US, UK point fingers at Russia over large-scale brute-force attacks

APT28, a state-sponsored Russian hacking group, is conducting large-scale attacks against governments and businesses across the globe, cyber agencies from the US and UK claim. The warning was issued in a new security advisory, published jointly by four intelligence organizations: the US National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the UK’s …

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Majority of large businesses caught up in supply chain attacks last year

The majority of large enterprises (64 percent) suffered a software supply chain attack last year, according to a report from security company Anchore. Based on a poll of IT, security and DevOps leaders at 425 companies, the report states that the use of software containers is on the rise thanks to the widespread use of DevOps processes to speed up …

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Email spoofing attacks are on the rise

The number of email spoofing attacks has almost doubled month-on-month, a new report from cybersecurity experts at Kaspersky suggests. According to the firm, the total number of spoofing attacks rose to 8,204 in May, up from 4,440 the month prior. A number of different methods fall under the “email spoofing” category, it seems, as Kaspersky says the attack can be …

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Cryptomining attacks are targeting Kubernetes, Microsoft warns

Microsoft has issued a warning about ongoing cyberattacks targeting vulnerable Kubernetes clusters, with the goal of mining cryptocurrency for the attackers. The Redmond software giant identified a series of attacks against clusters running Kubeflow machine learning (ML) instances. Microsoft said the attacks started in late May, when its researchers spotted a sudden rise in TensorFlow machine learning pod reployments.  “The …

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No organization is safe from DNS attacks

If you think your organization is too small or too well-protected to suffer a DNS attack, think again. New figures from network security company EfficientIP suggests almost nine in ten (87 percent) organizations suffered a DNS attack last year. The average cost of one of these attacks hovered around the $950,000 mark. DNS plays a “pivotal role” in network security, EfficientIP …

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Ransomware extortion attacks now commonplace

Ransomware extortion attacks have become so common and effective that the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) has classified the threat as among the most potent out there. A new report from NCA states that the pandemic drove everyone online, including criminals. To commit crimes at scale and avoid detection, criminals increasingly used emerging technologies, the NCA says, adding that ransomware …

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DDoS attacks still aren’t going away

While the number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks remained relatively flat in the first quarter of 2021, the scale of attacks grew by almost a third (31 percent) quarter-on-quarter, showing that DDoS attacks are still a major threat to businesses. These were the findings published in the Q1 DDoS Attack Report from cybersecurity firm Radware, which suggests the …

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Half of businesses feel vulnerable to bot attacks

Bot attacks are a major threat and many business owners are fearful of the consequences, a new report from cybersecurity firm HUMAN claims. Based on a poll of 425 cybersecurity and IT decision-makers with application security knowledge and responsibilities for their organizations, the report claims nearly half believe their company is susceptible to a sophisticated bot attack. Almost all (90 …

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Business email compromise more costly than most other fraud attacks combined

Business Email Compromise (BEC), a type of cyber-fraud in which attackers use compromised email accounts to launch attacks on businesses, is growing both more popular among cybercriminals and more devastating. This is according to a new report from TradingPlatforms.com, which claims that BEC was more costly than most other frauds combined in the US last year. In 2020, the FBI’s …

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Ransomware attacks are now more costly than ever

Were it not for a single ransomware group and its enormous demands, average and median ransom figures would have been lower in Q1 2021, compared to previous quarters. However, the average ransom payment has risen 43 percent, and median ransom payment rising 59 percent, quarter-on-quarter. This is according to a report from ransomware recovery company Coveware, which states that the …

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