Step into the world of cybersecurity with SSL/TLS challenges and the protection they offer against malicious exploits. This illuminating blog will unravel the mysteries surrounding SSL/TLS, exploring their formidable defenses against various attacks. From the fundamental question of what SSL/TLS prevents to delving into the most common attacks thwarted by…
Cybersecurity is more crucial than ever in today’s environment. Having a reliable security solution is crucial given organizations’ constantly expanding risks. Cybersecurity is a genuine issue that affects everyone; there is no getting around it. There is no difference between an individual and an organization. There have been several changes…
Today, it’s challenging to ignore ransomware attacks. The F.B.I.’s Internet Crime Report shows that local reports of such threats increased by 20% in 2020. Between 2019 and 2020, attacks increased by over sixty percent worldwide. Attacks by ransomware are growing not just but also in significance. Moreover, worldwide organizations were…
In the recent revelation, threat actors affiliated with RedLine and Vidar information stealing campaigns have exhibited a concerning shift towards ransomware dissemination by incorporating phishing strategies that spread initial payloads secured with Extended Validation (EV) Code Signing certificates. In lay terms, these threat actors use the same methods to deliver…
You must be aware that session hijacking is a particularly insidious hacking technique among the various threats that users and organizations face. Bad actors can access any ongoing user session online. With the session management mechanism, these assailants can assume the rule of a fair user’s session, potentially gaining access…
In a concerning development, security researchers have discovered that hackers are leveraging open source tools to misuse a Windows policy loophole. It poses a significant threat to system security since the dangerous actors can load malicious and unverified drivers, even with expired certificates, specifically targeting Chinese-speaking Windows users. Such malicious…
Worldwide Threat of Ransomware Targets Institutions and Companies In a recent wave of cyber attacks targeting institutions and companies worldwide, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has confirmed its inclusion among the victims. The attack has been attributed to a notorious ransomware gang known as “CL0P,” as declared by…
Security researchers conducting a Descope analysis have unveiled a critical vulnerability in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), Microsoft’s cloud-based identity and access management service. This flaw, discovered during their investigation, exposes users to a high-risk scenario of cross-platform spoofing. The implications of this vulnerability have raised significant concerns regarding the…
Microsoft admits that malicious DDoS attacks in early June crippled its cloud services- Azure, Outlook, and OneDrive. Early in June, Microsoft’s flagship office suite, which includes the file-sharing applications OneDrive and Outlook email, experienced periodic but significant service interruptions. A mysterious hacktivist group took the brunt of the responsibility, claiming that…
ABB Ltd., a prominent Swedish-Swiss robotics and automation company, recently experienced a cybersecurity issue that affected business operations. ABB, the corporation headquartered in Zurich and formerly the largest industrial employer in Switzerland until 2020, asserts an IT security breach that has specifically affected certain sites and systems. Vigorous efforts are…
WD Data Breach – Attackers asked for a Huge “8-Figure” Ransomware Cybercriminals reportedly stole 10 TB of data from Western Digital, a US-based data storage provider and the market leader in data storage, saying that the data contained client information. According to news reports, hackers make a ransom demand of…
Explore the detection methodology employed in uncovering the Decoy Dog Malware Toolkit. A novel enterprise-targeting malware toolkit named ‘Decoy Dog’ was observed after examining strange DNS traffic that differed from regular internet activity, Decoy Dog enables malicious users to escape normal detection methods through smart domain aging and DNS query dribbling to establish…
Google Chrome was recently hit by the very first zero-day attack of 2023 Google has brought an immediate update to mitigate the Chrome Zero Day Exploit. Chrome is presently used by more than three billion people globally. To address an extensively exploited zero-day vulnerability, google issued an important update to…
Understanding the 7 Largest DDoS Attacks in the History Few types of criminal activities on the Internet are more annoying and more difficult to avoid. Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks fall under such a category. These attacks can bring down even the most robust websites by overloading servers with more requests…
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