The possibility of a large-scale cyber-attack having serious repercussions in the physical world and crippling an entire sector or society, is no longer unthinkable. To prepare for major cross-border cyber-attacks, an EU Law Enforcement Emergency Response Protocol has been adopted by the Council of the European Union. The Protocol gives a central role to Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) and ...

The malware comes concealed as an archive named ‘03-11-19.rar’. The phishing attack has started since March 11, 2019. A new phishing campaign that leverages GandCrab v5.2 ransomware to infect the Chinese government officials has been discovered recently. The malware comes concealed as an archive named ‘03-11-19.rar’. How does it work – According to China’s Internet Network Information Center, the phishing attack ...

Gnosticplayers had earlier exposed more than 840 million user records during the month of February. This is the fourth time the attacker has put a trove of sensitive information out in the open. Gnosticplayers, the infamous hacker who exposed and sold millions of user records in early 2019, has yet again come out with a new batch of user records ...

Juniper Networks is upgrading its services processing card to try and keep up with increasingly complicated security demands that come with the rise of IoT, 5G and the enterprise edge. The networking product company announced last week their latest services processing card for the SRX5400, 5600 and 5800 next-generation firewalls, the SPC3. In an Aug. 7 press release, Juniper said the new card transforms ...

With social media gaining prominence, the Union Ministry of Electronics and IT has made amendments to Information Technology (IT) Act 2000, which is likely to be introduced in the ongoing winter session of Parliament. A Cabinet note has been readied by the ministry. The note has already received a legal vetting from the law ministry, a senior government official told ...

In this digital savvy world, what could be the most daunting nightmare of a technophile? Cyber-crime, evidently! Yes, online privacy and data breaches can shoot nervous breakdown of a tech-geek. And the way to ride out this issue is efficient cyber security, for sure! The nexus of techniques and tools to protect computer networks, programs, and data from illegitimate access ...

DLL Hijacking attacks are broadly categorized into three types – DLL search order attack, DLL side-loading attack, and Phantom DLL Hijacking attack. For DLL hijacking attack to be successful, it would require an attacker to trick victims to open a file using a vulnerable application from a remote network location. DLL Hijacking is an attack vector that could allow attackers ...

Fireware 12.4 Beta We’ve just posted the latest update to our Fireware 12.4 Beta release. This release, which is available for all Firebox appliances, continues WatchGuard’s commitment to building out our SD-WAN roadmap. We’ve seen very positive reaction to the features that we introduced in 12.3, and there has been lots of great feedback on 12.4 in the Beta forum ...

The attack begins with users receiving a fake CDC email. In order to make it less suspicious, the email is distributed under the subject line of ‘Flu Pandemic Warning’. The infamous GandCrab is back in a new phishing campaign. Here, the attackers are using fake Center for Disease Control (CDC) warning to distribute the GandCrab 5.2 ransomware onto the victims’ ...

The credential of the affected user account is being sold on the dark web for a price starting from $800. Following the discovery, Sizmek has forced a password reset on all internal employee accounts. Sizmek, an American online advertising platform is investigating a security incident in which hackers have gained access to one of the firm’s user account. The credential ...