Malicious actors

Ransomware Gang Breaches Schneider Electric and Demands Baguettes

  Insights Desk   Nov 08, 2024

Highlights: Hellcat, a ransomware gang accepted responsibility, mentioning that it gained control over the infrastructure of Schneider Electric via the organization’s Atlassian Corp. Jira insta...

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Deciphering CryptoWall Ransomware to Plot a Cyber Defence Blueprint

  Insights Desk   Jul 17, 2024

Highlights: The latest version, CryptoWall 5.1, is based on the open-source HiddenTear malware from 2015. Using a different codebase, it employs AES-256 encryption but operates like previous vers...

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PortSwigger Raises USD 112 M for Cybersecurity Testing Tools

  Insights Desk   Jul 01, 2024

Highlights: Burp Suite has many capabilities designed to help find website vulnerabilities. Cybersecurity experts can use the tool to determine whether a website is vulnerable to common hacking t...

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HP Warns of Cat-phishing by Threat Actors Through Deceiving Links

  Insights Desk   May 16, 2024

Highlights: The report’s main finding was that attackers employed open redirection to trick people into clicking on malicious links. A different campaign that exploited Windows Background In...

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Armis Inc. Acquires Silk Security Inc. in a Deal Worth USD 150 M

  Insights Desk   Apr 18, 2024

Highlights: Silk is a tool that can map and prioritize network vulnerabilities within an organization. About two months prior, Armis acquired CTCI Inc., a cybersecurity firm, for an estimated ...

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Sekoia ApS Warns about ‘Tycoon 2FA,’ a Phishing Kit Evading MFA

  Insights Desk   Mar 26, 2024

Highlights: The Tycoon 2FA phishing kit, according to Sekoia experts, is a severe threat to cybersecurity because of its advanced methods and possible linkages to other well-known phishing platfo...

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Logic Bombs Unveiled: Safeguarding Businesses from Covert Cyber Threat...

  Insights Desk   Feb 14, 2024

Highlights: Once activated, a logic bomb unleashes its destructive payload, ranging from data corruption to system shutdowns, depending on the attacker’s intentions. Event-driven logic bombs...

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Decoding Cross-site Scripting (XSS): Navigating Technical Vulnerabilit...

  Insights Desk   Feb 07, 2024

Highlights: XSS attacks bypass the Same Origin Policy (SOP), a security protocol preventing scripts from one website from interacting with those from another. One of the most immediate consequ...

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U.S. Tops 164 Nations Attacked by Malicious Actors in 2023

  Insights Desk   Jan 25, 2024

Highlights: It was discovered that operational technology was the focus of most persistent attacks, indicating that infrastructure crucial to public welfare and national security may be strategic...

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Business Email Compromise: Unraveling the Anatomy

  Insights Desk   Jan 11, 2024

Highlights: “CEO Fraud,” a cyberattack and persistent threat, involves hostile actors impersonating a trusted figure in a company to trick staff into taking inappropriate acts. Executives, fi...

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