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The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT10, Charming Kitten, China, Cycldek, Hancitor, Malspam, North Korea, Phishing, TA453, and Vulnerabilities. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity. Figure 1 – IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the…

AWS has its Well Architected Framework and Azure and Google have their equivalents.  These are great resources for individuals looking to leverage any of these clouds as a stand-alone resource.  But until recently, if you were looking for guidance that helps bridge the gap between public clouds or heaven help you, between the data center and multiple public clouds; you were pretty much out of luck.  Fortunately, that situation is changing, and VMware is at…

IDs, names, email addresses and more personal details are part of the massive database of stolen data, which could be used to launch additional attacks on LinkedIn and its users. Image: iStockphoto/Suebsiri A massive trove of LinkedIn account data has been found for sale online, containing 500 million user records including email addresses, phone numbers, links to other social media profiles and professional details. Reported by CyberNews researchers, the leak was posted to a forum…

More than half of the cyberattacks reported to Keeper Security involved stolen credentials. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Cybercriminals use a few key tactics to try to breach an organization’s internal network. One always popular method is to obtain the account credentials of employees. And that endeavor is made easier when employees fail to practice good password hygiene. A report published Tuesday by security provider Keeper Security looks at the pitfalls of mismanaged passwords and offers tips…

Ransomware attacks increased by an astonishing 485% in 2020 compared to 2019, according to Bitdefender’s 2020 Consumer Threat Landscape Report, which highlighted the ways cyber-criminals targeted the COVID-19 pandemic. Interestingly, nearly two-thirds (64%) of the ransomware attacks took place in the first two quarters of 2020. The report, which analyzed data from Bitdefender’s Global Protective Network (GPN), revealed that proprietary operating systems used in IoT devices made up 96% of all detected vulnerabilities, while a…

Automating cloud security is a process still in its infancy for many organizations, says Unit 42. Image: iStock/Undefined Undefined The coronavirus pandemic forced many organizations to put their cloud migration projects into overdrive. Such a fast and unexpected transition to the cloud inevitably opened the door to more security threats. A report released Tuesday by Palo Alto Networks threat intelligence team Unit 42 examines how the cloud migration has affected security and what organizations can…