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The Hidden Cost of Ransomware: Wholesale Password Theft

06

Jan

2020

Organizations in the throes of cleaning up after a ransomware outbreak typically will change passwords for all user accounts that have access to any email systems, servers and desktop workstations within their network. But all too often, ransomware victims fail to grasp that the crooks behind these attacks can and frequently do siphon every single […]

Category Cyber-crime Identity theft Written by Krebsonsecurity 0 Comments

Can I Get More Mileage From My Existing Security Tools?

14

Oct

2019

Kevin Gosschalk, CEO at Arkose Labs: Start by ensuring your organization doesn’t have any easily solved vulnerabilities. This is where things like bug-bounty programs come into play because they are really good at finding the low-hanging fruit. The goal is to make it more expensive for attackers by moving the attack surface as far out […]

Category Application security Security Threats & Malware Vulnerabilities Written by Darkreading 0 Comments

Massive Gaming DDoS Exploits Widespread Technology

18

Sep

2019

Akamai Wednesday revealed that it’s witnessed the fourth-largest DDoS attack the company has ever encountered, leveraging a widespread and highly exploitable UDP amplification technique known as WS-Discovery (WSD). WSD—a consumer device network discovery and connectivity technology—was seen targeting one of Akamai’s customers in the gaming industry, according to a blog post attributed to Akamai Security […]

Category Network security Security Written by Threatpost 0 Comments

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