Government, Union-Themed Lures Used to Deliver Cobalt Strike Payloads
Cisco Talos discovered the malicious campaign in August 2022
Cyber NewsBrandPost: You can’t have zero trust without visibility
Words of wisdom from Sun Tzu: “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” One of those battles is defending the network against cyberattacks, and it’s constant. The military general and strategist was wise millennia beyond his time. He knew the power of complete visibility […]
Cyber News(ISC)² Recruits More Than 55,000 Cybersecurity Candidates in First 30 Days of New Programs to Address Workforce Gap
2,700 cybersecurity career pursuers have already passed the (ISC)2 Certified in Cybersecurity℠ exam, with more than 53,000 more people registered for a free course and exam.
Cyber NewsLeakBase: India Swachhata Platform Breached, 16 Million User PII Records Exposed
Data samples contain email addresses, hashed passwords and user IDs, other PII
Cyber NewsS3 Ep102: Sorting fact from fiction in hyped-up cybersecurity news stories [Audio + Transcript]
Latest episode – listen now! Tell fact from fiction in hyped-up cybersecurity news…
Cyber NewsCapital One Phish Showcases Growing Bank-Brand Targeting Trend
Capital One lures leveraged the bank’s new partnership with Authentify, showing that phishers watch the headlines, and take advantage.
Cyber NewsEspionage Group Wields Steganographic Backdoor Against Govs, Stock Exchange
APT group Witchetty (aka LookingFrog) has exploited the ProxyShell and ProxyLogon vulnerabilities to gain initial access and deploy new custom cyber tools against government agencies and a stock exchange.
Cyber NewsBrazilian Prilex Hackers Resurfaced With Sophisticated Point-of-Sale Malware
A Brazilian threat actor known as Prilex has resurfaced after a year-long operational hiatus with an advanced and complex malware to steal money by means of fraudulent transactions. “The Prilex group has shown a high level of knowledge about credit and debit card transactions, and how software used for payment processing works,” Kaspersky researchers said. “This enables the […]
Cyber NewsWhy the US Should Help Secure Mexican Infrastructure — and What It Gets in Return
Call it cross-border enlightened self-interest: As one of the US’s premier trade partners and closest neighbors, what’s bad for Mexico is bad for the US.
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