2022 in review: DDoS attack trends and insights

As organizations strengthen their defenses and take a more proactive approach to protection, attackers are adapting their techniques and increasing the sophistication of their operations. Cybercrime continues to rise with the industrialization of the cybercrime economy providing cybercriminals with greater Read More …

DNA testing biz vows to improve infosec after criminals break into database it didn’t know it had

A DNA diagnostics company will pay $400,000 and tighten its security in the wake of a 2021 attack where criminals broke into its network and swiped personal data on over two million people from a nine-year-old “legacy” database the company Read More …

Royal Ransomware expands attacks by targeting Linux ESXi servers

Ransomware actors have been observed to expand their targets by increasingly developing Linux-based versions. Trend Micro predicted in September 2022 that ransomware groups will would increasingly target Linux servers and embedded systems in the coming years after detecting a double-digit Read More …

Suffolk County starting to restore online services amid months-long cyberattack

Suffolk County has been suffering through a massive cyberattack for months, but progress has been made to restore security. Social security numbers of 26,000 county employees and drivers license numbers of 470,000 were exposed or accessed. Read more… Source: MSN Read More …

Frebniis: New Malware Abuses Microsoft IIS Feature to Establish Backdoor

Symantec, by Broadcom Software, has observed a new malware that abuses a feature of Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS) to deploy a backdoor onto targeted systems. The malware, dubbed Frebniis (Backdoor.Frebniis), was used by a currently unknown threat actor against Read More …

Fog of war: how the Ukraine conflict transformed the cyber threat landscape

Nearly one year ago, Russia invaded Ukraine, and we continue to see cyber operations play a prominent role in the war. To provide more insights into the role of cyber, today, we are releasing our report Fog of War: How Read More …