Security News

The six stages of a cyber attack lifecycle (Help Net Security)
2017-03-06 13:00

The traditional approach to cybersecurity has been to use a prevention-centric strategy focused on blocking attacks. While important, many of today’s advanced and motivated threat actors are...

New Fileless Attack Using DNS Queries to Carry Out PowerShell Commands (Threatpost)
2017-03-04 13:00

A unique attack called DNSMessenger uses DNS queries to carry out malicious PowerShell commands on compromised computers.

With 1.2 million phishing attacks, 2016 was a success for cybercriminals (Help Net Security)
2017-03-01 13:00

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) observed that 2016 ended as the worst year for phishing in history. The total number of phishing attacks in 2016 was 1,220,523. This number represents the...