Top news of the week: 18.11.2021.
Companies And Services
Hoax Email Blast Abused Poor Coding in FBI Website
According to an interview with the person who claimed responsibility for the hoax, the spam messages were sent by abusing insecure code in an FBI online portal designed to share …
Open Source Project Aims to Detect Living-Off-the-Land Attacks
The machine learning classifier from Adobe can determine whether system commands are malicious and classify them using a variety of tags useful for security analysts.
How organizations are beefing up their cybersecurity to combat ransomware
Most organizations surveyed by Hitachi ID are moving partly to software-as-a-service. Less than half have adopted a Zero Trust strategy.
The Importance of Speed During Detection and Response: Iranian-Backed Hackers Targeting U.S. Companies with Ransomware
Iranian government-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) actors are exploiting known Microsoft and Fortinet vulnerabilities to attack targets with ransomware in the transportation, ...
Ethical hackers reduce $27 billion in risk during COVID-19
Ethical hackers prevented 27 billion dollars worth of cybercrime from May 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021, according to Bugcrowd.
NSO's Troubles Extend Beyond CEO-Designate Quitting
NSO Group CEO-designate Itzik Benbenisti, currently NSO's co-president, has resigned from the Israel-based intelligence company, citing its blacklisting by the U.S.
Ransomware hackers have the upper hand
Congress has released a new report showing how tough it is for hacked companies.
Firm Held Onto Palo Alto VPN Zero-Day for 11 Months
A penetration testing company discovered a critical zero-day vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks' GlobalProtect VPN product but did not inform the company until