Follow this real-life network attack simulation, covering 6 steps from Initial Access to Data Exfiltration. See how attackers remain undetected with the simplest tools and why you need multiple choke points in your defense strategy. Surprisingly, most network attacks are not exceptionally sophisticated, technologically advanced, or reliant on zero-day tools that exploit edge-case vulnerabilities. Instead, […]
Technical Analysis Strings obfuscation The steps for decrypting a Pikabot string are relatively simple. Each string is decrypted only when required (in other words, Pikabot does not decrypt all strings at once). Pikabot follows the steps below to decrypt a string: Pushes on the stack the encrypted string array. Initializes the RC4 encryption algorithm. The […]
The U.S. government on Wednesday said it took steps to neutralize a botnet comprising hundreds of U.S.-based small office and home office (SOHO) routers hijacked by a China-linked state-sponsored threat actor called Volt Typhoon and blunt the impact posed by the hacking campaign. The existence of the botnet, dubbed KV-botnet, was first disclosed by the […]
Concept paper highlights ongoing and planned steps to improve cyber resiliency and protect patient safety. WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today released a concept paper that outlines the Department’s cybersecurity strategy for the health care sector. The concept paper builds on the National Cybersecurity Strategy that President Biden released […]
Sep 19, 2023THNData Safety / Cybersecurity Microsoft on Monday said it took steps to correct a glaring security gaffe that led to the exposure of 38 terabytes of private data. The leak was discovered on the company’s AI GitHub repository and is said to have been inadvertently made public when publishing a bucket of open-source […]