News & Updates

Multiple Verified Facebook Pages Taken Over by Hackers to Push Malware

Hackers took over several verified Facebook pages, changed their names to
reflect various other companies, including Meta, and used them to push malicious
links onto unsuspecting users.

Hackers often target companies, organizations and influencers because of their
potential. Taking over popular channels to promote a crypto scam or to send
followers messages containing malicious links is a much bigger problem than it
might appear. Companies like YouTube and Meta are constantly engaged in a game

News & Updates

Spanish Police Dismantle Phishing Gang Accused of Bilking over 300,000 People

Spanish National Police have dismantled a large fraud organization that
allegedly scammed over 300,000 individuals of 700,000 euros.

Officers arrested 40 individuals, including two hackers who allegedly ran
phishing and smishing campaigns, and members accused of money laundering,
document forgery, identity theft and other crimes, according to a police press
release.

During the investigation, police also seized computer equipment, lock-picking
instruments, and cash from 13 residences in the pro

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A Decade of Fighting Bad Bots: Key Learnings from the 2023 Imperva Bad Bot Report

The 2023 Imperva Bad Bot Report is now available. The 10th edition of the annual report takes a deep dive into the latest bad bot statistics and trends from the past year, providing meaningful information and guidance about the nature and impact of bots to help organizations better understand the potential risks of unmanaged bot […]

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Threats

Snake Malware Detection: Cyber-Espionage Implant Leveraged by russia-Affiliated Turla APT in a Long-Lasting Campaign Against NATO Countries

On May 9, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice revealed the details of a joint operation dubbed MEDUSA that resulted in the disruption of the Snake cyber-espionage implant infrastructure actively leveraged to target 50+ countries in North America, Europe, and Africa.  First emerging in 2003, the malicious tool has been used by the Turla group, […]

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City of Dallas ‘Exploring All Options’ to Recover from Ransomware Attack

The City of Dallas is updating citizens on the cyberattack it suffered last week
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, stating that it is “exploring all options to remediate this incident,”
suggesting it might be tempted to pay ransom if necessary.

A week into its run-in with Royal ransomware operators, the city is making
progress restoring its systems, but it’s still grappling with the effects

News & Updates

Why Honeytokens Are the Future of Intrusion Detection

A few weeks ago, the 32nd edition of RSA, one of the world’s largest cybersecurity conferences, wrapped up in San Francisco. Among the highlights, Kevin Mandia, CEO of Mandiant at Google Cloud, presented a retrospective on the state of cybersecurity. During his keynote, Mandia stated:
“There are clear steps organizations can take beyond common safeguards and security tools to strengthen their
News & Updates

Evil digital twins and other risks: the use of twins opens up a host of new security concerns

The use of digital twins — virtual representations of actual or envisioned real-world objects — is growing. Their uses are multifold and can be incredibly helpful, providing real-time models of physical assets or even people or biological systems that can help identify problems as or even before they occur.

Grand View Research has predicted that the global digital twin market, valued at $11.1 billion in 2022, will grow at a 37.5% compound annual growth rate from 2023 to 2030 to eventually hit $155.83 billion.

But as companies expand their use of digital twins and others create new ones, experts say organizations are also increasing their cybersecurity exposure. Because digital twins rely on data to create an accurate representation of whatever they model, they are vulnerable. What if that data is corrupted or — far worse — stolen and used for evil rather than their intended purpose?

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