Category Security

Cyberthreat actors are becoming more efficient in the way they operate like businesses and target major industries, according to a new Darktrace report. Analyzing attack data related to the energy, healthcare and retail sectors in 2022, the study shows that…

January 12, 2023Rabbi LakshmananActive Directory / Malware A recent IcedID malware attack allowed the attacker to compromise an unnamed target’s Active Directory domain within 24 hours of gaining initial access. In a report published this week, Cybereason researchers said, “Throughout…

A new statement claims that the pile of records of over 200 million Twitter accounts recently put up for sale on the dark web was not obtained through a compromise of the social media company’s IT systems. Twitter says the…

January 12, 2023hacker newsVulnerability management Recently released Security Navigator report data shows that companies still have 215 days to patch reported vulnerabilities. It usually takes six months or more to patch even critical vulnerabilities. Good vulnerability management is not about…

Someone called OxShagger thinks he’s come up with the perfect Valentine’s surprise for Oxford students, but is his “profitable bookworm” approach really a good idea? security guards roam the streets of America. And the writer of paranormal bully romances (no,…

More than a quarter (26%) of UK SMBs have been targeted by ransomware in the past year, with half (47%) making payments to extortioners, according to new data from Avast . To better understand the risk landscape over the past…

January 12, 2023Rabbi LakshmananBrowser security / data safety Details about vulnerabilities currently being patched in Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers have emerged. A successful exploit could have siphoned files containing sensitive data. “The problem was due to the way browsers…

January 12, 2023Rabbi Lakshmananserver security / Linux Malicious actors are actively seeking to exploit a critical vulnerability in the recently patched Control Web Panel (CWP). This vulnerability allows elevated privileges and unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) on vulnerable servers. tracked…

Experts at security company Bitdefender have released a universal decryptor for victims of the MegaCortex family of ransomware. First discovered in early 2019, MegaCortex posed such a major threat to businesses by the end of the year that the FBI…

Just a few days before Christmas I broke the news Guardian A newspaper company was hit by a ransomware attack, forcing staff to work from home. I have been told @guardian suffered a “serious IT incident” affecting access to all…