Cybersecurity
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Despite some positive developments, the impact of ransomware attacks remains high, according to SpyCloud. Infostealer infections preceded 22% of ransomware events for North American and European ransomware victim companies in 2023 – with common infostealers such as Raccoon, Vidar, and Redline increasing the probability even further. SpyCloud’s analysis shows that 76% of infections that preceded […]
How To Use This Report Enhance situational awareness of techniques used by threat actors Identify potential attacks targeting your industry Gain insights to help improve and accelerate your organization’s threat response Summary of Findings The Network Effect Threat Report offers insights based on unique data from Fastly’s Next-Gen WAF from Q2 2023 (April 1, 2023 […]
Key Takeaways Proofpoint identified a new malware called ZenRAT being distributed via fake installation packages of the password manager Bitwarden. The malware is specifically targeting Windows users and will redirect people using other hosts to a benign webpage. At this time, it is unknown how the malware is being distributed. The malware is a modular […]
Changing approaches to cybersecurity have led to slow but steady progress in defense and protection. Still, competing interests create a growing challenge for cybersecurity decision makers and practitioners, according to CompTIA. The state of cybersecurity Most business and technology professionals feel that cybersecurity is improving, both generally and within their organizations. They also acknowledge that […]
Sep 26, 2023THNCyber Espionage / Malware A “multi-year” Chinese state-sponsored cyber espionage campaign has been observed targeting South Korean academic, political, and government organizations. Recorded Future’s Insikt Group, which is tracking the activity under the moniker TAG-74, said the adversary has been linked to “Chinese military intelligence and poses a significant threat to academic, aerospace […]
Security processes are increasingly automated which has led some businesses to deprioritize developing their security teams’ defense skills. While antivirus and non-human generated threat detections efficiently identify vulnerabilities, they cannot detect every single threat. With the rising number of cyber-attacks, organizations must make sure they are ready to defend themselves. That means equipping cybersecurity teams […]
MGM Resorts is facing class action litigation in two separate lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court in Nevada in connection with the cyberattack launched against the company earlier this month. The suits, filed Thursday, allege the company was negligent and gained unjust enrichment for failing to protect the personal data of MGM Resorts customers from […]
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Incident & Breach Response 2,050 Organizations Affected After Data Stolen From Secure File-Sharing Software Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • September 25, 2023 Image: Shutterstock The count of organizations affected by the Clop ransomware group’s most recent mass targeting of secure file transfer software doubled last week. […]
Sep 26, 2023THNVulnerability / Source Code A critical security vulnerability in the JetBrains TeamCity continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) software could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution on affected systems. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-42793, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 and has been addressed in TeamCity version 2023.05.4 following […]