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  • October 14, 2022

How To Build a Career as a Freelance Cybersecurity Analyst — From Scratch

With each passing year, the cybersecurity threat landscape continues to worsen. That reality makes cybersecurity analysts some of the most sought-after technology professionals in the world. And there are nowhere near enough of them to meet the demand. At last count, there were over 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs worldwide — and that number is still growing. […]

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#DTX2022: How to Scam Someone Using Social Media Phishing

Jake Moore, global cybersecurity advisor at ESET, shared at DTX Europe 2022 how he used a fake social media profile to hack employees of a company

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THE TLS CERTIFICATE MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES CHECKLIST

In the last year, 60% of organizations suffered a certificate related outage that impacted their critical business applications. These outages are now costing large corporations an average of $5,600 per minute, damaging reputation and growth rates. It’s more important than ever to set up and maintain the uncompromising standards that will help you manage your […]

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Magniber Ransomware Adopts JavaScript to Attack Individual Users

Consumers should protect themselves by using least-privilege principles

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Report Shows How China Has Been Using Cyberattacks Over the Past Decade

Consultancy firm Booz Allen has published a comprehensive report on Chinese-sponsored threat

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Security startups to watch for 2022

The problems cybersecurity startups attempt to solve are often a bit ahead of the mainstream. They can move faster than most established companies to fill gaps or emerging needs. Startups can often innovative faster because they are unfettered by an installed base. The downside, of course, is that startups often lack resources and maturity. It’s […]

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Mirai Botnet Hits Wynncraft Minecraft Server with 2.5 Tbps DDoS Attack

Web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare disclosed this week that it halted a 2.5 Tbps distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack launched by a Mirai botnet. Characterizing it as a “multi-vector attack consisting of UDP and TCP floods,” researcher Omer Yoachimik said the DDoS attack targeted the Minecraft server Wynncraft in Q3 2022. “The entire 2.5 Tbps […]

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Heat left by users’ fingertips could help hackers crack passwords, researchers claim

Boffins at the University of Glasgow, in Scotland, have developed a system which they claim demonstrates a new type of cybersecurity threat: a “thermal attack.” According to the researchers, the falling price of heat-detecting thermal imaging cameras and advances in machine learning have made it more feasible to guess what passwords a target may have […]

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Malicious WhatsApp Mod Spotted Infecting Android Devices

YoWhatsApp v2.22.11.75 was distributed via ads on Android apps like Snaptube and VidMate

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