White House Denies Mulling Massive Cyberattacks Against Russia
The options reportedly included tampering with trains, electric service and internet connectivity, hampering Russia’s military operations in Ukraine.
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The Art of Non-boring Cybersec Training–Podcast
With human error being the common factor in most cyberattacks, employee training has got to get better. To that end, Trustwave cybersec training expert Darren Van Booven explains the importance of fish stress balls and management buy-in.
Read MoreSextortion Rears Its Ugly Head Again
Attackers are sending email blasts with malware links in embedded PDFs as a way to evade email filters, lying about having fictional "video evidence."
Read MoreNFT Investors Lose $1.7M in OpenSea Phishing Attack
Attackers took advantage of a smart-contract migration to swindle 17 users.
Read MoreIranian State Broadcaster Clobbered by ‘Clumsy, Buggy’ Code
Researchers said a Jan. 27 attack that aired footage of opposition leaders calling for assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader was a clumsy and unsophisticated wiper attack.
Read MoreUkrainian DDoS Attacks Should Put US on Notice–Researchers
On Tuesday, institutions central to Ukraine’s military and economy were hit with denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Impact was limited, but the ramifications are not.
Read MoreCybercrooks Frame Targets by Planting Fabricated Digital Evidence
The ‘ModifiedElephant’ threat actors are technically unimpressive, but they’ve evaded detection for a decade, hacking human rights advocates’ systems with dusty old keyloggers and off-the-shelf RATs.
Read MoreApple Patches Actively Exploited WebKit Zero Day
A memory issue affects myriad iPhone, iPad and MacOS devices and allows attackers to execute arbitrary code after processing malicious web content.
Read MoreSharp SIM-Swapping Spike Causes $68M in Losses
The attacks, which lead to 2FA defeat and account takeover, have accelerated by several hundred percent in one year, leading to thousands of drained bank accounts.
Read MoreQuaDream, 2nd Israeli Spyware Firm, Weaponizes iPhone Bug
The now-patched flaw that led to the ForcedEntry exploit of iPhones was exploited by both NSO Group and a different, newly detailed surveillance vendor.
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