Security News

Midnight Blizzard and Cloudflare-Atlassian Cybersecurity Incidents: What to Know
2024-02-13 11:10

The Midnight Blizzard and Cloudflare-Atlassian cybersecurity incidents raised alarms about the vulnerabilities inherent in major SaaS platforms. These incidents illustrate the stakes involved in...

Five Eyes nations warn Moscow's mates at the Star Blizzard gang have new phishing targets
2023-12-08 01:31

In a joint security alert issued on Thursday, seven agencies* from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the US and the UK, warned about a criminal gang named Star Blizzard and its evolving phishing techniques. Beginning in 2022, Star Blizzard also began prodding defense-industrial targets and US Department of Energy facilities.

Finland Faces Blizzard of FluBot-Spreading Text Messages
2021-11-30 18:11

The Flubot banking trojan is blanketing Finland, spreading via Android phones that are sending millions of malicious text messages. On Friday, the National Cyber Security Centre at the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency posted a "Severe" alert about the malware blizzard, which it said was spreading via dozens of message variants that are sneezing out Flubot like mad. Once installed, Flubot sets about gaining permissions, stealing banking information and credentials, lifting passwords stored on the device and squirreling away various pieces of personal information.

Winter is coming … with a blizzard of live and virtual SANS Institute events
2021-11-30 07:30

Here's a little light at the end of the tunnel: a slew of new online and in-person events from SANS Institute that will help you sharpen up your cybersec skills or learn completely new ones. SANS Threat Hunting London 2022 runs from January 10 to 15, both in-person in London, and online, with seven courses from Advanced Incident Response, Threat Hunting, and Digital Forensics, to in-depth programs such as Purple Team Tactics - Adversary Emulation for Breach Prevention and Detection.

China’s Sway Over Tech Companies Tested with Apple, Blizzard
2019-10-10 14:31

Apple has been called out by Chinese state-run media as protecting “rioters,” while Blizzard bans a Hearthstone player for supporting Hong Kong.

Critical Flaw in All Blizzard Games Could Let Hackers Hijack Millions of PCs
2018-01-23 08:48

A Google security researcher has discovered a severe vulnerability in Blizzard games that could allow remote attackers to run malicious code on gamers’ computers. Played every month by half a...

Blizzard Entertainment Hit With Weekend DDoS Attack (Threatpost)
2017-08-14 21:37

Blizzard Entertainment was hit with a crippling DDoS attack over the weekend that followed similar attacks last week that knocked gamers offline.