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Midnight Blizzard (aka APT29), a group of Russian hackers tied to the country’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), has leveraged information stolen from Microsoft corporate email systems to burrow into the company’s source code repositorie… Continue reading Microsoft: Russian hackers accessed internal systems, code repositories
In this Help Net Security video, Michelle Alvarez, Strategic Threat Analysis Manager at IBM X-Force, discusses the 2024 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, revealing top threats and trends the team observed last year across its global engagements and ho… Continue reading Major shifts in identity, ransomware, and critical infrastructure threat trends
In 2023, cybercriminals saw more opportunities to “log in” versus hack into corporate networks through valid accounts – making this tactic a preferred weapon for threat actors, according to IBM’s 2024 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index… Continue reading The old, not the new: Basic security issues still biggest threat to enterprises
2024 is expected to witness a surge in cyberattacks driven by global events and the widespread accessibility of advanced technologies. In this Help Net Security round-up, we present segments from previously recorded videos where cybersecurity experts d… Continue reading 2024 cybersecurity outlook: A wave of global threats on the horizon
In this Help Net Security video, John Dwyer, Head of Research at IBM X-Force, discusses how 2024 is poised to be an incredibly impactful year for cyber attacks, driven by world events and access to advanced technologies like AI.
The post Emerging cyber… Continue reading Emerging cybersecurity trends and expectations for 2024
Zyxel has patched six vulnerabilities affecting its network attached storage (NAS) devices, including several (OS) command injection flaws that can be easily exploited by unauthenticated attackers. The vulnerabilities in Zyxel NAS devices One of the si… Continue reading Critical Zyxel NAS vulnerabilities patched, update quickly!
Hacker Stephanie “Snow” Carruthers and her team found phishing emails written by security researchers saw a 3% better click rate than phishing emails written by ChatGPT. Continue reading Generative AI Can Write Phishing Emails, But Humans Are Better At It, IBM X-Force Finds
According to Fortinet, ransomware activity has intensified, registering an increase of 13 times compared to the beginning of 2023 in terms of all malware detections. The rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service has primarily driven this surge in ransomware vari… Continue reading 9 essential ransomware guides and checklists available for free
In this Help Net Security video, Chris Caridi, Strategic Cyber Threat Analyst at IBM X-Force, talks about the findings of the latest IBM Security X-Force Cloud Security Threat Landscape Report. The X-Force report pulls data from IBM’s threat visi… Continue reading Cloud security trends: What makes cloud infrastructure vulnerable to threats?
IBM Security released the 2022 Cost of a Data Breach Report, revealing costlier and higher-impact data breaches than ever before, with the global average cost of a data breach reaching an all-time high of $4.35 million for studied organizations. With b… Continue reading The global average cost of a data breach reaches an all-time high of $4.35 million