Criminals use trending TikTok challenge to make data-stealing malware invisible
PSA: Don't download unknown apps even if they promise naked people Malware-slinging miscreants are taking advantage of a trending TikTok challenge — and viewers' dirty minds — to spread data-stealing malware via a phony app that's had more than...
Lockheed Martin’s Army cyber training platform goes civilian
Army civilian employees, that is, but aerospace biz says it could be used in the private sector, too Locheed Martin has bagged a government contract to train 17,000 remote US Army civilian employees on security readiness, and wants to...
The five cyber attack techniques of the apocalypse
Watch SANS experts discuss some of the most devious and dangerous methods employed by hackers in 2022 Webinar This year's RSA Conference saw SANS security experts gather to identify and discuss five of the most dangerous cyber attack techniques...
Sandworm gang launches Monster ransomware attacks on Ukraine
The RansomBoggs campaign is the Russia-linked group’s latest assault on the smaller country The Russian criminal crew Sandworm is launching another attack against organizations in Ukraine, using a ransomware that analysts at Slovakian software company ESET are calling RansomBoggs.…
International cops arrest hundreds of fraudsters, money launderers and cocaine kingpins
$155,000-a-month lifestyle ends in cuffs for suspected crim Europol has arrested hundreds of fraudsters, money launderers and cocaine kingpins, and shut down thousands of websites selling pirated and counterfeit products in a series of raids over the past month.…
Blockchain couldn’t stop TXT spam in India, regulator now trying AI
Maybe – just maybe – messages and calls from +91 might become more trustworthy India's Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) has announced a fresh crackdown on TXT spam – this time using artificial intelligence, after a previous blockchain-powered effort delivered...
Windows Server domain controllers may stop, restart after recent updates
Microsoft outlines a workaround while pulling together a fix to LSASS memory leak Updates to Windows Server released as part of this month's Patch Tuesday onslaught might cause some domain controllers to stop working or automatically restart, according to...
Want to boost your cyber security skills by playing games this Christmas?
Register for this free SANS Holiday Hack Challenge to find out how Sponsored Post Christmas is a time for gift giving and spending time with your friends and family – but that doesn't have to be all. What if...
US bans Chinese telecoms imports – won’t even consider authorizing them
Part bureaucratic box ticking, part crackdown that makes even Wi-Fi routers and smartphones off limits The United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has barred itself from authorizing the import or sale of Chinese telecoms and video surveillance products from...
How advances in email encryption bring all-out security success
Listen in to our webinar on 30th November to find out Webinar Email provides us with an infinite number of possible exchanges. We send approximately 332 billion messages a day but having so much convenience and flexibility at our...
Guess the most common password. Hint: We just told you
Also, Another red team tool at risk of turning to the darkside, and Meta catches the US military behaving badly In brief NordPass has released its list of the most common passwords of 2022, and frankly we're disappointed in...
Elon Musk to abused Twitter users: your tormentors are coming back
Promises restoration of suspended accounts, despite previous pledge to do no such thing Twitter CEO Elon Musk has decided to allow suspended accounts back onto the micro-blogging service.…
UK bans Chinese CCTV cameras on ‘sensitive’ government sites
Agencies told to rip 'em off core networks and replace 'em whenever and wherever possible The United Kingdom has decided Chinese video cameras have no place in government facilities.…
Meta links US military to fake social media influence campaigns
Didn't say they were good, though – covert ops apparently got 'little to no engagement' from targets In its latest quarterly threat report, Meta said it had detected and disrupted influence operations originating in the US, and it calls...
European Parliament Putin things back together after cyber attack
DDoS started not long after Russia was declared a state sponsor of terrorism The European Parliament has experienced a cyber attack that started not long after it declared Russia to be a state sponsor of terrorism.…
Still using a discontinued Boa web server? Microsoft warns of supply chain attacks
Flaws in the open-source tool exploited – and India's power grid was a target Microsoft is warning that systems using the long-discontinued Boa web server could be at risk of attacks after a series of intrusion attempts of power...
Gartner: How to Respond to the 2022 Cyberthreat Landscape
A new Gartner® report, How to Respond to the 2022 Cyberthreat Landscape, focuses on the new threats organizations will face as they prepare for the future of work and accelerate digital transformations. Gartner’s advice will help security and risk...
Gartner MQ WAAP 2022
Research shows that web applications and API attacks continued to explode in the first half of 2022. Does your organization have the best defense today? Akamai recommends deploying a holistic web application and API protection (WAAP) solution. The right...
How Akamai Helps to Mitigate the OWASP API Security Top 10 Vulnerabilities
Experts warn that API attacks will soon become the most common type of web application attack. As a result, organizations and their security vendors need to align across people, processes, and technologies to institute the right protections. The Open...
What is Account Takeover and How to Prevent It in 2022
An account takeover (ATO), in which criminals impersonate legitimate account owners to take control of an account, are on the rise in Asia and across the world. Fraudsters are swindling money and digital assets from consumers across industries, with...
The OWASP Top 10 – How Akamai Helps
OWASP publishes a list of the 10 most common vulnerabilities in web applications. This white paper details how Akamai can help mitigate these threat vectors.
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