Collaborate Disseminate
On August 7, 2019, a single credential stuffing attack against a financial services company recorded 55,141,782 malicious login attempts. To put that in perspective, it is more than twice the daily average (22,682,022) of credential abuse attacks detec… Continue reading Fraudulent Login Attacks Against Banks Surge: Akamai
Fidelis Cybersecurity has announced a raft of enhancements to its Fidelis Elevate platform, which comprises a network product, an endpoint product, and a deception product. The purpose of the platform is to help defenders understand their environment b… Continue reading Fidelis Adds Risk Simulation and MITRE ATT&CK Mapping to Elevate Platform
Baltimore, MD-based ZeroFOX has raised $74 million in a new funding round led by Intel Capital and including existing vendors NEA, Highland Capital Partners, Redline Capital Management, Hercules Capital and Core Capital. It brings the total funding rai… Continue reading ZeroFOX Raises $74 Million to Expand Social Media Threat Protection Business
The criminal use of encryption to hide malware is growing rapidly. In the first half of 2019 the use of encryption by malware almost equaled the entire encrypted volume of 2018, and is not likely to slow. Today, nearly a quarter of malware communicates… Continue reading Rise in Malware Using Encryption Shows Importance of Network Traffic Inspection
Mountain View, CA-based Egnyte is combining its Protect and Connect platforms into a single Content Services platform. As data has expanded, business has become more geographically dispersed, and data protection regulations have increased around the wo… Continue reading Egnyte Launches New Content Visibility and Control Platform
ExtraHop Takes Network Security and Visibility to the IoT Edge
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Continue reading ExtraHop Expands Enterprise IoT Security Features
Two apparently politically motivated backdoor campaigns have been observed operating in the Middle East, targeting influential Palestinians. The aggressors are most likely the MoleRATs APT (aka The Gaza Cybergang, Extreme Jackal, Moonlight, and DustySk… Continue reading New Backdoor Attacks Leverage Political Turmoil in Middle East
Email remains the biggest single cyber threat to business. Phishing can introduce malware either directly or later via stolen credentials, while BEC scam emails can lead to direct financial loss.
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Continue reading Threat From Spoofed Emails Grows, While DMARC Implementation Lags
Automated Attack Platform Lets Organizations Continuously Hack Themselves to Test Their Attack Surface
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Continue reading Randori Arms Red Teams With New Automated Attack Platform
Presidential candidates’ protection of their domains is improving, but could improve further. More specifically, of the 15 current candidates, eight now protect their domains from email spoofing with enforced DMARC. In May 2019, when there were still 2… Continue reading Presidential Candidates’ Use of DMARC Improves, but Remains Short of Optimum