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DNS data shows one in 10 organizations have malware traffic on their networks
PRIVACY PRIVACY During every quarter last year, between 10% and 16% of organizations had DNS traffic originating on their networks towards command-and-control (C2) servers associated with known botnets and various other malware threats, according to a report from cloud and content delivery network provider Akamai. More than a quarter of that traffic went to servers…
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Upcoming Speaking Engagements
PRIVACY PRIVACY This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking on “How to Reclaim Power in the Digital World” at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Thursday, March 16, 2023, at 5:30 PM CET. I’ll be discussing my new book A Hacker’s Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society’s…
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YoroTrooper Espionage Campaigns Target CIS, EU Countries
PRIVACY PRIVACY The threat actors mainly targeted organizations across Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan Read More
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Closing the Pay Gap: How Pay Parity Continues to Transform Our Workplace
PRIVACY PRIVACY Four years ago, we achieved something that few companies had — pay parity, by compensating all our employees equally for their contributions, regardless of gender. While it might seem like a given, McAfee was the first cybersecurity company to reach this goal, and that work continues, particularly in a time where pay gaps…
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DEV-1101 Updates Open Source Phishing Kit
PRIVACY PRIVACY The kit is written in NodeJS and has automated setup and detection evasion capabilities Read More
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CISA Creates New Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Program
PRIVACY PRIVACY The Agency will warn critical infrastructure entities to enable mitigation before an incident Read More
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How AI Could Write Our Laws
PRIVACY PRIVACY By Nathan E. Sanders & Bruce Schneier Nearly 90% of the multibillion-dollar federal lobbying apparatus in the United States serves corporate interests. In some cases, the objective of that money is obvious. Google pours millions into lobbying on bills related to antitrust regulation. Big energy companies expect action whenever there is a move…
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Software supply chain attacks are on the rise — are you at risk?
PRIVACY PRIVACY Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Sysdig. Thanks to the great team there for their support! Attacks targeting the software supply chain are on the rise and splashed across the news. SolarWinds raised awareness about the risk. More recent events, like the Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB)…
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Universities and colleges cope silently with ransomware attacks
PRIVACY PRIVACY Although some cybersecurity researchers say that ransomware attacks are on the downswing as cybercriminals face declining payments, a spate of recent ransomware attacks makes it feel like the scourge is continuing at the same, or even an elevated, pace. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the higher education sector, with at least…
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STALKER 2 hacker demands Ukrainian game developer reinstates Russian language support, or else…
PRIVACY PRIVACY A Ukrainian video game developer has revealed that a hacker has leaked development material stolen from the company’s systems, and is threatening to release tens of gigabytes more if their unorthodox ransom demands are not met. Read More