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JWT brings performance to identity assertion and is being widely adopted, but it’s also garnering the attention of cybercriminals. Source link lol
Read MoreWherever there is Internet, there are businesses looking to take advantage of the twenty-first century gold rush: data collection. Cybercrime is no exception. Attackers focus on breaching applications to collect data on Internet users and then monetize that data in darknetAn encrypted network that runs on the Internet, enables users to remain anonymous, and requires…
Read MoreOn Tuesday, December 8th, 2020, FireEye, a leading cybersecurity firm used by governments and companies for penetration testing and forensic services announced that it had been the target of an attack by nation-state actors “with top-tier offensive capabilities,” and that a suite of tools used by FireEye for penetration testing had been stolen. What do…
Read MoreOne wrinkle in the wide-load trucks-on-the-freeway analogy is that at a certain size, UDP packets are too large to transmit without being broken up. So, while the attacker is successful in significantly amplifying the DNS responses, when the packets reach a certain size, they will get fragmented into smaller ones. Either way, the net result…
Read MoreIn the fall of 2020, many countries began to require that travelers test negative for the new coronavirus before crossing their borders. As with anything of value, a black market soon emerged. Travelers could illicitly purchase forged negative COVID-19 test results and try to fake their way through the checkpoint. Goodness knows, we’ve already seen…
Read MoreThe IcedID malware, also known as Bokbot, is a banking trojan first discovered in 2017 that steals credentials by tricking browser functions into redirecting traffic. It is a stealthy, fileless malware with anti-sandbox capabilities. Previously, F5 Labs analyzed IcedID decompression methods for web injecting relevant files into a target list. This is a much deeper…
Read MoreSo How Good Are Sectors for Predicting Risk? Based on these analyses, it appears that the answer is “not bad, but it depends.” On one hand, we can identify specific patterns that seem to map to characteristics about those sectors. We already knew that the Retail Trade sector is heavily targeted by attacks that are…
Read MoreWhat Is SQL Injection? SQL injection is a technique used by attackers to gain unauthorized access to one of an organization’s most critical assets: the database that supports its website. In most cases, it is website vulnerabilities that allow an attacker to insert (or inject) instructions where the application is expecting only data. SQL injection…
Read MoreIntroduction F5 Labs attack series articles help you understand common attacks, how they work, and how to guard against them. What Is Cross-Site Scripting? Cross-site scripting, commonly referred to as XSS, is one of many types of insertion attacks that affect web-based applications and, by extension, their users. It occurs when a vulnerability in an…
Read MoreAttackers are always on the lookout to compromise digital identities. A successful account takeover allows a cybercriminal to impersonate a genuine user for monetization purposes. Enterprises large and small have utilized various means to secure someone’s digital identity, and credentials are the starting point. F5 Labs 2021 Credential Stuffing Report indicates that 1.8 billion credential…
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