[SecurityWeek] Tokenization vs. Encryption for Data Protection Compliance

Microsoft on Thursday warned of a “massive email campaign” that’s pushing a Java-based STRRAT malware to steal confidential data from infected systems while disguising itself as a ransomware infection. “This RAT is infamous for its ransomware-like behavior of appending the file name extension .crimson to files without actually encrypting them,” the Microsoft Security Intelligence team said in […]

DDoS Hide & Seek: On the Effectiveness of a Booter Services Takedown labs.ripe.net/Members/daniel_kopp/ddos-hide-and-seek In this article, we investigated booter-based DDoS attacks in the wild and the impact of an FBI takedown targeting fifteen booter websites in December 2018. We investigated and compared attack properties of multiple booter services by launching DDoS attacks against our own […]

Hackers are actively probing millions of WordPress sites www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-are-actively-probing-millions-of-wordpress-sites/ Unknown threat actors are scanning for WordPress websites with Epsilon Framework themes installed on over 150, 000 sites and vulnerable to Function Injection attacks that could lead to full site takeovers. Hacking group exploits ZeroLogon in automotive, industrial attack wave www.zdnet.com/article/cicada-hacking-group-exploits-zerologon-launches-new-backdoor-in-automotive-industry-attack-wave/ The active cyberattack is thought […]