An in-development build of the upcoming ShinySp1d3r ransomware-as-a-service platform has surfaced, offering a preview of the upcoming extortion operation. […]
WrtHug Exploits Six ASUS WRT Flaws to Hijack Tens of Thousands of EoL Routers Worldwide
A newly discovered campaign has compromised tens of thousands of outdated or end-of-life (EoL) ASUS routers worldwide, predominantly in Taiwan, the U.S., and Russia, to rope them into a massive network.
The router hijacking activity has been codenamed Operation WrtHug by SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team. Southeast Asia and European countries are some of the other regions where infections have
The router hijacking activity has been codenamed Operation WrtHug by SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team. Southeast Asia and European countries are some of the other regions where infections have
California man admits to laundering crypto stolen in $230M heist
A 45-year-old from Irvine, California, has pleaded guilty to laundering at least $25 million stolen in a massive $230 million cryptocurrency heist. […]
CISA Releases New Guides to Safeguard Critical Infrastructure from Unmanned Aircraft Systems Threats
CISA Unveils Guide to Combat Bulletproof Hosting Cybercrime
AI Is Supercharging Phishing: Here’s How to Fight Back
AI has given cybercriminals the ability to operate like Fortune‑500‑scale marketing departments—except their product is account takeover, data theft, and identity fraud.
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Application Containment: How to Use Ringfencing to Prevent the Weaponization of Trusted Software
The challenge facing security leaders is monumental: Securing environments where failure is not an option. Reliance on traditional security postures, such as Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) to chase threats after they have already entered the network, is fundamentally risky and contributes significantly to the half-trillion-dollar annual cost of cybercrime.
Zero Trust fundamentally shifts
Zero Trust fundamentally shifts
Largest Azure DDoS Attack Powered by Aisuru Botnet
Microsoft said the DDoS attack was aimed at an endpoint in Australia and reached 15.72 Tbps and 3.64 Bpps.
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Cloudflare blames this week’s massive outage on database issues
On Tuesday, Cloudflare experienced its worst outage in 6 years, blocking access to many websites and online platforms for almost 6 hours after a change to database access controls triggered a cascading failure across its Global Network. […]
EdgeStepper Implant Reroutes DNS Queries to Deploy Malware via Hijacked Software Updates
The threat actor known as PlushDaemon has been observed using a previously undocumented Go-based network backdoor codenamed EdgeStepper to facilitate adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks.
EdgeStepper “redirects all DNS queries to an external, malicious hijacking node, effectively rerouting the traffic from legitimate infrastructure used for software updates to attacker-controlled infrastructure
EdgeStepper “redirects all DNS queries to an external, malicious hijacking node, effectively rerouting the traffic from legitimate infrastructure used for software updates to attacker-controlled infrastructure