Category: News

A Guide to Doing Cyberintelligence on a Restricted Budget

Cybersecurity budget cuts are everywhere. Chad Anderson, senior security researcher at DomainTools, discusses alternatives to fancy tooling, and good human skills alignment.

Time to Build Accountability Back into Cybersecurity

Chris Hass, director of information security and research at Automox, discusses how to assign security responsibility, punishment for poor cyber-hygiene and IDing ‘security champions’ to help small businesses.

Feds Warn BlackMatter Ransomware Gang is Poised to Strike

An advisory by the CISA, FBI and NSA reveals hallmark tactics of and shares defense tips against the cybercriminal group that’s picked up where its predecessor DarkSide left off.

TA505 Gang Is Back With Newly Polished FlawedGrace RAT

TA505 – cybercrime trailblazers with ever-evolving TTPs – have returned to mass-volume email attacks, flashing retooled malware and exotic scripting languages.

Podcast: Could the Zoho Flaw Trigger SolarWinds 2.0?

Companies are worried that the highly privileged password app could let attackers deep inside an enterprise’s footprint, says Redscan’s George Glass.

Sinclair Confirms Ransomware Attack That Disrupted TV Stations

A major cyberattack resulted in data being stolen, too, but Sinclair’s not sure which information is now in the hands of the crooks.

TikTok Serves Up Fresh Gamer Targets via Fake Among Us, Steam Offerings

The tween-friendly video app is being used to serve up malvertising, disguised as free Steam game accounts or Among Us game hacks.

Twitter Suspends Accounts Used to Snare Security Researchers

The accounts were used to catfish security researchers into downloading malware in a long-running cyber-espionage campaign attributed to North Korea.

Missouri Vows to Prosecute ‘Hacker’ Who Disclosed Data Leak

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson launched a criminal investigation of a reporter who flagged a state website that exposed 100K+ Social-Security numbers for teachers and other state employees.

TrickBot Gang Enters Cybercrime Elite with Fresh Affiliates

The group – which also created BazarLoader and the Conti ransomware – has juiced its distribution tactics to threaten enterprises more than ever.