Incident response is a structured approach to managing and addressing security breaches or cyber-attacks. Security teams must overcome challenges such as timely detection, comprehensive data collection, and coordinated actions to enhance readiness. Improving these areas ensures a swift and effective response, minimizing damage and restoring normal operations quickly.
Challenges in incident
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A tech support fraud leader was sentenced to seven years in prison for scamming over 6,500 victims and making $6 million. The operation targeted elderly victims in the U.S. and Canada by showing fake malware infections on their computers.
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The United States, along with Germany and Slovenia, participated in a historic prisoner exchange with Russia, releasing hackers, spies, and an assassin. The swap took place at an airport in Ankara, Turkey.
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Experts say the “nonsensical” policy proposal, which largely aligns with Donald Trump’s agenda, would weaken the US agency tasked with protecting election integrity, critical infrastructure, and more.
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A vulnerability in Rockwell Automation’s Logix controllers, CVE-2024-6242, poses a security risk to industrial automation systems worldwide by allowing unauthorized access to PLCs.
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A new Windows backdoor named BITSLOTH has been discovered by cybersecurity researchers. This malware exploits the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) for stealthy communication, making it difficult to detect.
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This attack method takes advantage of vulnerabilities at the registrar level and lax ownership verification at DNS providers. Research has shown that over a million domains could be vulnerable to this type of attack daily.
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The attackers, posing as interviewers, urge candidates to download a ZIP file containing malware. The campaign has targeted victims in South Korea, North America, Europe, and the Middle East.
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Cisco Investments has invested in Halcyon, an anti-ransomware company, to enhance its platform and reduce ransomware risks to zero. The investment amount remains undisclosed, but Halcyon has raised a total of $90 million so far.
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APT28, a Russia-linked threat actor (also known as Fighting Ursa, Fancy Bear, and Sofacy), has been identified in a campaign using a car sale phishing lure to deliver the HeadLace Windows backdoor to target diplomats since March 2024.
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