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Emerging cyberattacks and threats

• September 18, 2019 18 Sep'19

  Global cryptomining attacks use NSA exploits to earn Monero

  Security researchers tracked a very active threat group launching cryptomining attacks around the world against organizations in banking, IT services, healthcare and more.

• September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

  Researcher finds digital certificate fraud used to spread malware

  A new certificate fraud scheme involves a threat actor impersonating company execs to purchase certs which are then resold to those looking to spread malware.

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  KNOB attack puts all Bluetooth devices at risk

  Security researchers discovered a way to force Bluetooth devices to use easy-to-crack encryption keys, which could lead to man-in-the-middle attacks and information leaks.

• August 14, 2019 14 Aug'19

  Microsoft discovers BlueKeep-like flaws in Remote Desktop Services

  Microsoft disclosed four remote code execution flaws in Remote Desktop Services that are similar to BlueKeep, as well as other vulnerabilities in RDP.

• August 14, 2019 14 Aug'19

  IoT botnets reach new threshold in Q2 of 2019

  Defending against the rising number and increasing sophistication of IoT botnet attacks isn't an easy task. Learn about the latest threats and the techniques to mitigate them.

• August 14, 2019 14 Aug'19

  Latest news from the Black Hat 2019 conference

  Learn the latest from this year's Black Hat conference, Aug. 3 to 8. Our team is in Las Vegas to report on what's new in information security risks, trends and defense tactics.

• August 12, 2019 12 Aug'19

  Black Hat 2019 brings out new security, protection offerings

  The 22nd Black Hat conference in Las Vegas brought together a slew of vendors in network and data security with a variety of security offerings to pitch.

• August 09, 2019 09 Aug'19

  ICS security threats rising, targeting oil and gas facilities

  In its latest report on industrial control system threats, Dragos said it believes the first major 'destructive' ICS attack will likely occur at an oil and gas facility.

• August 08, 2019 08 Aug'19

  Check Point finds RDP vulnerability jeopardizes Microsoft's Hyper-V

  Check Point revealed research at Black Hat that showed a previously disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft's remote desktop protocol affects the company's virtualization platform.

• August 05, 2019 05 Aug'19

  BlackBerry Intelligent Security enables flexible security policy

  BlackBerry launched a new unified endpoint management platform, BlackBerry Intelligent Security, which changes security policies by calculating user risk.

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  SafeBreach launches new platform to prioritize, mitigate security gaps

  SafeBreach has launched SafeBreach GRID, a breach and attack simulation application that helps security teams decide which security gaps to address first.

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  Slide deck brings BlueKeep exploit closer to the wild

  After a description for building a remote BlueKeep exploit is posted on GitHub, experts warn that attacks in the wild are becoming more likely and users need to patch.

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  New ransomware threat takes GandCrab's place

  Researchers released GandCrab master decryption keys, and in the wake of GandCrab's shutdown, a new ransomware threat -- called Sodin or Sodinokibi -- has emerged.

• July 03, 2019 03 Jul'19

  U.S. Cybercom warns Outlook vulnerability under attack

  U.S. Cybercom issued an alert about active exploitation of a 2-year-old Microsoft Outlook flaw, and experts say an Iranian threat group is behind the attacks.

• June 28, 2019 28 Jun'19

  AI-enabled malware is coming, Malwarebytes warns

  AI-driven threats may not be here yet, but a new report from Malwarebytes predicts they will be here soon and could potentially change the cybersecurity game for good.