaws in outdated VPN technologies from Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet and Pulse Secure to carry out cyber attacks on targets in the United States and overseas, warned U.S. and U.K. officials. The National Security Agency NSA issued a...

The Importance of the Customer’s Feedback in Product Design

We have learned over time that we develop products not for us the company, but for you, the customer, to help resolve your problems. But just resolving a customer's problem is not enough - the product should also be intuitive and easy to use. It’s clear that the best people to provide feedback...

ACT Platform - Open Platform For Collection And Exchange Of Threat Intelligence Information

Semi-Automated Cyber Threat Intelligence ACT is a research project led by mnemonic as with contributions from the University of Oslo, NTNU, Norwegian Security Authority NSM, KraftCERT and Nordic Financial CERT. The main objective of the ACT project is to develop a platform for cyber threat...

US Sanctions 3 North Korean Hacking Groups Accused for Global Cyber Attacks

The United States Treasury Department on Friday announced sanctions against three state-sponsored North Korean hacking groups for conducting several destructive cyberattacks on US critical infrastructure. Besides this, the hacking groups have also been accused of stealing possibly hundreds of...

Five years later, Heartbleed vulnerability still unpatched

The Heartbleed vulnerability was introduced into the OpenSSL crypto library in 2012. It was discovered and fixed in 2014, yet today—five years later—there are still unpatched systems. This article will provide IT teams with the necessary information to decide whether or not to apply the Heartblee...

Just An SMS Could Let Remote Attackers Access All Your Emails, Experts Warn

Beware! Billion of Android users can easily be tricked into changing their devices' critical network settings with just an SMS-based phishing attack. Whenever you insert a new SIM in your phone and connects to your cellular network for the very first time, your carrier service automatically...

In Conversation: The Women in Network Security

Why does network security matter? On average, there is a hacker attack every 39 seconds. If any of these attacks result in a data breach, they could cost over $150 million, with research suggesting that cyber-attacks could cost businesses over...

Threat Source newsletter (Aug. 15)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. Sorry we missed you last week, we were all away at Hacker Summer Camp. If you missed us at Black Hat, we have a roundup up on the blog o...

Cybersecurity Frameworks — Types, Strategies, Implementation and Benefits

Organizations around the world are wondering how to become immune from cyber attacks which are evolving every day with more sophisticated attack vectors. IT teams are always on the lookout for new ransomware and exploit spreading in the wild, but can all these unforeseen cyber attacks be prevente...