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New Phishing Attack Targets 550 Million Email Users Worldwide

A new phishing campaign was discovered sending more than 550 million emails within the first quarter of 2018, according to data from Vade Secure. The threat was discovered in early January and has primarily hit users in the US, UK, France, Germany, and the Netherlands.

Release of PoC Exploit for New Drupal Flaw Once Again Puts Sites Under Attack

Only a few hours after the Drupal team releases latest updates to fix a new remote code execution flaw in its content management system software, hackers have already started exploiting the vulnerability in the wild.

Most Dangerous Cyberattack Techniques, and What's Coming Next

Experts from SANS presented the five most dangerous new cyber attack techniques in their annual RSA Conference 2018 keynote session in San Francisco, and shared their views on how they work, how they can be stopped or at least slowed, and how businesses and consumers can prepare.

Traditional Firewalls Fall Short in Protecting Organizations, Survey Reveals

A new survey, sponsored by Sophos, that asked IT managers in mid-sized organizations across the globe about how their firewall technology is working for them.

NIST Releases Cybersecurity Framework 1.1

The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced at RSA Conference 2018 the release of version 1.1 of its popular Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, more widely known as the Cybersecurity Framework.

DDos Quick Start Guide

In this guide we will examine the most common types of DDoS attacks, how they are performed and how they can be prevented.

Thousand of WordPress, Joomla and SquareSpace Sites Serving Malicious Updates

According to HelpNet Security, thousands of compromised WordPress, Joomla and SquareSpace-based sites are actively pushing malware disguised as Firefox, Chrome and Flash Player updates to visitors.

Cloudflare Introduces Spectrum and Extends Security and Acceleration to 65,533 More Ports

Cloudflare introduced Spectrum, which brings Cloudflare’s security and acceleration to the whole spectrum of TCP ports and protocols for their Enterprise customers. It’s DDoS protection for any box, container or VM that connects to the internet; whether it runs email, file transfer or a custom[...]

2018 Bad Bot Report: The Year Bad Bots Went Mainstream

The 2018 Bad Bot Report investigates bad bot landscape and ways in which daily attacks impact websites and businesses. It’s based on 2017 data collected from GlobalDots’ global network, and includes hundreds of billions of bad bot requests, anonymized over thousands of domains.

Hackers Leverage Flaw in Cisco Switches to Hit Russian and Iranian Networks

The proof-of-concept exploit code for a vulnerability affecting many Cisco switches has been leveraged by vigilante hackers to mess with networks and data-centers in Russia and Iran.