What exactly is an Indicator of Attack (IOA)?
Indicators of Attack (IOAs) are designed to identify an attacker’s intent, regardless of the malware or exploit utilized in the attack. An IOC-based detection technique like AV signatures cannot identify the growing dangers of malware-free incursions and zero-day vulnerabilities. What is a…
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Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) Explained
An Indicator of Compromise (IOC) is a piece of digital forensic evidence that shows that an endpoint or network has been compromised. These digital indicators, like physical or digital evidence, assist information security experts in identifying malicious activities such as data breaches, insider…
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Elon Musk Makes Twitter Take Down SMS 2FA
The two-factor authentication (2FA) notification outage happened after CEO Elon Musk revealed intentions to shut down the bulk of Twitter’s microservices, albeit the cause remains unknown. Twitter’s mobile SMS two-factor authentication seemed to be down, as users reported not getting…
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Top 5 Black Friday Scams and How to Avoid Them in 2022
Black Friday is one of the biggest retail sales days, with deals on headphones, TVs, clothing, etc. It marks the start of the Christmas shopping season. Scammers work all year long, but during the holidays, Black Friday Scams happen when people are more likely to spend money. Scams come in all…
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15,000 WordPress Websites Hacked as part of Massive Google SEO Poisoning Scheme
15,000 WordPress Websites Hacked according to Sucuri, the first to notice the attacks. As per the security firm, each hacked website has roughly 20,000 files being utilized as a part of the search engine spam operation. In addition, the majority of the websites are powered by WordPress, as shown…
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Canadian Hacker Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison in Connection to NetWalker Ransomware
Canadian Hacker Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison by a U.S. court for his participation in a series of hacks connected to the NetWalker ransomware. Canadian Hacker Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison! Sebastian Vachon-Desjardins, 35, was sentenced on Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Justice for his…
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ALERT: Windows Update Patches Six Active Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
Microsoft’s most recent monthly security updates included remedies for 68 vulnerabilities across its software portfolio, including patches for six actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities. Twelve of the issues are classified as Critical, two as High, and 55 as Important. This includes the…
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ALERT: Google Releases Immediate Update for Chrome to Fix Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability
Google released emergency Update for Chrome web browser on Thursday to patch an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability. The CVE-2022-3723 vulnerability has been identified as a misunderstanding bug in the V8 JavaScript engine. On October 25, 2022, Avast security researchers Jan Vojtek, Milánek,…
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The Dangers of Storing Passwords in Your Computer and What to do About It
Do you or your coworkers keep passwords in an Excel sheet, Word document or Notepad? The fact is that nearly half of businesses store passwords in spreadsheets and other documents, according to a survey conducted by Pulse on behalf of Hitachi ID, a leading cybersecurity software provider…
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Hackers are Moving to Sliver C2 as an Alternative to Cobalt Strike
Threat actors are abandoning the Cobalt Strike suite in favour of a lesser-known, open-source, cross-platform tool known as Sliver C2. Cobalt Strike has developed as an attack tool for numerous threat actors, including ransomware operations, to place “beacons” on infiltrated networks…
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