December 05, 2023 Greg Lesnewich, Crista Giering and the Proofpoint Threat Research Team Key takeaways Since March 2023, Proofpoint researchers have observed regular TA422 (APT28) phishing activity, in which the threat actor leveraged patched vulnerabilities to send, at times, high-volume campaigns to targets in Europe and North America. TA422 used the vulnerabilities as initial access […]
The LockBit ransomware strain continues to be the primary digital extortion threat to all regions, and almost all industries globally, according to a report by ZeroFox. Researchers found that LockBit was leveraged in more than a quarter of global ransomware and digital extortion (R&DE) attacks in the seven quarters analyzed from January 2022 to September […]
Colleges and K-12 schools in several states are dealing with ransomware incidents causing outages and leaking sensitive data — a continuation of a trend that has affected campuses nationwide throughout the year. Henry County Schools — a district an hour from Atlanta with dozens of elementary, middle and high schools with more than 44,000 students […]
As 2023 draws to a close and we look ahead to 2024, we’re bringing you our picks of the best new gear this year, from drum machines to turntables. Best new effects unit 2023: Benidub DS01E Sometimes the simple ideas are the best. Spanish effects specialists Benidub make great dub sirens and great echo units, […]
Microsoft will not abandon Windows 10 users to an insecure fate once it reaches end of support (EOS) on October 14, 2025: both enterprises and individual consumers will be able receive Extended Security Updates (ESU), but will have to pay for them. Details about the Windows 10 ESU program “The ESU program enables PCs to […]
Japanese carmaker Nissan has reported a cybersecurity incident involving its systems in Australia and New Zealand. In a statement on Wednesday, the company said that it is working with security researchers “to investigate the extent of the incident and whether any personal information has been accessed.” Nissan has also notified the relevant security authorities in […]
As 2023 draws to a close and we look ahead to 2024, we’re bringing you our picks of the best new gear this year, from drum machines to turntables. Best new DJ controller 2023: Denon DJ Prime 4+ It’s no secret that in recent years Denon DJ’s new releases have rivalled anything else on the […]
Dive Brief: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said it is making progress toward reducing security risk since the October 2022 release of its cybersecurity performance goals program, the agency said Tuesday. Since the release of the CPG program, organizations enrolled in the agency’s vulnerability scanning service have reduced their average number of known exploited […]
Dec 06, 2023NewsroomAccess Management / Cloud Security Threat actors can take advantage of Amazon Web Services Security Token Service (AWS STS) as a way to infiltrate cloud accounts and conduct follow-on attacks. The service enables threat actors to impersonate user identities and roles in cloud environments, Red Canary researchers Thomas Gardner and Cody Betsworth said […]