BlackMatter & Haron: Evil Ransomware Newborns or Rebirths
They’re either new or old REvil & DarkSide wine in new bottles. Both have a taste for deep-pocketed targets and DarkSide-esque virtue-signaling.
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Reboot of PunkSpider Tool at DEF CON Stirs Debate
Researchers plan to introduce a revamp of PunkSpider, which helps identify flaws in websites so companies can make their back-end systems more secure, at DEF CON.
No More Ransom Saves Victims Nearly €1 billion Over 5 Years
No More Ransom is collecting decryptors so ransomware victims don’t have to pay to get their data back and attackers don’t get rich.
Podcast: Why Securing Active Directory Is a Nightmare
Researchers preview work to be presented at Black Hat on how AD “misconfiguration debt” lays out a dizzying array of attack paths, such as in PetitPotam.
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Two bugs, now patched except in older versions, could be chained to allow attackers to hijack Zimbra server by simply sending a malicious email.
The unpatched flaws include RCE and authenticated privilege escalation on the client-side: Just the latest woe for the ransomware-walloped MSP.
Company urges iPhone, iPad and Mac users to install updates to fix a critical memory corruption flaw that can allow for attackers to take over a system.
Enormous botnets of IoT devices are going after decades-old legacy systems that are rife in systems that control crucial infrastructure.
A comment spammer flooded Babuk’s new ransomware forum with gay orgy porn GIFs and demanded $5K in bitcoin.
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Podcast: Why Securing Active Directory Is a Nightmare
Researchers preview work to be presented at Black Hat on how AD “misconfiguration debt” lays out a dizzying array of attack paths, such as in PetitPotam.
Podcast: IoT Piranhas Are Swarming Industrial Controls
Enormous botnets of IoT devices are going after decades-old legacy systems that are rife in systems that control crucial infrastructure.
What’s Next for REvil’s Victims?
Podcast: Nothing, says a ransomware negotiator who has tips on staying out of the sad subset of victims left in the lurch, mid-negotiation, after REvil’s servers went up in smoke.
Protecting Phones From Pegasus-Like Spyware Attacks
Podcast: Can a new SIM card and prepaid service from an MVNO help? Former spyware insider, current mobile white hat hacker Adam Weinberg on how to block spyware attacks.
What’s Making Your Company a Ransomware Sitting Duck
What’s the low-hanging fruit for ransomware attackers? What steps could help to fend them off, and what’s stopping organizations from implementing those steps?
Insider Risks In the Work-From-Home World
Forcepoint’s Michael Crouse talks about risk-adaptive data-protection approaches and how to develop a behavior-based approach to insider threats and risk, particularly with pandemic-expanded network perimeters.
SASE & Zero Trust: The Dream Team
Forcepoint’s Nico Fischbach, global CTO and VPE of SASE, and Chase Cunningham, chief strategy officer at Ericom Software, on using SASE to make Zero Trust real.
Podcast: The State of Ransomware
In this Threatpost podcast, Fortinet’s top researcher sketches out the ransom landscape, with takeaways from the DarkSide attack on Colonial Pipeline.
Effective Adoption of SASE in 2021
In this Threatpost podcast, Forcepoint’s SASE and Zero Trust director describes how the pandemic jump-started SASE adoption.
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National Surveillance Camera Rollout Roils Privacy Activists
TALON, a network of smart, connected security cameras developed by the Atlanta-based startup and installed by law enforcement around the country, raises surveillance-related privacy concerns.
Malware Gangs Partner Up in Double-Punch Security Threat
From TrickBot to Ryuk, more malware cybercriminal groups are putting their heads together when attacking businesses.
How Email Attacks are Evolving in 2021
The money being wire transferred by business email compromise victims is on the rise, as cybersecurity criminals evolve their tactics.
Patrick Wardle on Hackers Leveraging ‘Powerful’ iOS Bugs in High-Level Attacks
Noted Apple security expert Patrick Wardle discusses how cybercriminals are stepping up their game in targeting Apple users with new techniques and cyberattacks.
Ransomware and IP Theft: Top COVID-19 Healthcare Security Scares
From ransomware attacks that crippled hospitals, to espionage attacks targeting COVID-19 vaccine supply chain, Beau Woods discusses the top healthcare security risks.
How the Pandemic is Reshaping the Bug-Bounty Landscape
Bugcrowd Founder Casey Ellis talks about COVID-19’s impact on bug bounty hunters, bug bounty program adoption and more.
Experts Weigh in on E-Commerce Security Amid Snowballing Threats
How a retail sector reeling from COVID-19 can lock down their online systems to prevent fraud during the upcoming holiday shopping spike.
Cybercriminals Step Up Their Game Ahead of U.S. Elections
Ahead of the November U.S. elections, cybercriminals are stepping up their offensive in both attacks against security infrastructure and disinformation campaigns – but this time, social media giants, the government and citizens are more prepared.
A Cyber ‘Vigilante’ is Sabotaging Emotet’s Return
During Black Hat USA 2020, Threatpost talks to Sherrod DeGrippo, with Proofpoint, about Emotet’s recent return -and how a cyber vigilante is attempting to thwart the malware’s comeback.
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2020 Cybersecurity Trends to Watch
Mobile becomes a prime phishing attack vector, hackers will increasingly employ machine learning in attacks and cloud will increasingly be seen as fertile ground for compromise.
Top Mobile Security Stories of 2019
Cybercrime increasingly went mobile in 2019, with everything from Apple iPhone jailbreaks and rogue Android apps to 5G and mobile-first phishing dominating the news coverage. Here are Threatpost’s Top 10 mobile security stories of 2019.
Facebook Security Debacles: 2019 Year in Review
2019 was a tumultuous year for Facebook as it continued to grapple with privacy fallout after Cambridge Analytica, as well as dealing with a slew of security challenges.
Biggest Malware Threats of 2019
2019 was another banner year for bots, trojans, RATS and ransomware. Let’s take a look back.
Top 10 IoT Disasters of 2019
From more widescale, powerful distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, to privacy issues in children’s connected toys, here are the top IoT disasters in 2019.
2019 Malware Trends to Watch
Here are 10 top malware trends to watch for in the New Year.
Top 2018 Security and Privacy Stories
The top cybersecurity and privacy trends that biggest impact in 2018.
2019: The Year Ahead in Cybersecurity
What are the top cyber trends to watch out for in 2019? Here’s what we’re hearing.
2018: A Banner Year for Breaches
A look back at the blizzard of breaches that made up 2018.