While MyPillow was hit with Magecart attacks in 2018, Amerisleep is said to be targeted as early as 2017. The pillow manufacturing company has reworked the site after the attack but Amerisleep is still to respond with a fix. The Magecart group — known for its notorious credit card skimming attacks, makes headlines again. This time, it has found targeting ...
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Security Of Enterprise Wireless Networks
Providing enterprise network security is becoming an increasingly complex undertaking, as the number of threats emanating from the Internet continues to grow. Hackers continue to find new ways to attack systems and steal data. Dealing with these threats is highly complex. While numerous reviews like this may indicate that virtual private networks can protect you against all threats, getting on top of ...
Read More »LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE EU PREPARE FOR MAJOR CROSS-BORDER CYBER-ATTACKS
The possibility of a large-scale cyber-attack having serious repercussions in the physical world and crippling an entire sector or society, is no longer unthinkable. To prepare for major cross-border cyber-attacks, an EU Law Enforcement Emergency Response Protocol has been adopted by the Council of the European Union. The Protocol gives a central role to Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) and ...
Read More »Chinese government departments targeted with GandCrab v5.2 ransomware
The malware comes concealed as an archive named ‘03-11-19.rar’. The phishing attack has started since March 11, 2019. A new phishing campaign that leverages GandCrab v5.2 ransomware to infect the Chinese government officials has been discovered recently. The malware comes concealed as an archive named ‘03-11-19.rar’. How does it work – According to China’s Internet Network Information Center, the phishing attack ...
Read More »‘Gnosticplayers’ is now selling another 26 million user records on the Dark Web
Gnosticplayers had earlier exposed more than 840 million user records during the month of February. This is the fourth time the attacker has put a trove of sensitive information out in the open. Gnosticplayers, the infamous hacker who exposed and sold millions of user records in early 2019, has yet again come out with a new batch of user records ...
Read More »IT Act Amendment Bill to be tabled in ongoing winter session of Parliament
With social media gaining prominence, the Union Ministry of Electronics and IT has made amendments to Information Technology (IT) Act 2000, which is likely to be introduced in the ongoing winter session of Parliament. A Cabinet note has been readied by the ministry. The note has already received a legal vetting from the law ministry, a senior government official told ...
Read More »HOW DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES ARE TRANSFORMING THE CYBER SECURITY LANDSCAPE
In this digital savvy world, what could be the most daunting nightmare of a technophile? Cyber-crime, evidently! Yes, online privacy and data breaches can shoot nervous breakdown of a tech-geek. And the way to ride out this issue is efficient cyber security, for sure! The nexus of techniques and tools to protect computer networks, programs, and data from illegitimate access ...
Read More »DLL Hijacking attacks: What is it and how to stay protected?
DLL Hijacking attacks are broadly categorized into three types – DLL search order attack, DLL side-loading attack, and Phantom DLL Hijacking attack. For DLL hijacking attack to be successful, it would require an attacker to trick victims to open a file using a vulnerable application from a remote network location. DLL Hijacking is an attack vector that could allow attackers ...
Read More »Cybercriminals leverage ‘Fake CDC Flu’ warning to distribute GandCrab 5.2 ransomware
The attack begins with users receiving a fake CDC email. In order to make it less suspicious, the email is distributed under the subject line of ‘Flu Pandemic Warning’. The infamous GandCrab is back in a new phishing campaign. Here, the attackers are using fake Center for Disease Control (CDC) warning to distribute the GandCrab 5.2 ransomware onto the victims’ ...
Read More »Attackers compromised Pakistani government website to deliver Scanbox Framework payload
Researchers detected a compromised Pakistani government website that delivers Scanbox Framework payload whenever anyone visits the site. Trustwave notified the Pakistani government website about the infection, however, the site still remains compromised. What is the issue – Researchers from Trustwave detected a compromised Pakistani government website that delivers Scanbox Framework payload whenever anyone visits the site. Worth noting – The compromised Pakistani ...
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