According to a new report by Agari on email fraud, one out of every five advanced email attacks is an account takeover-based (ATO) attack. In these attacks, threat actors take control of a legitimate …
Massive DDoS Attack Generates 500 Million Packets per Second
Cybersecurity firm Imperva says it has stopped a record-breaking DDoS attack against one if its clients on January 10. At the peak of the attack, the target received over 500 million packets per …
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Cyberattacks: China and Russia can disrupt US power networks warns intelligence report
According to this year's edition of the The Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, the major cyberthreats for the US and its allies come from China and Russia. The report …
Theoretical Ransomware Attack Could Lead to Global Damages Says Report
A new report by Cambridge University, Nanyang Technological University, Lloyd's, Aon, MSIG, and SCOR TransRe, describes the effects of a hypothetical global ransomware attack of unprecedented scale. …
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Japan law will allow government to hack civilian IoT devices
In an effort to address the growing problem of insecure internet of things (IoT) devices, the Japanese government has approved an amendment to a law that authorizes government employees to assess the …
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The Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Is Falling Behind
The latest annual report by the U.S. Defense Department’s test and evaluation office warns that while the cyberdefense capabilities of the U.S. military are advancing, "the rate of these improvements …
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Exclusive: Ukraine says it sees surge in cyber attacks targeting election
Ukraine claims that threat actors working for the Russian government are carrying out cyberattacks on electoral servers as well as the computers of election officials in an attempt to interfere with …
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Ursnif Trojan is back with fileless persistence
Carbon Black researchers have uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign involving the infamous Ursnif Trojan, also known as Dreambot, and the popular GandCrab ransomware. In the first stage of the …
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Dailymotion Resets Passwords After Credential Stuffing Attack
Credential stuffing attacks are on the rise. The latest victim is video platform Dailymotion, which has forced users to reset their passwords after it discovered that threat actors were attempting to …
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Collateral Damage: When Cyberwarfare Targets Civilian Data
As acts of cyberwar by nation-state threat actors are becoming increasingly common and disruptive, the goals of attacking parties include damaging critical infrastructure; stealing military data and …
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