Month: December 2022

  IN7 is a threat actor that mostly focuses on stealing financial information, but it also sells sensitive information… Story on TechRepublic  

  Just what every Linux system administrator wants just before the holidays: A serious Linux kernel security bug… Story on ZDNet  

  Last August, LastPass reported a security breach. Turns out the full story keeps getting worse… Story on Schneier on Security  

  Microsoft Office files, particularly Excel and Word files, have been targeted by some cybercriminals for a long time… Story on TechRepublic  

  As economic forecasters and businesses raise expectations of a recession in 2023, information-security budgets will likely be pressured in the coming year… Story on Dark Reading  

  The Edge Tech Insight report co-produced by Black Hat, Dark Reading, and Omdia examines how new threats… Story on Dark Reading  

  This holiday season, consider giving the gift of security with an ad blocker. That’s the takeaway message from an unlikely source – the FBI – which this week… Story on TechCrunch  

  LastPass, one of the leading password managers, said that hackers obtained a wealth of personal information belonging to its customers… Story on Ars Technica  

  Earlier this month, they posted a diary entry about Google ad traffic leading to a fake AnyDesk page pushing IcedID malware. This week, the same type of ad… Story on SANS  

  The danger of being hit by a ransomware attack is scary enough, but in many cases, criminals can still extort your business after the ransom has been paid… Story on Dark Reading