State-Backed APT Group Activity Continuing Apace
The report outlines recent APT group activity from Russia, China, Iran and North Korea
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- November 16, 2022
XDR: Still confusing after all these years
We’ve been discussing extended detection and response (XDR) for years now, but a fundamental question remains: Just what the heck are we talking about, anyway? Alarmingly, this continues to be a pertinent question. According to ESG research, 62% of security professionals claim to be “very familiar” with the term XDR, up from just 24% in […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsMost Neurodiverse Women in Tech Feel Unsupported: Study
Report suggests high demand for talent from security sector employers
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsEuro Authorities Warn World Cup Fans Over Qatari Apps
Security and privacy concerns mount for those attending matches
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- November 16, 2022
Warning: New RapperBot Campaign Aims to Launch DDoS Attacks at Game Servers
Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed new samples of malware called RapperBot that are being used to build a botnet capable of launching Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against game servers. “In fact, it turns out that this campaign is less like RapperBot than an older campaign that appeared in February and then mysteriously disappeared in […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- November 16, 2022
IP Whitelisting, the silent killer
The good news is: Someone else’s problem!! Continue reading on The CISO Den »
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsLockBit Remains Most Prolific Ransomware in Q3
Phobos is a close second, according to Trellix
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsMicrosoft’s Edge over Popups (and Google Chrome)
Following up on our previous blog, How to Stop the Popups, McAfee Labs saw a sharp decrease in the number of deceptive push notifications reported by McAfee consumers running Microsoft’s Edge browser on Windows. Such browser-delivered push messages appear as toaster pop-ups in the tray above the system clock and are meant to trick users […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsThreat Actors Taking Advantage of FTX Bankruptcy
Authored by Oliver Devane It hasn’t taken malicious actors long to take advantage of the recent bankruptcy filing of FTX, McAfee has discovered several phishing sites targeting FTX users. One of the sites discovered was registered on the 15th of November and asks users to submit their crypto wallet phrase to receive a refund. After […]
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