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Stories from the SOC – Detecting internal reconnaissance
PRIVACY PRIVACY Stories from the SOC is a blog series that describes recent real-world security incident investigations conducted and reported by the AT&T SOC analyst team for AT&T Managed Extended Detection and Response customers. Executive summary Internal Reconnaissance, step one of the Cyber Kill Chain, is the process of collecting internal information about a target…
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Global Police Crack Down on Online Sexual Exploitation
PRIVACY PRIVACY French, Spanish, Portuguese and Brazilian cops take action Read More
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5 years after NotPetya: Lessons learned
PRIVACY PRIVACY On June 27, 2017, the eve of Ukraine’s Constitution Day holiday, a major global cyberattack was launched, infecting more than 80 companies in that country using a brand-new cyber pathogen that became known as NotPetya. NotPetya didn’t stay within Ukraine’s borders but spilled out to infect and cause havoc for thousands of organizations…
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The strange business of cybercrime
PRIVACY PRIVACY The old hacker stereotype—the antisocial lone wolf with coding skills—has been eclipsed by something far stranger: the cybercrime enterprise. This mutant business model has grown exponentially, with annual cybercrime revenues reaching $1.5 trillion, according to a 2018 study by endpoint security provider Bromium. The sophistication of cybercrime operations underpins this scale of damage. …
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CafePress Fined $500,000 After Massive Data Breach
PRIVACY PRIVACY FTC also demands major security improvements Read More
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Snoopers’ Charter Ruled Partially Unlawful
PRIVACY PRIVACY Win for rights groups means bad news for security services Read More
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Cubes
PRIVACY PRIVACY Researchers thaw squid frozen into a cube and often make interesting discoveries. (Okay, this is a weird story.) As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here. Read More
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#InfosecurityEurope2022: Preparing for Future Challenges and Opportunities
PRIVACY PRIVACY The closing keynote panel explored how we can anticipate the future of cybercrime Read More
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Mitek launches MiVIP platform to fight identity theft
PRIVACY PRIVACY A new easy-to-deploy identity platform was announced this week to help address growing concerns about identity theft. The Mitek Verified Identity Platform (MiVIP) melds the company’s mobile technologies with those of its recent acquisitions to give its customers flexible control over their consumers’ experiences. With MiVIP, customers have the ability to orchestrate the…
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Italian spyware firm is hacking into iOS and Android devices, Google says
PRIVACY PRIVACY RCS Lab spyware uses known exploits to install harmful payloads and steal private user data, according to a Google report. Read More