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In a credential-stuffing attack, adversaries try to log into online services using extensive lists of usernames and passwords, which they may have acquired from past data breaches, unrelated sources, phishing schemes, or malware campaigns, according to the company. “Organizations are highly encouraged to strongly harden IAM against multiple tactics of abuse, especially credential stuffing, to…
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OpenAI on Thursday disclosed that it took steps to cut off five covert influence operations (IO) originating from China, Iran, Israel, and Russia that sought to abuse its artificial intelligence (AI) tools to manipulate public discourse or political outcomes online while obscuring their true identity. These activities, which were detected over the past three months,…
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A related issue is that users can often be reluctant to report a problem because they fear the consequences when they’ve taken an action that puts the company’s security at risk. Such delays in notification extend the time for malicious actors to cause serious damage. According to Verizon’s DBIR, it takes an average of 55 days…
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Improved security: 2FA significantly reduces the risk of unauthorized access by including a second factor for identification beyond just a password. This added layer provides added security in the event that a password gets into the wrong hands. Compliance: Due to widespread breaches, some industries, such as defense, law enforcement, and government, have instituted regulations…
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Malware droppers at the core of cybercrime ecosystem Botnets have been around for decades, but their purpose has changed over time based on what made the most money for cybercriminals. At some point, the largest botnets were used to hijack email addresses and address books to send spam. At other times they deployed Trojans capable…
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“This is a company that has a lot of legacy infrastructure. It is what makes Ticketmaster possible. But that comes with a lot of legacy risk,” she said. “Old software and old hardware and old policies and procedures, that all introduces a lot of additional risk.” Britton White, who publicly says that he works in…
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May 30, 2024NewsroomLinux / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a security flaw impacting the Linux kernel to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2024-1086 (CVSS score: 7.8), the high-severity issue relates to a use-after-free bug in the netfilter component that permits…
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May 30, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Malware Cloudflare on Thursday said it took steps to disrupt a month-long phishing campaign orchestrated by a Russia-aligned threat actor called FlyingYeti targeting Ukraine. “The FlyingYeti campaign capitalized on anxiety over the potential loss of access to housing and utilities by enticing targets to open malicious files via debt-themed lures,”…
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Microsoft gets itself into a pickle with a privacy-popping new feature on its CoPilot+ PCs, the FTC warns of impersonated companies, and is your company hiring North Korean IT workers? All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault,…
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Law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe today announced Operation Endgame, a coordinated action against some of the most popular cybercrime platforms for delivering ransomware and data-stealing malware. Dubbed “the largest ever operation against botnets,” the international effort is being billed as the opening salvo in an ongoing campaign targeting advanced malware “droppers”…
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