USCYBERCOM: MuddyWater APT is linked to Iran’s MOIS intelligence
US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) has officially linked the Iran-linked MuddyWater APT group to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). USCYBERCOM has officially linked the Iran-linked MuddyWater APT group (aka SeedWorm and TEMP.Zagros)…
Why Hackers Attack Mobile Devices and How to Prevent It
By Nicole Allen, Marketing Executive at Salt Communications According to a Gallup poll, the frequency of remote work cyber-attacks has nearly doubled since the beginning of the pandemic. Employees were…
FIN7 group continues to target US companies with BadUSB devices
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns US companies that the FIN7 cybercriminals group is targeting the US defense industry with BadUSB devices. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation issued…
It’s 2022 And Cyber Deception Has Arrived – Defeat Tomorrow’s Threat Today
Lessons from The Cheshire Cat in Concealment & Misdirection Cyber deception has come a long way from deploying honeypots on the external interface to research attack activity. Nowadays, deception technology…
Cybersecurity Alone Is Not Enough, Systems Need Cyber Resiliency
Electronics systems today need to go beyond preparedness for an attack to resiliency during and after one. By Eric Sivertson, VP of Security Business Development, Lattice Semiconductor The National Vulnerability…
Phishing: How To Improve Cybersecurity Awareness
By Jason Stirland, CTO at DeltaNet International According to research by Proofpoint, 75% of organizations around the world experienced a phishing attack in 2020, and 74% of attacks targeting US businesses were…
Getting Started with Active Directory Security
Evaluating, Benchmarking and Creating a Strategy By Justin Kohler, Director of BloodHound Enterprise, SpecterOps Over 90% of the Fortune 1000 use Microsoft Active Directory (AD) for identity and access management….
How To Thwart Fraud with Phone Numbers
By Guillaume Bourcy, Vice President, Data & Identity Solutions, TeleSign During the peak of the global pandemic, online shopping and cybercriminal activity hit unprecedented figures, hitting merchants’ bottom lines hard….
Surviving The New Era of Terabit-Class DDoS Attacks
By Richard Hummel, Threat Intelligence Lead, NETSCOUTy In March 2018, a massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) disrupted service for the developer platform GitHub. The attack, which lasted for approximately…
“Owning Your Identity” Through Biometric and Passwordless Innovations
By Bob Eckel, CEO, Aware Consumers around the world have become increasingly comfortable engaging with businesses digitally. Between 2020 and 2021, driven in part by the pandemic, the proportion of…
12 Tips for Improving Access Control in Your Organization
By Bryon Miller ASCENT In today’s world, we have more access to essentially all that’s available in our lives. More access to people and places. More access to information and…
North Korea-linked threat actors stole $1.7 billion from cryptocurrency exchanges
North Korea-linked threat actors are behind some of the largest cyberattacks against cryptocurrency exchanges. North Korea-linked APT groups are suspected to be behind some of the largest cyberattacks against cryptocurrency…