Attack stories

Kaspersky experts have identified a new malicious campaign targeting Linux systems, where threat actors deployed a backdoor - a type of Trojan - onto victims’ devices.

The company has announced that it has been named a Cool Vendor by Gartner, in the 2023 Gartner Cool Vendors for the Modern Security Operations Center report.

“We have been tracking Qakbot for a while and this takedown operation is an important step in disrupting a major cyber crime operation."

Secureworks has cautioned against complacency despite a 57% decline in ransomware incident response engagements in 2022.

Carpet bombing is one of those destructive techniques that has become a major concern for enterprises and service providers worldwide.

"The discovery of this vulnerability in Stremio underscores the importance of continuous vigilance in the realm of cybersecurity."

"Ransomware authors are increasingly staying under the radar by launching encryption-less attacks which involve large volumes of data exfiltration."

Zscaler has debuted four new cybersecurity services and capabilities which further extend the power of its Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange cloud security platform.

Akamai finds that in APJ more than 1.15 billion web attacks were recorded in the commerce sector, across retail and hotel and travel verticals.

Bishop Fox's expansion into the UK comes on the heels of recognition for the company's leadership in Attack Surface Management and continuous penetration testing.

"Year-over-year, we continue to see an increase in the number of phishing attacks which are becoming more sophisticated in nature. Threat actors are leveraging phishing kits & AI tools."

“Saket is very strong founder who has attracted a great team, customers and investors. We are excited to be working with them and help them scale."

Akamai Technologies, the distributed edge and cloud company, has introduced an updated managed security service program and premium service offerings.

Peter Bailey, Regional Cyber Security Business Manager at Kordia, says the research shows there is money to be made for cyber criminals targeting New Zealand.

With this acquisition, Rapid7 states the company will further extend its managed threat detection capabilities with the ability to orchestrate advanced ransomware prevention.

“These new offerings for Akamai Guardicore Segmentation customers will extend protection to devices that have historically been difficult to secure."

“The surge can be attributed in part to digitalisation, the war in Ukraine, and a long-tail of new vulnerabilities and exposed services driven by work-from-home remote access during Covid."

"These top award wins showcase our ability to stop complex attacks that use a variety and combination of techniques, tools and objectives.”

Forescout’s Vedere Labs disclosed an update to its OT:ICEFALL study distributed in June 2022, which detailed vulnerabilities found in thousands of OT devices.

The GSSH is a short, broad, easily-understood safe harbour statement that’s simple for customers to adopt, HackerOne states.

Findings show growing concern about ransomware attacks, the impact of geopolitical tensions and rising inflation rates.

SAE leverages HP’s task isolation technology to run each privileged access session within its hardware-enforced virtual machine (VM)

The 2022 State of Bot Mitigation Report is based on the findings of organisations that are already using anti-bot solutions and compares results against last year.

Cybereason has announced new advancements in Cybereason NGAV that deliver nation-state level protection for organisations of all sizes.