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'Cyberattack' shutters Christie's website days before $840M art mega-auction
2024-05-13 19:36

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Botnet sent millions of emails in LockBit Black ransomware campaign
2024-05-13 19:08

Since April, millions of phishing emails have been sent through the Phorpiex botnet to conduct a large-scale LockBit Black ransomware campaign. The LockBit Black encryptor deployed in these attacks is likely built using the LockBit 3.0 builder leaked by a disgruntled developer on Twitter in September 2022.

Report: Organisations Have Endpoint Security Tools But Are Still Falling Short on the Basics
2024-05-13 19:02

Most IT and security teams would agree that ensuring endpoint security and network access security applications are running in compliance with security policies on managed PCs should be a basic task. The 2024 Cyber Resilience Risk Index report found that, if not supported by automated remediation technologies, top endpoint protection platforms and network access security applications are failing to maintain compliance with security policies 24% of the time across its sample of managed PCs. When combined with data showing significant delays in patching applications, Absolute Security argued organisations may be ill-equipped to make the landmark shift to AI PCs, which would require significant resourcing and direct attention away from these foundations of cyber security.

Uncle Sam urges action after Black Basta ransomware infects Ascension
2024-05-13 18:30

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Hackers use DNS tunneling for network scanning, tracking victims
2024-05-13 17:50

DNS tunneling is the encoding of data or commands that are sent and retrieved via DNS queries, essentially turning DNS, a fundamental network communication component, into a covert communications channel. Hackers commonly use DNS tunneling to bypass network firewalls and filters, employing the technique for command and control and Virtual Private Network operations.

What Is the Dark Web?
2024-05-13 16:00

The negative press, coupled with YouTube horror stories, has cemented the Dark Web's reputation for illicit behavior. Today, the Dark Web is believed to be a platform where cybercriminals sell drugs, weapons, malicious software and piles of consumer and sensitive corporate data.

Quick Glossary: DevSecOps
2024-05-13 16:00

Ray Fernandez, writing for TechRepublic Premium, presents this DevSecOps glossary to help you navigate the modern world of software development and enhance your understanding. Unlike traditional rate limiting, which only limits users based on the client's IP address, advanced rate limiting can take into account other factors, such as the client's account ID, API key or even the content of the request.

Helsinki suffers data breach after hackers exploit unpatched flaw
2024-05-13 15:17

The City of Helsinki is investigating a data breach in its education division, which it discovered in late April 2024, impacting tens of thousands of students, guardians, and personnel."Considering the number of users in the city's services now and in previous years, in the worst case, this data breach affects over 80,000 students and their guardians."

The 6 Best Encryption Software Choices for 2024
2024-05-13 14:50

Top encryption software: Comparison table Top encryption software BitLocker: Best for Windows environments. Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption offers high quality enterprise-wide full disk encryption, as well as file and database encryption.

MITRE Unveils EMB3D: A Threat-Modeling Framework for Embedded Devices
2024-05-13 14:29

The MITRE Corporation has officially made available a new threat-modeling framework called EMB3D for makers of embedded devices used in critical infrastructure environments. "The model provides a...