Capital One identity theft hacker finally gets convicted
It took three years, but the Capital One cracker was convicted in the end. Don’t get caught out in a data breach of your own!
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How fast do cybercriminals capitalize on new security weaknesses?
Threat intelligence analysts at Skybox Research Lab uncovered a 42% increase in new ransomware programs targeting known vulnerabilities in 2021. The report revealed how quickly cybercriminals capitalize on new security weaknesses – shrinking the window that organizations have to remediate vulnerabilities ahead of an attack. Record-breaking growth in new vulnerabilities With 20,175 new vulnerabilities published […]
Continue ReadingWhat to Know About Anti-Malware Solutions for 2022
By Waqas Anti-malware software is something that can save your business from total financial destruction and save its reputation. Anti-malware… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: What to Know About Anti-Malware Solutions for 2022
Continue ReadingRansomware’s savage reign continues as attacks increase 105%
SonicWall released a report which details a sustained meteoric rise in ransomware with 623.3 million attacks globally. Nearly all monitored threats, cyberattacks and malicious digital assaults rose in 2021 including: ransomware, encrypted threats, IoT malware and cryptojacking. “Cyberattacks become more attractive and potentially more disastrous as dependence on information technology increases,” said SonicWall President and […]
Continue ReadingHow cybercriminals are using malware to target Linux-based operating systems
As the most common cloud operating system, Linux is a core part of digital infrastructure and is quickly becoming an attacker’s ticket into a multi-cloud environment. Current malware countermeasures are mostly focused on addressing Windows-based threats, leaving many public and private cloud deployments vulnerable to attacks that target Linux-based workloads, VMware reveals. Key findings that […]
Continue ReadingGoogle announces threat detection for virtual machines in its cloud
Google is adding a new defensive layer to protect enterprise workloads running in Google Cloud. It’s called Virtual Machine Threat Detection (VMTD), and will help select Security Command Center customers detect cryptomining malware inside their virtual machines. A new addition to GCP’s Security Command Center The Security Command Center is a centralized security and risk […]
Continue ReadingHow threat actors are using npm to launch attacks
WhiteSource released a threat report based on malicious activity found in npm, the most popular JavaScript package manager used by developers worldwide. The report is based on findings from more than 1,300 malicious npm packages identified in 2021. JavaScript is the most commonly used programming language today, with more than 16 million developers worldwide relying […]
Continue ReadingTop attack trends every organization should build resilience against
Expel announced the release of the cybersecurity trends and predictions for 2022. Based on aggregated data from its security operations center (SOC), the report provides insights on the biggest cybersecurity threats, practical recommendations on how to handle them, and predictions on what to expect in the year ahead. Supply chain and ransomware attacks hogged headlines […]
Continue ReadingQNAP NAS devices targeted by new bitcoin miner
Unsecured QNAP NAS devices are getting covertly saddled with a new bitcoin miner, QNAP has warned users. “Once a NAS is infected, CPU usage becomes unusually high where a process named ‘[oom_reaper]’ could occupy around 50% of the total CPU usage. This process mimics a normal, legitimate kernel process with the same name. However, while […]
Continue ReadingCybersecurity threat landscape growing in sophistication, complexity and impact
The 9th edition of the ENISA Threat Landscape (ETL) report released by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity highlights the surge in cybercriminality motivated by monetization using ransomware or cryptojacking. It covers a period of reporting starting from April 2020 up to July 2021. Cybersecurity threats are on the rise. Ransomware ranks as a prime […]
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