Alerts
Cutting Through the Noise of SOC Overload
Security operations center (SOC) analysts are grappling with a flood of alerts, and the current world situation is creating a perfect storm of cybersecurity risk. The rise of remote work has expanded ...
Free Netflix pass because of Coronavirus? It’s a scam
The public is being warned about fraudulent messages being shared on social media platforms that Netflix is offering free passes to its platform because of the Coronavirus pandemic. The messages, which have ...
Miracle cures and dodgy advice for Coronavirus
As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads across the world, fraudsters are preying on the fears of consumers everywhere. Misinformation is spreading like wildfire, and misbranded or unapproved products claiming to have curative effects ...
How scammers exploit Spring Break in the time of COVID-19
Millions of US students and their families have looked forward to a fun-in-the-sun vacation for months now. However, with the Coronavirus outbreak declared a worldwide pandemic, most have either postponed trips or ...
New Phishing Scam Lures iPhone Owners with Romantic Chat, Gambling, ‘Free’ VPN
Bitdefender this week has detected a new phishing campaign targeting iPhone owners with a range of scams aiming to defraud unsuspecting victims. First things first. If you receive the email pictured below, ...
Beware of GermanWiper – the ransomware that is not ransomware
A piece of wiper malware is making the rounds erasing people’s important files, with its authors demanding a modest ransom to restore the data. However, the ransomware campaign is a lie, and ...
Radical Transparency: Killing Managed Security Services’ Black-Box Approach
Enterprises have been turning to managed security services for years and are losing faith with the “black box” approach that has become the industry standard. Organizations are requesting answers to what should ...
U.S. Army, Towson University Aim to Advance Intrusion Detection
Researchers at the Army Research Lab (ARL) within the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command and Towson University are collaborating on an effort to make intrusion detection alerts more useful to cybersecurity ...
Enrich Your SIEM with Real-Time Event Contextualization
A sizable portion of security research has gone into creating security alerts that are effective at informing security analysts when certain events happen. For example: more than 50 failed SSH login attempts ...
