Collaborate Disseminate
Identity deception attacks continue to grow, but the type of attack seems to be changing. During Q3, 2019, phishing campaigns impersonating brands dropped by 6% over the previous quarter. Attacks impersonating individuals, however, increased by 10%. Th… Continue reading Vendor Email Compromise is Latest Identity Deception Attack
“Spear phishing… remains the principal attack vector for most cybercrimes,” says Europol in a new report. Sixty-five percent of targeted attack groups use it as their primary infection vector, while 32% of breaches involve phishing. During 2018, up t… Continue reading Europol on Methodology Behind Successful Spear Phishing Attacks
There have been many studies and investigations into the number of stolen credentials available on the dark web. However, a new report that was just released is a bit different: it focuses on credentials belonging to global Fortune 500 organizations, a… Continue reading 21 Million Stolen Fortune 500 Credentials For Sale on Dark Web
It’s Often Difficult for Readers to Distinguish Between Hyperbole and Genuinely Shocking Survey Statistics
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A chain of vulnerabilities in MikroTik routers could allow an attacker to gain a backdoor. The chain starts with DNS poisoning, goes on to downgrading the installed version of MikroTik’s RouterOS software, and ends with enabling a backdoor.
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A network of 50 honeypots deployed around the world has been catching and monitoring attacks against IoT devices. Such detected attacks have increased almost nine-fold between H1 2018 and H1 2019, from 12 million to 105 million. During the same period,… Continue reading The Threat to SoHo IoT Devices is Growing Rapidly
Raccoon is a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) infostealer that appeared in early 2019, and was aggressively marketed on underground forums from April 2019. Since then, its popularity and use has grown dramatically. It has become one of the top ten most refe… Continue reading Raccoon Malware-as-a-Service Gains Momentum
New Hardware-based Security Solution Helps Secure IoT Devices at the Silicon Level
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Continue reading Micron Launches Silicon-Based Security-as-a-Service Platform
Researchers have discovered a vulnerability in the Maxthon 5 Browser for Windows. Maxthon is a freeware browser developed by Maxthon Ltd, a firm headquartered in Beijing, China, and with offices in San Francisco, CA. Maxthon claims to be the default br… Continue reading Maxthon Browser Vulnerability Can Help Attackers in Post-Exploitation Phase