Windows Mark of the Web Zero-Days Remain Patchless, Under Exploit
Two separate vulnerabilities exist in different versions of Windows that allow attackers to sneak malicious attachments and files past Microsoft's Mark of the Web (MOTW) security feature.
Attackers are actively...
Stress Is Driving Cybersecurity Professionals to Rethink Roles
The stress and strain of cyberattacks on the staff tasked with protecting businesses is driving droves of desperately needed security practitioners to rethink their roles.New research from Mimecast reveals...
Godspeed Capital-Backed SilverEdge Partners with Counter Threat Solutions
RESTON, Va., Oct. 24, 2022, (BUSINESS WIRE) — SilverEdge
Government Solutions (“SilverEdge”) today announced it has partnered
with Counter Threat Solutions, LLC (“CTS”), a leading provider of all
source and counterintelligence analysis,...
Ransomware Barrage Aimed at US Healthcare Sector, Feds Warn
Daixin Team has actively targeted the US Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector since last June, according to a joint advisory issued by the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency...
Mango Market exploiter brags after rug-pulling Mango Inu ‘shitcoin’
In just over a week after pulling off the $117 million exploit of Mango Markets, Avraham Eisenberg is now boasting about making $100,000 rug-pulling a “shitcoin” called Mango Inu,...
FTX to give a ‘one-time’ $6M compensation to phishing victims
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX will provide around $6 million in compensation to victims of a phishing scam that allowed hackers to conduct unauthorized trades on certain FTX users’ accounts. FTX founder...
Unsung hero saves DeFi protocol from potential exploit: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you significant developments over the last week.The last week’s headline...
Gate.io users at risk as scammers fake giveaway on hacked Twitter account
Hackers took over the official Twitter account of crypto exchange Gate.io, putting over 1 million users at risk of losing funds to an ongoing fraudulent Tether (USDT) giveaway.Social media...
Google’s GUAC Aims to Democratize Software Supply Chain Security Metadata
A new open source initiative Google announced this week could move the needle forward on industrywide efforts to address software supply chain security issues.The project is called GUAC, or...
FBI: Iranian Threat Group Likely to Target US Midterms
Although the Iranian threat group Emennet Pasargad is largely dedicated to launching attacks against Israeli officials, the FBI warns the group is likely to engage in hack-and-leak operations against...
