The US offers a $2.5M bounty for the arrest of Angler Exploit Kit co-distributor

August 29, 2024 0 Comments 1 tag

Angler employed advanced evasion techniques, including checking for virtual machines and sandbox environments to avoid detection by security researchers, leading to its popularity and significance in the cybersecurity community. Angler’s

‘Big-game hunting’ – Ransomware gangs are focusing on more lucrative attacks

August 29, 2024 0 Comments 3 tags

Graham Cluley is an award-winning cybersecurity public speaker, podcaster, blogger, and analyst. He has been a well-known figure in the cybersecurity industry since the early 1990s when he worked as

Crypto scammers who hacked McDonald’s Instagram account say they stole $700,000

August 29, 2024 0 Comments 5 tags

Hackers who seized control of the official Instagram account of McDonald’s claim that they managed to steal US $700,000 from unsuspecting investors by promoting a fake cryptocurrency. Earlier this month,

Change Management and File Integrity Monitoring – Demystifying the Modifications in Your Environment

August 29, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

When outsourcing the IT department was first introduced, many business owners hailed it as the solution to all their technology problems. The promise of reduced headcount, less overhead and sunk

5 best practices for running a successful threat-informed defense in cybersecurity

August 29, 2024 0 Comments 1 tag

If you’ve been in cybersecurity for the past five to 10 years, you’ve probably heard the term “threat-informed defense.” Simply stated, a threat-informed defense focuses security teams, technologies, and budgets

BlackByte ransomware gang exploits more orgs than previously known

August 28, 2024 0 Comments 1 tag

Finally in April 2022, the group launched a major attack that crippled 27 Costa Rican government organizations causing disruptions in the country’s customs and taxes platforms, impacting foreign trade and

Tool used by ransomware groups now seen killing EDR: Report

August 28, 2024 0 Comments 1 tag

Poortry/BurntCigar, first discovered by Mandiant, is a malicious kernel driver used in conjunction with a loader dubbed Stonestop that attempts to bypasses Microsoft Driver Signature Enforcement. Both the driver and

Cybersecurity Companies Join Microsoft to Discuss Safe Deployment Practices following CrowdStrike Outage

August 28, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Microsoft announced hosting a Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit on September 10th. The event aims to find ways of improving security and resiliency for joint customers. Discussions will take place

Cisco snaps up AI security player Robust Intelligence

August 28, 2024 0 Comments 1 tag

The combination will also strengthen threat protection for AI applications and models: “This includes mitigating risks like prompt injection, data poisoning, jailbreaking, and unintentional model outcomes. All detections and tests