FIN11 e-crime group shifted to clop ransomware and big game hunting
Several the group’s recent ransom notes explicitly name data stolen from workstations that belong to top executives, including founders/CEOs.
Several the group’s recent ransom notes explicitly name data stolen from workstations that belong to top executives, including founders/CEOs.
President-elect Joe Biden announced funding to modernize secure IT and lure cyber talent to the public sector as part of his plan to stimulate the economy and rebuild in the wake of the pandemic. But cybersecurity experts remain skeptical that the newfound funding focus on cybersecurity will be enough to draw the necessary talent. Noting…
NSA advises security pros to use designated enterprise DNS resolvers to lock down DoH on corporate networks.
In Nov. 2020 alone, company blocked 262 million emails containing malicious, remotely hosted images.
The capability is an easy win for CISOs, which can benefit with limited tweaks to machines.
The number of SolarWinds victims will likely grow in the upcoming months, but direct insured costs should remain close to the current estimate since many of the organizations hit – particularly federal agencies – do not carry insurance against cyber risks.
While most industries saw a significant dip in seed and Series A investments last year, cybersecurity investment remained resilient.
Threat actors have used a variety of tactics and techniques—including phishing, brute force login attempts, and possibly a so-called “pass-the-cookie” attack that bypassed multifactor authentication to exploit cloud security weaknesses.
The software essentially exempted Apple’s own programs from being routed through its Network Extension Framework, which the company created for third-party security products to monitor and filter network traffic.
Google’s Project Zero this week introduced a six-part series that offers an analysis of four zero-day vulnerabilities on Windows and Chrome, and known-day Android exploits it found during the team’s extensive research last year.