Can Data Protection Systems Prevent Data At Rest Leakage?
By: The Hacker News
Protection against insider risks works when the process involves controlling the data transfer channels or examining data sources.
One approach involves preventing USB flash drives from being...
Colonial Pipeline Paid Darkside Hackers Nearly $5 Million in Ransom
By William Turton, Michael Riley, and Jennifer Jacobs
Payment came shortly after attack got underway last week FBI discourages organizations from paying ransom to hackers
Colonial Pipeline Co. paid nearly $5 million to Eastern European...
U.S. Declares Emergency in 17 States Over Fuel Pipeline Cyber Attack
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline's networks has prompted the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to issue a regional emergency declaration in 17 states and...
Ransomware Cyber Attack Forced the Largest U.S. Fuel Pipeline to Shut Down
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Colonial Pipeline, which carries 45% of the fuel consumed on the U.S. East Coast, on Saturday said it halted operations due to a ransomware attack, once again...
Tracking One Year of Malicious Tor Exit Relay Activities (Part II)
Malicious Tor Exit Relays Using MITM Proxy Attacks on Tor Users
nusenu21 hours ago·19 min read
>25% of the Tor network’s exit capacity has been attacking Tor users
In August 2020 I...
Top 12 Security Flaws Russian Spy Hackers Are Exploiting in the Wild
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cyber operatives affiliated with the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) have switched up their tactics in response to previous public disclosures of their attack methods, according to...
New Stealthy Rootkit Infiltrated Networks of High-Profile Organizations
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
An unknown threat actor with the capabilities to evolve and tailor its toolset to target environments infiltrated high-profile organizations in Asia and Africa with an evasive Windows...
Global Phishing Attacks Spawn Three New Malware Strains
The never-seen malware strains have "professionally coded sophistication" and were launched by a well-resourced APT using nearly 50 domains, one hijacked.
Two waves of global financial phishing attacks that swamped...
New Pingback Malware Using ICMP Tunneling to Evade C&C Detection
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Researchers on Tuesday disclosed a novel malware that uses a variety of tricks to stay under the radar and evade detection, while stealthily capable of executing arbitrary...
