Threat Intelligence
Who’s DDoSing Anti-Racism Groups?
In the days after George Floyd’s death, the websites of several black-rights groups have seen huge DDoS attacks ...
Banking Trojan Metamorfo Hijacks Trusted Apps to Run Malware
Bitdefender researchers Janos Gergo SZELES and Ruben Andrei CONDOR have documented a new Metamorfo campaign that uses legitimate software components to compromise computers. Metamorfo is a family of banker Trojans that has ...
NSA: Russia Hacking U.S. Firms, via Old Exim Flaw
The Russian state is breaking into companies, exploiting a vulnerability in an open-source email server ...
Snake Ransomware Slithers Into the Light
For large portions of the population, targeting healthcare organizations during a global pandemic is a step too far. It is hard to justify the actions of ransomware gangs at the best of ...
11-Plus Supercomputers Hacked With Cryptominers
High-performance computers across Europe have been shut down to clear out malware infestations. There’s also evidence of attacks in the US ...
Cybersecurity and COVID: 5 Lessons
Without belaboring the point, there are many similarities between the COVID-19 pandemic and cybersecurity. We can learn from the response to the COVID pandemic lessons about cybersecurity. We Know It Is Coming ...
Steal Data Sonically, Sans Speaker?
A researcher has figured out how to get a PC’s power supply to make noises. Why’s that interesting? Because it could be used to transmit data ...
Trucking Companies: The New Target for Scammers
In the wake of COVID-19, the trucking industry has seen a marked increase in fraud and scams. Here’s what’s going on The dangers of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic don’t end at ...
Qualys CEO Outlines Plan to Converge Cybersecurity and IT Management
Qualys CEO Philippe Courtot this week committed to expanding the reach of its Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response (VMDR) cloud platform to include endpoint detection and response (EDR), incident management capabilities and ...
A Remote Workforce Makes Security Training More Critical
Security professionals have long struggled with implementing effective cybersecurity training. Employees don’t like it—and, in fact, many of the training options are tedious or not interactive or frequent enough to ensure the ...
