Security News

Lockean multi-RaaS affiliate linked to attacks against French businesses
2021-11-04 11:22

Details about the tools and tactics used by a ransomware affiliate group, now tracked as Lockean, have emerged today in a report from France's Computer Emergency Response Team. Lockean activity was first noticed in 2020 when the actor hit a French company in the manufacturing sector and deployed DoppelPaymer ransomware on the network.

REvil ransomware group reportedly taken offline by multi-nation effort
2021-10-25 15:12

The infamous REvil ransomware group has reportedly been dealt a severe blow, courtesy of an operation conducted by officials in the US and other countries. A so-called "Leadership figure" for REvil known as "0 neday," who helped restart the gang's operations after it previously shut down, revealed that REvil's servers had been hacked by an unknown party, Reuters said.

Unhappy customers and their own tricks used against them, REvil ransomware gang reportedly pulled offline by 'multi-country' operations
2021-10-22 10:43

As we noted a few days back, notorious ransomware gang REvil "Disappeared" again this week. The REvil leaks blog, known as Happy Blog, was made inaccessible on October 17, the same day one of its operators announced the group was shutting down due to a hijacking of their domain on Russian forum XSS, security vendor Flashpoint said at the time.

Multi-factor authentications soar as enterprises move away from passwords to secure hybrid workers
2021-10-19 03:30

Enterprises are taking steps to move away from passwords and adopting low-friction authentication methods to protect the hybrid workforce, a Cisco's Duo Security report reveals. Multi-factor authentications increased significantly.

Multi-access edge cloud market to grow steadily by 2025
2021-10-13 03:00

MEC buildouts are being carried out by a broad cross-section of edge stakeholders, and cloud providers) to deliver latency-sensitive edge network services. Beyond connectivity, MEC buildouts will also provide opportunities for organizations to host applications both on premises and in edge cloud sites.

How to avoid the pitfalls of multi-cloud strategy deployment
2021-09-27 05:00

Making the decision to implement a multi-cloud strategy is difficult. From the decision to pursue a multi-cloud journey to defining the requirements to laying the foundation to identifying and deploying applications and services to the multi-cloud environment, the process requires a solid strategy and flawless execution to succeed, say experts at Taos.

A multi-party data breach creates 26x the financial damage of single-party breach
2021-09-27 03:30

Cyentia Institute and RiskRecon released a research that quantifies how a multi-party data breach impacts many organizations in today's interconnected digital world. The impact of multi-party data breach events 897 multi-party data breach incidents, also referred to as ripple events, have been observed since 2008.

WooCommerce Multi Currency Bug Allows Shoppers to Change eCommerce Pricing
2021-09-13 18:08

A security vulnerability in the WooCommerce Multi Currency plugin could allow any customer to change the pricing for products in online stores. WooCommerce is a popular eCommerce plugin for WordPress-powered websites; the Multi Currency plugin allows e-tailers to set pricing for international shoppers; the plugin automatically detects a customer's geolocation and displays pricing in the customer country's currency, with the exchange rate set manually or automatically using current exchange rates.

Where do we stand when it comes to multi-cloud maturity?
2021-08-17 05:30

In this interview with Help Net Security, Melissa Sutherland, Senior Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton, talks about multi-cloud maturity, cloud migration strategies, as well as the evolution of the cloud in the near future. Most federal agencies have begun their journey to implement enterprise cloud strategies, although at varying degrees of maturity.

Smart partners with P.I. Works to automate its multi-technology networks
2021-08-03 23:20

Smart Communications has partnered with P.I. Works for a comprehensive strategy for its self-organizing network (SON) solution to automate its multi-vendor, multi-technology networks. A...