On Tuesday, Chinese tech giant Huawei devoted part of its keynote speech at the Mobile World Congress, held in Barcelona, to launch what seems like a carefully crafted campaign to portray the US …
28 Billion Credential Stuffing Attempts During Second Half of 2018
A new Akamai report sheds light on the immense popularity of credential stuffing attacks among cyber criminals. In a credential stuffing attack, a threat actor uses leaked or stolen login credentials …
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More Than 22,000 Vulns Were Disclosed in 2018, 27% Without Fixes
New research by Risk Based Security (RBS) indicates that in 2018, over 22,020 software security vulnerabilities were discovered. The number is not yet final however, as not all flaws discovered in …
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Why businesses fear cyberattacks from ex-employees more than nation states
According to a new AppRiver survey, 58% of cybersecurity decision makers at small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are more concerned about their organization experiencing a data breach than about …
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Increasing security measures are driving cybercriminals to alter their techniques
The 2019 IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index shows that cybercriminals are moving away from ransomware and malware in general because a growing awareness of these attacks among organizations, in …
Russia Jails Former Top Cyber-Cop in U.S.-Linked Treason Case
A Russian court has convicted two native cyber security specialists with treason for “having contacts with” US intelligence. A former top officer of the country's Federal Security Service’s …
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Securing AI – Four Areas to Focus on Right Now
An AI Call to Arms Within the domain of technology we are often caught by surprise. A technological innovation captures our attention or provides such incredible value that it is rapidly adopted and …
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Security Clearance Delays Are Hurting the Pentagon’s Tech Workforce
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is having a tough time overcoming the IT talent gap. On Tuesday, DoD officials informed the US Congress that one of the problems their department faces, is that it …
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SkOUT Lists Top 25 Passwords Leaked Online
SkOUT Secure Intelligence recently released a list of the 25 most common passwords that were leaked online last year. The list is fully made up of very weak passwords, which the average threat actor …
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U.S. Cyber Command operation disrupted Internet access of Russian troll factory on day of 2018 midterms
US officials said that during the 2018 midterm elections, the St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency (IRA), which is a known troll farm owned by an oligarch with close ties to Russian President …