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  • November 18, 2022

Security Recruiter Directory

Looking for a qualified candidate or new job? CSO’s security recruiter directory is your one-stop shop. The recruiters listed below can help you find your next chief information security officer (CISO) or VP of security and fill hard-to-hire positions in risk management, security operations, security engineering, compliance, application security, penetration testers, and computer forensics, among […]

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Russian Duo Indicted Over E-Book Piracy

St Petersburg couple were arrested in Argentina

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Netflix Phishing Emails Surge 78%

Social engineers are using Unicode techniques to bypass filters

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Hive Ransomware Has Made $100m to Date

CISA notice warns of 1300 victims and counting

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Undersea Cables and Cyber Physical Risks.

Cyber security implies protecting the confidentiality, availability and integrity of computer systems and networks. Often security researchers and security teams focus on threats to software and the risks associated with authenticating and managing users. However, computing systems are built upon a tall stack of computing resources.   Each layer within the stack is exposed to specific […]

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Earth Preta Spear-Phishing Governments Worldwide

We break down the cyberespionage activities of advanced persistent threat (APT) group Earth Preta, observed in large-scale attack deployments that began in March. We also show the infection routines of the malware families they use to infect multiple sectors worldwide: TONEINS, TONESHELL, and PUBLOAD.

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Hive Ransomware Attackers Extorted $100 Million from Over 1,300 Companies Worldwide

The threat actors behind the Hive ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme have launched attacks against over 1,300 companies across the world, netting the gang $100 million in illicit payments as of November 2022. “Hive ransomware has targeted a wide range of businesses and critical infrastructure sectors, including government facilities, communications, critical manufacturing, information

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W4SP Stealer Constantly Targeting Python Developers in Ongoing Supply Chain Attack

An ongoing supply chain attack has been leveraging malicious Python packages to distribute malware called W4SP Stealer, with over hundreds of victims ensnared to date. “The threat actor is still active and is releasing more malicious packages,” Checkmarx researcher Jossef Harush said in a technical write-up, calling the adversary WASP. “The attack seems related to cybercrime as the […]

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Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys

Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called “Zeppelin” in May 2020. He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company’s data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin. After two weeks of stalling their […]

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