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Lazarus impersonated Meta recruiter to breach Spanish aerospace firm

Operators of the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT obtained initial access to the network of an aerospace company in Spain last year after a successful spearphishing campaign, by …

free ransomware guides
9 essential ransomware guides and checklists available for free

According to Fortinet, ransomware activity has intensified, registering an increase of 13 times compared to the beginning of 2023 in terms of all malware detections. The rise …

Varun Sharma
Securing GitHub Actions for a safer DevOps pipeline

GitHub Actions provides a platform for continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), enabling your build, test, and deployment process automation. It allows you to …

DDoS
Global events fuel DDoS attack campaigns

Cybercriminals launched approximately 7.9 million DDoS attacks in 1H 2023, representing a 31% year-over-year increase, according to NETSCOUT. Global events like the …

Infosec products of the month
Infosec products of the month: September 2023

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: 1Password, Armis, AlphaSOC, Baffle, Ciphertex Data Security, Cisco, ComplyCube, …

week in review
Week in review: Chrome zero-day is actually in libwebp, Sony hacking rumours

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: How global enterprises navigate the complex world of data privacy In this …

Bing
Malicious ads creep into Bing Chat responses

Users of Bing Chat, the GPT-4-powered search engine Microsoft introduced earlier this year, are being targeted with ads leading to malware. According to Malwarebytes …

New infosec products of the week
New infosec products of the week: September 29, 2023

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from AlphaSOC, Baffle, Immersive Labs, OneTrust, Panzura, runZero, and SeeMetrics. …

vmware
VMware users anxious about costs and ransomware threats

VMware customers have growing concerns about the state of the virtualization software and the company behind it – ranging from rising licensing costs, ransomware …

money
Financial crime compliance costs exceed $206 billion

The growing complexity of compliance regulations and ever-evolving criminal methodologies are a major difficulty for financial institutions, according to LexisNexis Risk …

money
Cybersecurity budgets show moderate growth

Despite the economic uncertainty and inflation, security budgets generally continued to rise but at a lower rate than prior years, according to new research from IANS and …

Google Chrome
Yet another Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild! (CVE-2023-5217)

Google has fixed another critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-5217) in Chrome that is being exploited in the wild. About CVE-2023-5217 The vulnerability is caused by a …

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