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Targeting Remote Learning: Defending Against Cyberattacks in our Schools

Issued by: Security Week

Schools are a popular target for cyber attackers. This is partly due to the amount of staff, student and general learning information being held on the network, but also because the nature of education means that access to data is often allowed, either for continued research or to review coursework, for a period of time…

Vulnerabilities

Protecting high-value research data from nation-state attackers

Issued by: CSO

Joint NCSC-DHS-CISA advisories and a warning from the FBI have recently highlighted activities of nation-state-backed groups targeting organizations focused on COVID-19 research. The goal is to obtain information for their domestic COVID-19 research efforts. Security leaders at research organizations need to better understand the motivations and methods of these attackers. That will allow them to…

Malware & Threats

Hackers Tried to Cause Saudi Petrochemical Plant Blast: NYT

Issued by: Security Week

Cyber-attackers tried to trigger a deadly explosion at a petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia in August and failed only because of a code glitch, The New York Times reported. Investigators declined to identify the suspected attackers, but people interviewed by the newspaper unanimously said that it most likely aimed to cause a blast that would have guaranteed…

Malware & Threats

Profiling 10 types of hackers

Issued by: CSO

Hackers, like the attacks they perpetrate, come in many forms, with motivations that range from monetary to political to ethical. Understanding the different types of hackers that exist and what motivates them can help you to identify the attackers you are most susceptible to and properly defend yourself and your organization against cyberattacks. Travis Farral,…

Malware & Threats

Attackers Employ Sneaky New Method to Control Trojans

Issued by: Dark Reading

A new malware sample shows threat actors have begun using DNS TXT record and queries for C2 communications, Cisco Talos says, Security researchers at Cisco’s Talos intelligence and research group have discovered what they describe as an extremely evasive and uncommon way for threat actors to command and to communicate with a Remote Access Trojan…

Malware & Threats

This malware attack starts with a fake customer-service call

Issued by: CIO Security

Hotel and restaurant chains, beware. A notorious cybercriminal gang is tricking businesses into installing malware by calling their customer services representatives and convincing them to open malicious email attachments. The culprits in these hacks, which are designed to steal customers’ credit card numbers, appear to be the Carbanak gang, a group that was blamed last…

Network Security

Waterfall BlackBox: Restoring trust in network information

Issued by: Help Net Security

Waterfall Security Solutions announced the launch of the Waterfall BlackBox, developed to maintain the integrity of log repositories in the event of a cyber attack. Based on Waterfall’s patented unidirectional technology, the Waterfall BlackBox creates a physical barrier between networks and logged data, so that stored logs become inaccessible to attackers who are trying to…

Malware & Threats

Phishing Scams as a Service? Thieves Make It Easier To Steal Passwords

Issued by: CSO

It used to be that hacking required technical prowess to create malware. Now it’s becoming possible for non-technical people with criminal intent to create a malware attack, and these service providers are making it easy. These types of attacks are being offered as malware as a service. It allows malware developers to sell their malicious…