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…
Analyzing The Security Challenge of Hybrid and Remote Working Models
By Mike East, VP EMEA, Menlo Security The pandemic has shifted the balance in many arenas, not least in relation to cybersecurity. Where COVID-19 has continued to have a drastic…
Android.Cynos.7.origin trojan infected +9 million Android devices
Researchers spotted dozens of games on Huawei’s AppGallery catalog containing the Android.Cynos.7.origin trojan. Researchers from Dr. Web AV discovered 190 games on Huawei’s AppGallery catalog (i.e. simulators, platformers, arcades, strategies, and shooters)…
New evolving Abcbot DDoS botnet targets Linux systems
Qihoo 360’s Netlab detailed a new evolving DDoS botnet called Abcbot with wormable capabilities that targets Linux systems. Researchers from Qihoo 360’s Netlab security team have spotted a new botnet,…
CISA shares a catalog of 306 actively exploited vulnerabilities
The US CISA shared a list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild and orders US federal agencies to address them within deadlines. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure…
The Top 3 Cyber Security Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
As hacks become more common, organizations have no room for cybersecurity mistakes. By Ivan Paynter, National Cybersecurity Specialist at ScanSource Ransomware cost Americans an estimated $1.4 billion last year, and beyond high-profile hacks…
Application Modernization and Other Best Practices of Securing Legacy Infrastructures
By Roman Davydov, Technology Observer, Itransition Legacy systems continue to play a vital role in the operations of many enterprises. However, over time, things like poor user adoption, increased maintenance…
Being Mindful of Communication Security
The potential risks of communication APIs and CPaaS and secure vendor selection criteria. By James Ryan, Director of Information Security, BISO, IntelePeer The pandemic accelerated the demand for various things,…
58% of all nation-state attacks in the last year were launched by Russian nation-state actors
Microsoft revealed that Russia-linked cyberespionage groups are behind the majority of the nation-state cyber attacks on US government agencies. Microsoft revealed that most of the cyber attacks on US government…
Modern Times, Old Prejudices
The Hacker Era By Jordan Marcus Bonagura The century of constant acceleration Twenty-first century, more than a century of human evolution and great changes, a century of constant acceleration. Everything…
Source Code Protection Market
Do we need GitHub and Bitbucket backup software? By Marta Przybylska, Marketing Manager, GitProtect.io / Xopero Software Today, the software is the driving force of the world, and developers are…
Threat actors exploit a flaw in Coinbase 2FA to steal user funds
Threat actors stole funds from the accounts of more than 6,000 users of the crypto exchange Coinbase exploiting a flaw to bypass 2FA authentication. Threat actors have exploited a vulnerability…