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
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- October 14, 2022
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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- October 14, 2022
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 […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsHeat 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 […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsMalicious WhatsApp Mod Spotted Infecting Android Devices
YoWhatsApp v2.22.11.75 was distributed via ads on Android apps like Snaptube and VidMate
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsNew Alchimist attack framework hits Windows, Linux and Mac
The attack framework of probable Chinese origin used by cybercriminals has been discovered. The post New Alchimist attack framework hits Windows, Linux and Mac appeared first on TechRepublic.
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsBudworm Espionage Group Returns, Targets US State Legislature
Budworm leveraged the Log4j vulnerabilities to compromise the Apache Tomcat service on servers
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- October 14, 2022
When What You Deleted is Not Really Deleted
ACM.79 When a process leaves sensitive data accessible to users or malware and what you can do about it. This is a continuation of my series on Automating Cybersecurity Metrics. In the last post we created some SSH credentials for a user but the credentials ended up in a files in the home directory on our […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsDigital Estate Planning – What to Do With Your Digital Assets
While we’re enjoying the fruits of digital life—our eBooks, movies, email accounts, social media profiles, eBay stores, photos, online games, and more—there will come a time we should ask ourselves, What happens to all of this good stuff when I die? Like anything else we own, those things can be passed along through our estates […]
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