A version of an open source ransomware toolkit called Cryptonite has been observed in the wild with wiper capabilities due to its “weak architecture and programming.” Cryptonite, unlike other ransomware strains, is not available for sale on the cybercriminal underground, and was instead offered for free by an actor named CYBERDEVILZ until recently through a GitHub repository. […]
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Palo Alto Networks today rolled out a new Medical IoT Security offering, designed to provide improved visibility, automated monitoring and more for hitherto vulnerable healthcare IoT frameworks, thanks to machine learning and adherence to zero trust principles. Medical device security is a serious problem for most organizations in healthcare, with a long string of reported […]
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In December 2021, Google filed a civil lawsuit against two Russian men thought to be responsible for operating Glupteba, one of the Internet’s largest and oldest botnets. The defendants, who initially pursued a strategy of counter suing Google for tortious interference in their sprawling cybercrime business, later brazenly offered to dismantle the botnet in exchange […]
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Posted by Benjamin Ackerman (Chrome Security and Jonathan Li (Safe Browsing) As a follow-up to a previous blog post about How Hash-Based Safe Browsing Works in Google Chrome, we wanted to provide more details about Safe Browsing’s Enhanced Protection mode in Chrome. Specifically, how it came about, the protections that are offered and what it […]
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It’s a venerable program, and this version had a venerable bug in it.
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsThe known impact was isolated to a portion of the firm’s Hosted Exchange platform
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsBusinesses are getting better at preventing cyber incidents, Orange Cybedefense’s head of Security Research Center said
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsThe hackers allegedly stole PII, including names, Aadhar numbers and IFSC codes
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Posts on Azure Security by Teri Radichel This is a compilation of my posts on Azure Security. Although I teach Azure Security classes, I prefer to use AWS most of the time when I’m doing security assessments and penetration testing. I have a lot more posts on AWS Security for that reason. But right now I’m […]
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