Cybersecurity Essentials

Threats & Attacks

Given the sophistication of cyber-attacks, cybersecurity has become a central focus to protect people and their personal data. Learn more about the common threats we all face in an age when companies are undergoing a digital transformation.

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Threats And Attacks

@McAfee_Labs shared
On Jan 13, 2021
RT @McAfee: Our experts share their 2021 Threat Predictions! Take a look at some of the challenges enterprises and consumers could face in the new year. https://t.co/n7ssoHjR27 https://t.co/ioQVm09ejW
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2021 Threat Predictions Report

2021 Threat Predictions Report

The Year 2020 brought a historic pandemic and bad actors leveraging COVID-19-themed threats to test our security operations and our unprecedented shift to

@unix_root shared
On Jan 19, 2021
🔥 A new ongoing #cyberattack has been found exploiting recently disclosed #Linux vulnerabilities to infect targeted systems with an IRC #botnet—dubbed FreakOut—for launching #DDoS attacks and mining #cryptocurrency. Read: https://t.co/F1lBPTem6z #cybersecurity #sysadmin
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FreakOut! Ongoing Botnet Attack Exploiting Recent Linux Vulnerabilities

FreakOut! Ongoing Botnet Attack Exploiting Recent Linux Vulnerabilities

A New Ongoing Botnet Attack Exploiting Recent Linux Vulnerabilities

@EduardKovacs shared
On Jan 13, 2021
The stolen documents were related to Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate. https://t.co/DgDKiytzAq
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Hackers Publish COVID-19 Vaccine Data Stolen From EU Medicines Agency

Hackers Publish COVID-19 Vaccine Data Stolen From EU Medicines Agency

The stolen documents were related to Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

@USCERT_gov shared
On Jan 14, 2021
RT @CISAgov: We’re launching a new cyber effort: The Systemic Cyber Risk Reduction Venture on developing actionable metrics to quantify cyber risk. This information will be used to reduce shared risk to the nation’s security: https://t.co/5MpRCJZGiI #InfoSec #Cybersecurity #RiskManagement https://t.co/trI66YhyZG
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A Risk-based Approach to National Cybersecurity

A Risk-based Approach to National Cybersecurity

Authored By: Bob Kolasky, CISA Assistant Director for the National Risk Management Center

@securityaffairs shared
On Jan 14, 2021
#CAPCOM: 390,000 people impacted in the recent #ransomware attack., https://t.co/AKe2LwD8Nl #securityaffairs #hacking
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Capcom revealed that the recent ransomware attack has potentially impacted 390,000 people, an increase of approximately 40,000 people from the previous report.

Capcom revealed that the recent ransomware attack has potentially impacted 390,000 people, an increase of approximately 40,000 people from the previous report.

Capcom revealed that the recent ransomware attack has potentially impacted 390,000 people, an increase of approximately 40,000 people from the previous report. In November, Japanese game ...

@attcyber shared
On Jan 14, 2021
Pass-the-cookie attacks are bypassing multifactor authentication. Here's what you need to know https://t.co/Fk8q0ymzxm @itpro #cybersecurity #IT #cloud https://t.co/ponxvsaB75
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Cyber criminals bypassing MFA to access cloud service accounts

Cyber criminals bypassing MFA to access cloud service accounts

Pass-the-cookie attacks help sidestep organizational security

@SCMagazine shared
On Jan 14, 2021
.@CISAgov noted many of the attacks took place while employees at the victim organizations worked remotely and used a mixture of corporate laptops and personal devices to access their respective cloud services. https://t.co/QHTQbfjl6z
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CISA says multiple attacks on cloud services bypassed multifactor authentication

CISA says multiple attacks on cloud services bypassed multifactor authentication

Threat actors have used a variety of tactics and techniques—including phishing, brute force login attempts, and possibly a so-called “pass-the-cookie” attack that bypassed multifactor ...

@securityaffairs shared
On Jan 17, 2021
#EMA said that hackers manipulated stolen documents before leaking them https://t.co/73XilAMgsD #securityaffairs #hacking
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EMA said that hackers manipulated stolen documents before leaking them

EMA said that hackers manipulated stolen documents before leaking them

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) revealed Friday that COVID-19 vaccine documents stolen from its servers have been manipulated before the leak. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) ...