Trickbot

U.S. Cyber Command Says it Nuked Trickbot, but Microsoft and Chums Claim Credit

In the dog-days of last week, a shadowy group of secret sources in U.S. Cyber Command whispered to reporters that they’d disrupted a huge, ransomware-spewing botnet ...
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UEFI

MosaicRegressor: ‘Chinese’ UEFI Bootkit Snoops on North Korean Foes

Researchers say they’ve found on the second known example of UEFI malware. They’re calling it MosaicRegressor ...
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Zerologon

IT’s Confidence in Mitigating Cyberthreats Low

As cyberthreats evolve and increase in both voracity and velocity, many IT professionals are becoming increasingly worried about their organization’s ability to deal with those threats. That’s according to the results of ...
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BlindSide

BlindSide: Intel/AMD Speculation Bugs Under Microscope Again

Researchers have published frightening details on what they’re calling BlindSide, which relies on co-opting our old friend speculative execution ...
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intelligence-sharing

Intelligence-Sharing in Action: COVID-19 Cyber Threat Coalition

The COVID-19 Cyber Threat Coalition shows that not only is threat intelligence-sharing possible, but we thrive with it As we’ve seen time and again, cybercriminals will use any tragic event to take ...
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Russia

Russia, China, Iran Meddle in 2020 Election (Unsurprisingly)

It comes as no surprise to hear that Russia is up to its old tricks. China and Iran are also in on the game ...
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threat intelligence

Netskope Unveils Free Real-Time Threat Intelligence Exchange

Netskope today launched a Cloud Threat Exchange portal through which it will share threat intelligence with customers and partners for free. Company CTO Krishna Narayanaswamy said the Cloud Threat Exchange will automate ...
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Apple’s Big Brother Attitude Fails to Keep Users Safe

Apple’s Big Brother Attitude Fails to Keep Users Safe

Apple’s insistence on “notarizing” apps fails to “give users more confidence,” as Cook’s crew promised ...
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stock exchange

Kiwi Stock Exchange DDoSed Again and Again (and Again)

The land of the long white cloud seems to have a powerful enemy ...
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China

China: A CCP-Driven Global Threat Actor

The newly released IntSights analytics report, “The Dark Side of China: The Evolution of a Global Cyber Power,” makes the case that the country is a force to be reckoned with. The ...
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