DDoS attacks against Russian firms have almost tripled in 2021
A report analyzing data from the start of the year concludes that distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on Russian companies have…
Is the Edge Really Secure?
By Chetan Venkatesh, CEO and Co-Founder of Macrometa The simplest answer is… No. But, if history has taught […] The…
Application Modernization and Other Best Practices of Securing Legacy Infrastructures
By Roman Davydov, Technology Observer, Itransition Legacy systems continue to play a vital role in the operations of […] The…
‘Clumsy’ BlackByte Malware Reuses Crypto Keys, Worms Into Networks
Discovered during a recent incident response engagement, the malware avoids Russian computers and uses a single symmetric key for encrypting…
Russian cybercrime gang targets finance firms with stealthy macros
A new phishing campaign dubbed MirrorBlast is deploying weaponized Excel documents that are extremely difficult to detect to compromise financial…
Google sent 50,000 warnings of state-sponsored attacks in 2021
Google said today that it sent roughly 50,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or hacking attempts to customers during 2021, a considerable…
Malicious Chrome ad blocker injects ads behind the scenes
The AllBlock Chromium ad blocking extension has been found to be injecting hidden affiliate links that generate commissions for the…
The Brutal Reality of Brute Force Attacks And How To Defend Against Them
By John Nowotny, Customer Success Engineer, Exabeam Russian cyberattacks have seemingly become the new normal with the recent […] The…
Grieving Father Issues Plea After Pill Laced With Fentanyl Kills Concord High School Teen
CONCORD (KPIX) — A Bay Area father is making a plea to other parents after...
58% of all nation-state attacks in the last year were launched by Russian nation-state actors
Microsoft revealed that Russia-linked cyberespionage groups are behind the majority of the nation-state cyber attacks on US government […] The…