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Adversaries Continue Cyberattacks with Greater Precision and Innovative Attack Methods According to NETSCOUT Report

TCP-based, DNS water-torture, and carpet-bombing attacks dominate the DDoS threat landscape, while Ireland, India, Taiwan, and Finland are battered by DDoS attacks resulting from the Russia/Ukraine war.

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Malicious Oauth app enables attackers to send spam through corporate cloud tenants

Microsoft investigated a new kind of attack where malicious OAuth applications were deployed on compromised cloud tenants before being used for mass spamming. The post Malicious Oauth app enables attackers to send spam through corporate cloud tenants appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Lazarus Group Targets MacOS Users Seeking Crypto Jobs

The new attacks would be a new instance of a campaign spotted by ESET and Malwarebytes in August

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WhatsApp “zero-day exploit” news scare – what you need to know

Is WhatsApp currently under active attack by cyercriminals? Is this a clear and current danger? How worried should WhatsApp users be?

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4 Data Security Best Practices You Should Know

There are numerous strategies to lessen the possibility and effects of a cyberattack, but doing so takes careful planning and targeted action.

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Lessons From the GitHub Cybersecurity Breach

This Tech Tip outlines three steps security teams should take to protect information stored in Salesforce.

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Microsoft Rolls Out Passwordless Sign-on for Azure Virtual Desktop

Azure says cloud-native single sign-on with a passwordless option is most-requested new AVD feature in the product’s history.

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FBI Helping Australian Authorities Investigate Massive Optus Data Breach: Reports

Initial reports suggest a basic security error allowed the attacker to access the company’s live customer database via an unauthenticated API.

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Amid Sweeping Change, Cyber Defenders Face Escalating Visibility — and Pressure

Why cyber teams are now front and center for business enablement within organizations, and the significant challenges they face.

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