In part one of a two-part series on Pig butchering, we detail the pervasive scam that has impacted thousands of victims around the world, resulting in the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars. This blog highlights the who and the how of pig butchering scams, and details the pig butchering playbook. Background Pig butchering…
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Predictions are a risky business. If you play it too conservatively, you tell everyone what they already know and just get an eye roll for your trouble. If you go out on a limb and get it wrong, people stop listening to you. That’s why, as we unwisely return to the task of predicting the…
Read MoreCredential stuffing sounds simple: attackers test stolen usernames and passwords across sites to see what works. After the hype and complexity of vulnerabilities like Heartbleed and Spectre, password reuse seems easy to dismiss. This has caused credential stuffing to become the most underrated attack of the 2010s and it hints at the future of application…
Read MoreThe Largest DDoS Attack of 2021 So Far The largest attack the SOC team encountered over the past 15 months came in February 2021 and targeted a technology company that provides information security services for gaming and gambling organizations. The onslaught peaked at 500 Gbps, or half a terabit per second. Threat actors, possibly disgruntled…
Read MoreMS-ISAC ADVISORY NUMBER: 2023-140 DATE(S) ISSUED: 12/12/2023 OVERVIEW: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Microsoft products, the most severe of which could allow for remote code execution in the context of the logged on user. Depending on the privileges associated with the user, an attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or…
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Frequently asked questions about two vulnerabilities affecting ConnectWise ScreenConnect Update February 23: The blog has been updated to include information about ransomware attacks involving vulnerable ScreenConnect servers. View Change Log Background The Tenable Security Response Team has put together this blog to answer Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) regarding two vulnerabilities impacting ScreenConnect, a Remote Monitoring…
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Attackers have exploited the flaw since late March After its initial discovery, Volexity was able to create a detection signature and went back through its customer telemetry to find past compromises. The earliest exploitation signs the company managed to find dated from March 26, but those incidents looked like attempts by UTA0218 to test the…
Read MoreThe conflict in Ukraine brings the possibility of increased cyberattacks targeting the public infrastructure of NATO nations and their allies, and could easily extend to corporations and other entities within those countries as well. The US CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) has provided technical guidance and reporting methods at https://www.cisa.gov/shields-up which is an excellent…
Read MoreAs Covid-19 drives a higher volume of transactions online, the dance between cyber-criminals and security professionals has stepped up a beat. Enterprises are re-assessing the robustness of their systems, while bad actors are on the look-out for vulnerabilities to exploit. Under lockdown measures, organisations have been forced to reassess their physical environments. Now they must…
Read MoreA wide variety of organizations fall under financial services, including banks of varying sizes, credit unions, insurance companies, government-sponsored financial institutions, stock exchanges, investment funds, payment processors, consumer finance lenders, brokerages, and companies that service the financial sector. We’ll look at all of these and note the differences in the data, starting with the largest…
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