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Just When you Thought it was Safe to go Back to the Bank, Microsoft Finds Banking Attacks Targeting Financial Institutions
Written by Sean KalinichAlthough Banking, Mortgage, and other financial institutions are always under attack, it is never a good thing to see a coordinated campaign targeting them. Microsoft…Written on Friday, 09 June 2023 14:59 in News Read 227 times Read more...
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MOVEit Zero-Day May Have Been Known by Threat Groups Since 2021
Written by Sean KalinichIn today’s episode of why we need to change how we do things; it has come to light that the critical MOVEit zero-day that allowed…Written on Friday, 09 June 2023 11:18 in News Read 321 times Read more...
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In a Marketplace of Ideas, Censorship is Always Bad Even if Done for the Right Reasons.
Written by Sean KalinichOne thing that has always bothered me is the concept that censoring or hiding certain types of speech, thought, information etc., is somehow going to…Written on Friday, 09 June 2023 10:23 in Editorials Read 106 times Read more...
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Bring on the Ransomware Beta Test as Royal Begins Seems to be testing a New Encryptor called BlackSuit
Written by Sean KalinichThe fine folks at the Royal ransomware group have begun testing a new flavor of encryptor that is being called BlackSuit (The hat was already…Written on Thursday, 08 June 2023 16:03 in News Read 918 times Read more...
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Google and Microsoft Share a Zero Day as both Chrome and Edge get Patch Now Guidance.
Written by Sean KalinichGoogle has pushed out a new patch for Chrome to deal with a zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-3079. In the patch release Google is clear…Written on Thursday, 08 June 2023 15:12 in News Read 457 times Read more...
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Barracuda Email Security Gateway Appliances that were Exploited due to Zero-Day Must Be Replaced, not Patched
Written by Sean KalinichAfter the disclosure of a serious Zero-Day that allowed an unauthenticated user to basically own the device. Barracuda is now saying that remediation action for…Written on Thursday, 08 June 2023 12:33 in News Read 252 times Read more...
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Minecraft Mods stuffed with Malware Used to Target Windows and Linux
Written by Sean KalinichAs we hear more about Supply Chain attacks and the need for Software Build of Materials we are now hearing of an attack on the…Written on Wednesday, 07 June 2023 15:24 in News Read 358 times Read more...
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Sextortionists Get a Boost from AI and Publicly Available Images
Written by Sean KalinichAs if the internet needed something else bad floating around it seems that groups that engage in extortion schemes involving the threat of releasing images…Written on Wednesday, 07 June 2023 14:24 in News Read 236 times Read more...
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New PowerShell Malware Dubbed PowerDrop used to Target US Aerospace Industry
Written by Sean KalinichIt is Wednesday, so it is about time to talk about a new strain of malware. In this case one that leverages Microsoft’s PowerShell to…Written on Wednesday, 07 June 2023 13:31 in News Read 235 times Read more...
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Displaying items by tag: Denial of Service
Latest DDoS Attack on Sony's PSN Could Just be the Beginning
It looks like a fairly large DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack on both the PlayStation Network and the Sony Entertainment Network caused gamers some trouble yesterday. The attack caused the service to be unavailable intermittently throughout the day. At this time Sony says that no user information was accessed or taken. As of this writing a group that is calling themselves the “lizard squad” is claiming responsibility for the attack.
The unlikely story of the War Kitteh and a Service Dog that is not a Service Dog At all
DEF CON 22, Las Vegas, NV 2014 – On the last day of DEF CON 22, in oddly empty halls and with very subdued (hung over) conversations going on, I walked into what was probably the most entertaining security talks I have ever seen. To start with the premise of the talk was absurdly enticing. How and, of course, why would anyone want to put a sniffer on a cat or turn a dog into a denial of service station? Even though I had briefly covered the concept I still needed to hear how it all happened and then the real why behind it.
The Pirate Bay site Down Due to a Possible DDoS Attack
Wow, who would have thought that a site like The Pirate Bay would ever be taken down by a DDoS attack (Distributed Denial of Service), but that is exactly what it looks like is happening to the world famous torrent listing site. What makes the situation interesting is thinking about who might be behind the attack and, of course why? So let’s walk through a few likely scenarios and a few that are a little off the deep end.
Facebook Issues not an Anon DOS after all
Yesterday there was a minor buzz around the internet claiming that Anonymous had gone after face book with a DOS (Denial of Service) attack. However, now that the morning has come Facebook is claiming that there was no attack. The two nagging items on this are a twitter post from the group AnonSec and an anomaly in the responsiveness of the Facebook API during the day (and overnight).