CISA and Partners Update the #StopRansomware Guide Developed Through the Joint Ransomware Task Force
The updated guide, developed through the Joint Ransomware Task Force, reflects lessons learned in the last few years, adding the FBI and NSA as co-authors. It offers recommendations to prevent initial intrusion and protect data using cloud backups.
Recent rapid advances in ML have made the potential power of AI blindingly obvious. What’s much less obvious is how it is going to be usefully deployed in security contexts and whether it will deliver the major breakthroughs its proponents promise.
The exposed database contained a staggering 360,308,817 records, totaling 133 GB in size. These records included a wide range of sensitive information, including user email addresses, original IP addresses, geolocation data, and server usage records.
The Cyber Signals report revealed that Microsoft detected 35 million BEC attempts with an average of 156,000 attempts daily between April 2022 and April 2023. Microsoft also noticed a pattern in which attackers used a phishing-as-a-service platform, BulletProftLink, to obtain login credentials. To protect, enterprises can enable notifications and configure mail systems to flag messages […]
Trend Micro revealed that the BlackCat ransomware group is using a signed kernel driver for evasion tactics. The driver was utilized in conjunction with a separate user client executable, with the intention of manipulating, pausing, and terminating specific processes associated with the security on the targeted endpoints. Windows admins must ensure that ‘Driver Signature Enforcement’ […]
Law enforcement and regulatory action over the past year in the US most likely dissuaded hackers from stealing cryptocurrency, making the amount stolen in the first quarter of the year the lowest compared to each of the four quarters in 2022.
OAuth-related vulnerabilities found in the widely used application development framework Expo could have been exploited to take control of user accounts, according to API security firm Salt Security.
The Israel-based real-time website impersonation detection and prevention solution provider has completed a $10 million seed round led by Capri Ventures and Venture Guides.
Latvian network equipment manufacturer MikroTik has shipped a patch for a major security defect in its RouterOS product and confirmed the vulnerability was exploited five months ago at the Pwn2Own Toronto hacking contest.
The ransomware threat is still very much alive, with 85% of organizations having suffered from at least one such attack over the past 12 months, according to Veeam’s 2023 Ransomware Trends Report.