RSS_Virtulization

Cybersecurity researchers uncovered a huge botnet, tracked as Pink, that already infected over 1.6 million devices most of them located in China. Qihoo 360’s Netlab Cybersecurity researchers discovered a huge botnet, tracked as Pink, that already infected over 1.6 million devices. The botnet was created to launch DDoS attacks and to insert advertisements in the legitimate HTTP traffic of the victims, most of which are in China (96%). According to the experts, Pink is the…

MITMA’s stands for Man in The Middle Attacks, and is the term used to describe one the oldest but still exceptionally popular forms of attack. In this attack, a hacker intercepts an unsecure wireless connection, and places themselves between two computers/devices that are in communication with one another. Once the hacker is on the network, the attacker then impersonates both sides to steal information and sensitive data, to hijack emails, SSL hijack, eavesdrop into conversations….

Jeff Moss, also known as The Dark Tangent, is a well-known figure in the security community, as the founder of Defcon and Black Hat security conferences. Moss is also a hacker, a moniker that everyone doesn’t understand well. In a keynote session at the SecTor security conference on November 3, Moss detailed the evolution of the hacking movement from the 1970s through to the modern era. He started his talk by declaring that people fear…

It’s little surprise that a digital currency scam based on the popular Squid Games series on Netflix is making the news.   If you haven’t caught wind of it yet, the story goes along the following lines:  Note that this Squid Game cryptocurrency had no relationship to the show or to Netflix, aside from hijacking the Squid Game name without permission so that the scammers could use it as bait.  The Squid Game scam: one of many cryptocurrency scams  Scams such as this are nothing…

It’s little surprise that a digital currency scam based on the popular Squid Games series on Netflix is making the news.   If you haven’t caught wind of it yet, the story goes along the following lines:  Note that this Squid Game cryptocurrency had no relationship to the show or to Netflix, aside from hijacking the Squid Game name without permission so that the scammers could use it as bait.  The Squid Game scam: one of many cryptocurrency scams  Scams such as this are nothing…

The security analyst is the backbone of a company’s day-to-day IT security. Whether they’re monitoring network infrastructure for breaches and intrusions as part of a security operations center, performing internal security audits, or analyzing past breaches to find the root causes of network vulnerability, they work to keep the company’s infrastructure locked down tight. If you’re looking to get into this line of work, you may be wondering if a professional certification can help you…

Tripwire’s October 2021 Patch Priority Index (PPI) brings together important vulnerabilities from Squid, Microsoft, and Adobe. First on the patch priority list this month are patches for Squid (CVE-2021-31807, CVE-2021-31806). Exploits for these vulnerabilities have been recently added to the Metasploit Exploit Framework. These systems should be patched as soon as possible. Next are patches for Microsoft Office Word and Excel. These patches resolve 7 issues, including remote code execution and information disclosure vulnerabilities. Up…

Accenture’s State of Cyber Resilience study also revealed key traits of cyber resilient leaders. The report found an average of 270 attacks per year per company. Image: Virgiliu Obada/Shutterstock More than half (55%) of large companies are not effectively stopping cyberattacks, finding and fixing breaches quickly or reducing the impact of breaches, according to a new research study from Accenture. SEE: Security incident response policy (TechRepublic Premium) Accenture’s State of Cybersecurity Resilience 2021 study explored…