brute-force attacks Archives

How a Global Insurer Protects Customer Data & Achieves Compliance With DataDome

Paige Tester | January 6, 2025 | bot traffic, brute-force attacks, credential stuffing, Customer Stories, fake account creation, online fraud

Discover how a global insurance leader leverages DataDome to protect endpoints from sophisticated bots, achieve GDPR compliance, block brute-force attacks, and gain actionable threat insights ...

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WordPress Sign1 Malware Infects Over 39K Sites In 6 Months

Wajahat Raja | April 1, 2024 | brute-force attacks, Cyber attack sequence, Cybersecurity News, cybersecurity threats, Evading detection techniques, Malicious code injection, Malicious JavaScript Injections, Malware Detection, Plugin vulnerabilities, Sucuri security, website compromise, Website Security, WordPress Sign1 malware

Recent media reports have revealed a malicious malware campaign that has been active for the past six months. Reports claim that the WordPress Sign1 malware has infected and compromised over 39,000 sites ...

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WordPress Brute-Force Attacks: Sites Used As Staging Ground

Wajahat Raja | March 19, 2024 | Admin Interface, brute-force attacks, Crypto Drainers, Cyber Threats, Cybersecurity News, Distributed Brute-Force Attacks, Malicious JavaScript Injections, Password Security, security measures, sucuri, Vulnerability Exploitation, Website Security, wordpress security, XMLRPC.php File

In a recent discovery by Sucuri, a concerning trend has emerged involving brute-force attacks on WordPress sites through malicious JavaScript injections. These WordPress brute-force attacks stand out for their stealthy approach. Security ...

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CISA and FBI Warn of AndroxGh0st Malware Threat

Rohan Timalsina | February 1, 2024 | AlienFox, Androxgh0st, AndroxGh0st Botnet, AndroxGh0st Malware, AWS security, brute-force attacks, cisa, cisa known exploited vulnerabilities, CISA Threat Update, cloud environments, Cloud Threats, FBI alert, Fbot, Linux & Open Source News

CISA and FBI have jointly issued a warning about the threat posed by AndroxGh0st malware, emphasizing its use in establishing a botnet for “victim identification and exploitation within target networks.” Originating in ...

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The 5-Question Test to Assess Your Readiness to Manage Insider Threats

Bruce Lynch | September 30, 2022 | brute-force attacks, Data Security, Digest, insider threats, Multi-Factor Authentication, Phishing

An insider threat is a cyber security risk that originates from within any organization that is being targeted by attackers. Often, insider threats involve a current or former employee, or business associate, ...

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Finally! Windows to Block Password Guessing — by Default

Richi Jennings | July 25, 2022 | access management, brute-force attacks, iam, identity and access management, Microsoft, policy, rdp bruteforce, SB Blogwatch, security theater, Windows, You know what else blocks RDP brute-force attacks by default? Closing port 3389

Brute-force guessing of Windows credentials is a common entry point for hackers. After 27 years, Microsoft is finally fixing the dumb default that allows it ...

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Threat Researchers Live: Ep 19

Radware | April 6, 2022 | Attack Mitigation, Attack Types & Vectors, botnets, brute-force attacks, cyber attacks, Cybersecurity, ddos, DDoS attack, DDoS attacks, hacks, OpIsrael, Organization at Risk, Organized Crime, security, Ukraine

Pascal Geenens and Daniel Smith discuss recent and notable security events like the Russian/Ukrainian cyber conflict. The post Threat Researchers Live: Ep 19 appeared first on Radware Blog ...

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Remote Work Pushes Brute-Force Attacks Higher

Joan Goodchild | July 2, 2020 | brute-force attacks, employee remote access, ESET, remote access, Remote Desktop Protocol

The widespread switch to work-from-home arrangements around the globe means employees are working offsite at unprecedented levels. It’s also prompted cybercriminals to find additional targets to exploit. We have heard for months ...

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Report: Attacks on Financial Services Targeting APIs

Michael Vizard | February 28, 2020 | Akamai, API attacks, brute-force attacks, Financial Services

A report published by Akamai Technologies suggests cybercriminals targeting the financial services sector are starting to focus more of their attacks on application programming interfaces (APIs). From December 2017 through November 2019, ...

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Brute Force Attacks on IoT – Here to Stay?

IoT devices, such as routers, printers, televisions, cameras, lamps, baby-monitors and what-ever-else, can be found, well, everywhere. Their use has been growing for years and is expected to continue to grow. Unfortunately, ...

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