Mozi, a relatively new peer-to-peer botnet, is now dominating global IoT network traffic, according to a new report from IBM's X-Force unit. The malware is being used to launch DDoS attacks as well as mine for cryptocurrency.
A Secure and Resilient Cybersecurity Infrastructure Is Key to Mitigating Cyber Attacks
As we have been reminded in 2020, standard hygienic practices are crucial to combating viruses like COVID-19. The same is true in cybersecurity, everyone must practice basic security hygiene to boost their defenses against...
Whether organizations have a full threat intelligence team, ingest threat feeds, or simply leverage threat intelligence features found in common security tools, they are now benefiting from threat intelligence in one way or another. Commensurate with the increase in the use of threat intelligence has been an increase...
ESG Estimates a 233% ROI from Anomali Threat Intelligence Solutions
Never before has it been so critical for enterprises to effectively empower an increasingly remote workforce with access to applications and resources across a number of geographic regions, networks, and devices.
Enterprises have been...
One of the most exciting, useful, and needed efforts in recent years for information security is the MITRE ATT&CK (Adversarial Tactics, Techniques & Common Knowledge) framework, a way to describe and categorize adversarial behaviors based on real-world observations. The goal of ATT&CK is to be a living dataset that is...
Anomali researchers have identified a credential harvesting campaign designed to steal the login credentials for multiple government procurement services from a range of international countries. The procurement services are used by multiple public and private sector organizations to match buyers and suppliers.
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The 2020 SOC Survey launched two days prior to the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring COVID-19 as a pandemic. Some of the results reflect the uncertainty security managers are facing about their future hiring. With a vast number of businesses completely shut down or moving to a 100% work-from-home environment,...
The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday imposed sanctions on an Iranian advanced persistent threat group, 45 associated individuals and a front company the Iranian government allegedly used to run a years-long malware campaign that targeted Iranian dissidents, journalists and others.
Many financial institutions have deployed fraud fusion centers as a way to help mitigate risks. But as fraudsters revamp their techniques, banks need to revamp these centers to keep up, says Jeff Dant of BMO Financial Group, who will speak at ISMG's Virtual Cybersecurity and Fraud Summit: Toronto.
Two Iranian nationals have been charged with participating in a years-long hacking campaign that targeted vulnerable networks in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East to steal "hundreds of terabytes" of data, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Stop me if you think you've heard this one before: Some ransomware attackers are hiding attack code in virtual machines or creating new leaking sites to pressure victims into paying.
The 2020 industry benchmark report independently conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by IBM Security and ObserveIT is now available.
What are the findings and implications of an insider breach? Ponemon Institute's latest report is conducted to understand the direct and indirect costs that result from...
The hacking group "Pioneer Kitten," which has suspected ties to the Iranian government, is taking advantage of several unpatched vulnerabilities and using open source tools to target U.S. businesses as well as federal government agencies, according to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
From Friday through Monday, malicious JavaScript skimming code was injected into nearly 2,000 e-commerce sites that were running an older version of Adobe's Magento software, possibly resulting in the theft of payment card data, according to Sanguine Security.
National Guard units are commonly called up to help deal with the aftermath of a natural disaster. And they played a role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest. But some states are now calling out the National Guard to help safeguard elections from online attacks and interference.
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