CISOs see little need for a point solution to cover ransomware risk
Nearly half of enterprises have fallen victim to a ransomware attack, of which nearly all have had little choice but to heed their attackers, according to the Q2 CISO Circuit …
What businesses can do to anticipate and mitigate ransomware threats
In this Help Net Security video, Kevin Holvoet, Cyber Threat Intelligence Instructor, SANS Institute, discusses ransomware and Ransomware as a Service (Raas) attacks, and …
DDoS tales from the SOC
In this Help Net Security video, Bryant Rump, Principal Security Architect at Neustar Security Services, talks about the challenges of mitigating immense DDoS attacks. He …
How merchants can defend themselves against Magecart attacks
In this Help Net Security video, Angel Grant, VP of Security, F5, explains what Magecart attacks are and how they have evolved over the years. Grant illustrates how …
APT41 group: 4 malicious campaigns, 13 victims, new tools and techniques
Group-IB has released new research on the state-sponsored hacker group APT41. The Group-IB Threat Intelligence team estimates that in 2021 the threat actors gained access to …
SquarePhish: Advanced phishing tool combines QR codes and OAuth 2.0 device code flow
In this Help Net Security video, Security Consultant Kam Talebzadeh and Senior Security Researcher Nevada Romsdahl from Secureworks, showcase SquarePhish, a tool that combines …
Three ransomware gangs consecutively attacked the same network
Hive, LockBit and BlackCat, three prominent ransomware gangs, consecutively attacked the same network, according to Sophos. The first two attacks took place within two hours, …
Why there is no quick fix for cyber attacks
Cybersecurity threats keep evolving, meaning that most, if not all, organizations could be dangerously exposed as the digital ecosystem develops. While some organizations …
How attackers abuse Quickbooks to send phone scam emails
INKY researchers disclosed the latest variant of the tried-and-true phone scam, a low-tech phone scam where attackers extract personal information by sending out spoofed …
The impact of DNS attacks on global organizations
Often we see stories about cyber attacks that breached an organisations’ security parameters, and advice on how we can protect against future threats. However, what is often …
Destructive firmware attacks pose a significant threat to businesses
As business workforces become increasingly distributed, IT leaders say it’s harder than ever to defend against firmware attacks, according to HP Wolf Security. The growing …
Attackers are leveraging Follina. What can you do?
As the world is waiting for Microsoft to push out a patch for CVE-2022-30190, aka “Follina”, attackers around the world are exploiting the vulnerability in a …
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