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  • October 8, 2024

New Case Study: The Evil Twin Checkout Page

Is your store at risk? Discover how an innovative web security solution saved one global online retailer and its unsuspecting customers from an “evil twin” disaster. Read the full real-life case study here. The Invisible Threat in Online Shopping When is a checkout page, not a checkout page? When it’s an “evil twin”! Malicious redirects […]

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  • October 8, 2024

GoldenJackal Target Embassies and Air-Gapped Systems Using Malware Toolsets

A little-known threat actor tracked as GoldenJackal has been linked to a series of cyber attacks targeting embassies and governmental organizations with an aim to infiltrate air-gapped systems using two disparate bespoke toolsets. Victims included a South Asian embassy in Belarus and a European Union (E.U.) government organization, Slovak cybersecurity company ESET said. “The ultimate […]

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  • October 8, 2024

The Value of AI-Powered Identity

Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) deepfakes and misinformation may cause worry in the world of technology and investment, but this powerful, foundational technology has the potential to benefit organizations of all kinds when harnessed appropriately. In the world of cybersecurity, one of the most important areas of application of AI is augmenting and enhancing identity management […]

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  • October 8, 2024

Pro-Ukrainian Hackers Strike Russian State TV on Putin’s Birthday

Ukraine has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack that targeted Russia state media company VGTRK and disrupted its operations, according to reports from Bloomberg and Reuters. The incident took place on the night of October 7, VGTRK confirmed, describing it as an “unprecedented hacker attack.” However, it said “no significant damage” was caused and that […]

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  • October 8, 2024

Qualcomm Urges OEMs to Patch Critical DSP and WLAN Flaws Amid Active Exploits

Qualcomm has rolled out security updates to address nearly two dozen flaws spanning proprietary and open-source components, including one that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-43047 (CVSS score: 7.8), has been described as a user-after-free bug in the Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Service that could lead to […]

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  • October 7, 2024

Your robot vacuum cleaner might be spying on you

Graham CLULEY October 07, 2024 Promo Protect all your devices, without slowing them down. Free 30-day trial When Sean Kelly bought a top-of-the-line vacuum cleaner, he imagined he was making a sensible purchase. Not only would his Ecovacs Deebot X2 help him keep the house he shares with his wife, twin toddlers and a five-month-old […]

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  • October 7, 2024

New Gorilla Botnet Launches Over 300,000 DDoS Attacks Across 100 Countries

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new botnet malware family called Gorilla (aka GorillaBot) that draws its inspiration from the leaked Mirai botnet source code. Cybersecurity firm NSFOCUS, which identified the activity last month, said the botnet “issued over 300,000 attack commands, with a shocking attack density” between September 4 and September 27, 2024. No less […]

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Vulnerable APIs and Bot Attacks Costing Businesses Up to $186 Billion Annually

Organizations are losing between $94 – $186 billion annually to vulnerable or insecure APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) and automated abuse by bots. That’s according to The Economic Impact of API and Bot Attacks report from Imperva, a Thales company. The report highlights that these security threats account for up to 11.8% of global cyber events […]

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  • October 7, 2024

Largest Recorded DDoS Attack is 3.8 Tbps

CLoudflare just blocked the current record DDoS attack: 3.8 terabits per second. (Lots of good information on the attack, and DDoS in general, at the link.) News article. Tags: denial of service Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.  

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