Adversaries Continue Cyberattacks with Greater Precision and Innovative Attack Methods According to NETSCOUT Report
WESTFORD, Mass.,
September 27, 2022 — NETSCOUT
SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) today announced findings from its 1H2022 DDoS Threat Intelligence Report. The findings demonstrate how sophisticated cybercriminals
have become at bypassing defenses...
Despite Recession Jitters, M&A Dominates a Robust Cybersecurity Market
The cybersecurity industry continues to remain largely unaffected by the uncertainty surrounding the rest of the economy.
Though funding activity this year is somewhat slower than in 2021 and market...
Russia Planning Cyberattacks on Ukraine’s Energy Grid
As protests against military conscription rage inside Russia, the country is planning to continue its offensive into Ukraine with cyberattacks on critical infrastructure.
The Odessa Journal reported Ukrainian military intelligence...
App Developers Increasingly Targeted via Slack, DevOps Tools
Developers are increasingly under attack through the tools that they use to collaborate and to produce code — such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Slack — as cybercriminals and nation-state...
Researchers Uncover Mysterious ‘Metador’ Cyber-Espionage Group
LABSCON – Scottsdale, Ariz. – A new threat actor that has infected a telecommunications company in the Middle East and multiple Internet service providers and universities in the Middle East...
Cyberattackers Compromise Microsoft Exchange Servers via Malicious OAuth Apps
Attackers are deploying malicious OAuth applications on compromised cloud tenants, with the goal of taking over Microsoft Exchange Servers to spread spam.
That's according to the Microsoft 365 Defender Research...
Feds Sound Alarm on Rising OT/ICS Threats From APT Groups
The National Security Administration (NSA) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are warning that there are active, known threats to industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) that...
Developer Leaks LockBit 3.0 Ransomware-Builder Code
One problem with running a ransomware operation along the lines of a regular business is that disgruntled employees may want to sabotage the operation over some perceived injustice.
That appears...
Malicious npm Package Poses as Tailwind Tool
A malicious package in the npm open source code repository is hitching a social engineering ride on the "Tailwind" legitimate software library tool, which millions of application developers use...
Threat Actor Abuses LinkedIn’s Smart Links Feature to Harvest Credit Cards
A malicious campaign targeting Internet users in Slovakia is serving up another reminder of how phishing operators frequently leverage legitimate services and brands to evade security controls.In this instance,...
