Week in review: CDK Global cyberattack, critical vCenter Server RCE fixed
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: The rise of SaaS security teamsIn this Help Net Security…
Month: June 2024
Microsoft Unveils Playbook to Defend Against Octo Tempest Group
Octo Tempest is a financially motivated cybercrime group that leverages social engineering and identity compromise to gain initial access to an environment. It exploits weaknesses…
Chinese Winnti Group Intensifies Financially Motivated Attacks
Hackers are increasingly executing financially motivated attacks and all due to the lucrative potential of monetizing the stolen data, ransoms, and fraudulent activities. The digital…
12 Tips for Managing Cryptocurrency Market Volatility
The cryptocurrency market is famous for its big price changes, which can happen very fast. For people who invest money, these quick price movements can…
Ratel RAT targets outdated Android phones in ransomware attacks
An open-source Android malware named ‘Ratel RAT’ is widely deployed by multiple cybercriminals to attack outdated devices, some aiming to lock them down with a…
CDK Global outage caused by BlackSuit ransomware attack
The BlackSuit ransomware gang is behind CDK Global’s massive IT outage and disruption to car dealerships across North America, according to multiple sources familiar with the…
US government sanctions twelve Kaspersky Lab executives
US government sanctions twelve Kaspersky Lab executives Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2024 The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned twelve Kaspersky Lab executives…
A National Imperative – Cyber Resiliency
Strategies to Safeguard Critical Infrastructure Against Cyber Threats By Andrea E. Davis, Founder and President of The Resiliency Initiative I started my career in emergency…
New Adware Campaign Targets Meta Quest App Seekers
Jun 22, 2024NewsroomPhishing Attack / Adware A new campaign is tricking users searching for the Meta Quest (formerly Oculus) application for Windows into downloading a…
How and When to Know You Need a Fractional CISO
By Andy Hilliard, CEO of Accelerance Every business owner knows how important cyber security is. Headlines of attacks, leaks and breaches of customer data, payment…
Demand For Better Cybersecurity Fuels A Booming Job Market
22 Jun Demand For Better Cybersecurity Fuels A Booming Job Market Posted at 08:55h in Blogs by Di Freeze This week in cybersecurity from the…
ExCobalt Cyber Gang Targets Russian Sectors with New GoRed Backdoor
Jun 22, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence Russian organizations have been targeted by a cybercrime gang called ExCobalt using a previously unknown Golang-based backdoor known…