In recent years, there has been a huge expansion of devices used within organizations, an issue exacerbated further by the shift to remote working during COVID-19. This has significantly increased the number of endpoints used by organizations, leaving them more vulnerable to attacks. In this webinar, a panel of experts will highlight the challenges surrounding …

A year ago, researchers found that 2.2 billion leaked records, known as Collection 1-5, were being passed around by hackers. This ‘mega leak’ included 1.2 billion unique email addresses and password combinations, 773 million unique email addresses and 21 million plaintext passwords. With this treasure trove, hackers can simply test email and password combinations on …

Black Hat 2020 session discusses how high-wattage connected devices like dishwashers and heating systems can be recruited into botnets and used to manipulate energy markets. Researchers are warning that a new class of botnets could be marshaled and used to manipulate energy markets via zombie armies of power-hungry connected devices such as air conditioners, heaters, …

Kaspersky is alerting SOC teams to a new malware framework it has discovered and linked to the notorious North Korean hacking group known as Lazarus. Dubbed “MATA,” the framework has apparently been in use since around April 2018, mainly to aid in attacks designed to steal customer databases and distribute ransomware. Since that time it …

A high-severity flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to potentially gain administrative privileges for Cisco small business switches. Cisco Systems is warning of a high-severity flaw affecting more than a half-dozen of its small business switches. The flaw could allow remote, unauthenticated attackers to access the switches’ management interfaces with administrative privileges. Specifically affected are Series …

Several high-severity flaws in Nvidia’s GPU display drivers for Windows users could lead to code-execution, DoS and more. Graphics chipmaker Nvidia has fixed two high-severity flaws in its graphics drivers. Attackers can exploit the vulnerabilities to view sensitive data, gain escalated privileges or launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks in impacted Windows gaming devices. Nvidia’s graphics driver …

Cyberattacks on the U.S. financial sector amid COVID-19 rose 238 percent over the first five months of 2020, VMware/Carbon Black told Congress during a House Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy virtual hearing Tuesday. Four NGOs brought to the attention of the lawmakers of how attackers are raising the stakes with fraudulent …

Honda has said it is dealing with a cyber-attack that is impacting its operations around the world. “Honda can confirm that a cyber-attack has taken place on the Honda network,” the Japanese car-maker said in a statement. It added that the problem was affecting its ability to access its computer servers, use email and otherwise …

A $5 billion class-action lawsuit filed in a California federal court alleges that Google’s Chrome incognito mode collects browser data without people’s knowledge or consent. Google faces a $5 billion class-action lawsuit over claims that it has been collecting people’s browsing information without their knowledge even when using the incognito browsing mode that’s meant to …

Passwords and other credentials have been listed on Have I Been Pwned as attack rumors circulate. A database containing credentials from more than 26 million LiveJournal accounts has been leaked online and is being sold on the Dark Web and hacker forums. The data contained in the files appears to be from a 2014 incident …