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….
“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…
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ used to spread a cryptominer
Threat actors attempted to take advantage of the interest in the new ‘ Spider-Man: No Way Home’ movie to spread a Monero Cryptominer. Threat actors are attempting to capitalize the…
New Rook Ransomware borrows code from Babuk
Recently launched ransomware operation, named Rook, made headlines for its announcement claiming a desperate need a lot of money. A new ransomware operation named Rook appeared in the threat landscape,…
Conti ransomware gang exploits Log4Shell bug in its operations
The Conti ransomware gang is the first ransomware operation exploiting the Log4Shell vulnerability to target VMware vCenter Servers. Conti ransomware gang is the first professional race that leverages Log4Shell exploit to compromise…
StayHackFree – Don’t Be Barry
The Holiday call from a buddy you do not want to get – much less make. By James Gorman, CISO, Authx Friday the week before Thanksgiving, driving home for the…
FBI’s investigation accidentally revealed the HelloKitty ransomware gang operates out of Ukraine
While investigating a data breach suffered by a healthcare organization, FBI accidentally revealed that it believes that the HelloKitty ransomware gang operates out of Ukraine. The investigation conducted by FBI…
Crooks injects e-skimmers in random WordPress plugins of e-stores
Threat actors are injecting credit card swipers into random plugins of e-commerce WordPress sites, Sucuri researchers warn. Sucuri researchers are warning of threat actors injecting credit card swipers into random…
CISA adds Log4Shell Log4j flaw to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
The U.S. CISA added 13 new vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, including Apache Log4Shell Log4j and Fortinet FortiOS issues. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added 13…
Cuba ransomware gang hacked 49 US critical infrastructure organizations
The FBI has revealed that the Cuba ransomware gang breached the networks of at least 49 US critical infrastructure organizations. A flash alert published by the FBI has reported that…