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Security vulnerabilities in Microsoft software have become an even more popular means of attack by cyber criminals - but an Adobe Flash vulnerability still ranks as the second most used exploit by hacking groups. Analysis by researchers at Recorded…
“Hydro subject to cyber-attack,” warned Oslo-headquartered Norsk Hydro ASA, one of the world's biggest aluminum producers, on Tuesday. “Hydro has isolated all plants and operations and is switching to manual operations and…
Only 28% of gov.uk domains have been proactive in setting up DMARC appropriately, in line with UK Government Digital Service (GDS) advice in preparation for the retirement of the Government Secure Intranet (GSI) platform in March 2019. Since 1996…
ESET researchers detail the latest tricks and techniques OceanLotus uses to deliver its backdoor while staying under the radar This article will first describe how the OceanLotus group (also known as APT32 and APT-C-00) recently used one of the…
The revelations that Facebook had lazily slathered user data around, and that Cambridge Analytica had weaponized it, shocked the world in 2018. It will likely be a turning point for how all of us think about sharing data online, but despite the…
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Security researchers have discovered a new variant of the Mirai IoT malware that's targeting enterprise-focused devices rather than vulnerable consumer IoT devices. Palo Alto Network's Unit 42 said that the new variant, which was discovered earlier…
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Fileless Malware: What It Stands For? Fileless malware, or non-malware, is a zero-footprint attack that does not depend on any malicious software to spread and infect the user's machine. It, instead, finds existing vulnerabilities in the machine…
One of the biggest security threats school districts face isn't posed by a physical intruder trying to come in through the front door, but by a faceless actor swarming them from cyberspace. Across the country, districts are scrambling to protect…
Just last month, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), a part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), published guidance for public and private companies to protect mobile devices and help prevent data…
