Microsoft Elevation-of-Privilege Vulnerabilities Spiked Again in 2021
The number of privilege escalation bugs in Microsoft's products increased for the second year in a row in 2021, highlighting the growing risk this vulnerability category poses for organizations.
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‘There’s No Ceiling’: Ransomware’s Alarming Growth Signals a New Era, Verizon DBIR Finds
The past year has seen a staggering acceleration in ransomware incidents, with 25% of all breaches containing a ransomware component.
That's the top-line finding in the 2022 Verizon Data Breach...
Nisos Announces $15 Million in Series B Funding Round
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 24, 2022--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nisos, The Managed Intelligence CompanyTM, today announced $15 million in Series B funding led by global cyber investor Paladin Capital Group alongside existing investors...
Malicious Python Repository Package Drops Cobalt Strike on Windows, macOS & Linux Systems
Public repositories of open source code are a critical part of the software supply chain that many organizations use to build applications. They are therefore an attractive target for adversaries seeking...
Multiple Governments Buying Android Zero-Days for Spying: Google
At least eight governments around the world have purchased a package of Android zero-day exploits from a company called Cytrox and are using them to install spyware on targets' mobile...
Linux Trojan XorDdos Attacks Surge, Targeting Cloud, IoT
Cybercriminal use of the Linux Trojan known as XorDdos is on the rise, according to a new report, which found a 254% increase in malicious activity against Linux endpoints using...
Criminal IP Cybersecurity Search Engine Launches First Beta Test
TORRANCE, Calif., April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AI Spera announced Criminal IP, a new cybersecurity platform, today. Criminal IP is a total Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) search engine intended...
More Than 60% of Organizations Suffered a Breach in the Past 12 Months
The majority of companies — 63% — have suffered at least one breach in the past 12 months. The global average breach cost $2.4 million — a price tag...
Microsoft Leads Operation to Disrupt Zloader Botnet
Researchers from Microsoft and several security vendors have sinkholed 65 domains associated with the prolific Zloader malware distribution botnet.
Another 319 backup domains that Zloader generated via an embedded domain...
Data Scientists, Watch Out: Attackers Have Your Number
Always looking for an easy compromise, attackers are now scanning for data-science applications — such as Jupyter Notebook and JupyterLab — along with cloud servers and containers for misconfigurations,...
