Patchable and Preventable Security Issues Lead Causes of Q1 Attacks
Eighty-two percent of attacks on organizations in Q1 2022 were caused by the external exposure of a known vulnerabilities in the victim’s …
Attacks
Ransomware Suspected in Wiltshire Farm Foods Attack
A leading UK producer of frozen ready meals has revealed its systems are currently down after experiencing a serious cyber-attack. …
Black Basta Ransomware Emerging From Underground to Attack Corporate Networks
Two months have passed since the Black Basta Ransomware first surfaced. Nearly 50 victims have already been reported from the following …
How to Find New Attack Primitives in Microsoft Azure
Abuse primitives have a longer shelf life than bugs and zero-days and are cheaper to maintain. They’re also much harder for defenders to …
‘Killnet’ Adversary Pummels Lithuania with DDoS Attacks Over Blockade
Russia-linked cyber collective Killnet has claimed responsibility for DDoS attacks Monday on the Lithuanian government and other entities …
3 Steps DevOps Should Take to Prevent API Attacks
“The industry is starting to recognize the idea that this is a really important area — that the data and services that go across APIs …
Critical PHP Vulnerability Exposes QNAP NAS Devices to Remote Attacks
QNAP, Taiwanese maker of network-attached storage (NAS) devices, on Wednesday said it’s in the process of fixing a critical three-year-old …
Attack methods using hybrid bots enable criminals to open mule accounts at scale
During the first half of 2022, BioCatch data reveals that money mule accounts represent up to 0.3 percent of accounts held by financial …
Microsoft 365 Users in US Face Raging Spate of Attacks
A voicemail-themed phishing campaign is hitting specific industry verticals across the country, bent on scavenging credentials that can be …
Fresh Magecart Skimmer Attack Infrastructure Flagged by Analysts
Don’t sleep on Magecart attacks, which security teams could miss by relying solely on automated crawlers and sandboxes, experts …
President Putin’s Economic Forum Speech Delayed due to DDoS Attack
The Russian Economic Forum was taking place in St. Petersburg when its proceedings were stalled due to a DDoS …
DDoS Attacks Delay Putin Speech at Russian Economic Forum
A Kremlin spokesman said that the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum accreditation and admissions systems were shut down by a DDoS …
26 Million Request Per Second DDoS Attack Detected – Largest HTTPS DDoS Ever Recorded
For the protection of Cloudflare customers last week, Cloudflare assessed 26 million requests per second and mitigated the attacks as part …
Atlassian Confluence Server Bug Under Active Attack to Distribute Ransomware
A recently disclosed critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Atlassian’s Confluence Server collaboration platform is now …