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The Chinese hacking group, tracked as TA413, used a malicious Firefox add-on in a cyberespionage campaign aimed at Tibetans. China-linked cyberespionage group TA413 targeted Tibetan organizations across the world using a malicious Firefox add-on, dubbed FriarFox, that allowed them to steal Gmail […]
Identifying a new actor is the first step in creating a defense, but attribution is hard to confirm due to use of common toolsets. The post Old foe or new enemy? Here’s how researchers handle APT attribution appeared first on SC Media.
Ramsonware incidents against healthcare and government organizations have been few and far between in 2021, but experts say that could change as the year goes on. The post So far, ransomware attacks way down at schools, hospitals in 2021 appeared first on SC Media.
Researchers at Kasperksy have tied a piece of malware used by Lazarus Group last seen targeting security vulnerability researchers earlier this year to another campaign by the North Korean hacking group focused on pilfering sensitive data from defense contractors. The post ThreatNeedle malware tied […]
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Meanwhile, researchers at SecurityScorecard say the "fileless" malware loader in the attack - Teardrop - actually dates back to 2017.
Cisco addressed over a dozen vulnerabilities in its products, including three critical bugs in ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator, Application Services Engine, and NX-OS software. Cisco released security updates to address over a dozen vulnerabilities affecting multiple products, including three critical […]
Several gigabytes of sensitive data stolen from one restricted network, with organizations in more than 12 countries impacted, Kaspersky says.
Database encryption protects sensitive information by scrambling the data when it's stored, or as it has become popular to say, "is at rest."
Attackers have doubled down on ransomware and phishing -- with some tweaks -- while deepfakes and disinformation will become more major threats in the future, according to a trio of threat reports.
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Jack Wallen tries out the Firewalla Gold to see if it's worthy of serving as your work-from-home security device.
The Lazarus group had a busy 2020, and 2021 is shaping up to be another devastatingly productive year for one of the most dangerous hacking groups on the planet.
The now-patched vulnerability could have allowed attackers to scan a company's internal network and gain access to sensitive data, says Positive Technologies.
The Stanford Internet Observatory alleged that the Chinese government may have had access to audio data from Clubhouse. Here's what users should know.
Two developers, sponsored by Google, will dedicate their time to addressing vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel as part of a wider effort to improve the security of open-source software.