Identity management will be at the forefront of securing remote work in the coming year. Jason Bohrer, new leader of the Secure Technology Alliance and the U.S. Payments Forum, describes key initiatives as he steps into this role.
A recently uncovered payment card skimmer is targeting several large content management systems that support the online checkout pages of dozens of e-commerce sites, according to researchers with Sansec. The malware works by using a keylogger to harvest payment and personal data.
The SolarWinds breach is a case study in how attackers can subvert a widely used piece of software to turn it to their advantage, says Lou Manousos, CEO of RiskIQ. The attack surface management expert details lessons all organizations must learn in the wake of this "unprecedented" attack.
First you had 'shadow IT,' then 'shadow cloud.' Now enterprises are encountering 'shadow APIs' - and the lack of visibility into these interfaces is causing new, often overlooked cybersecurity vulnerabilities, says Subbu Iyer of Cequence Security.
He's commanded armed forces, directed the National Security Agency, and now he is president of vendor IronNet Cybersecurity. From this unique perspective, retired General Keith Alexander says the SolarWinds breach is "a call for action."
Cybercriminals are targeting online shoppers in the U.S. and Western Europe with fake Amazon gift cards that deliver the Dridex banking Trojan, the security firm Cybereason reports.
A cybercriminal gang known as "UltraRank" has launched a new campaign, targeting at least a dozen e-commerce sites to steal payment card data using a JavaScript sniffer, says security firm Group-IB.
After a nearly two-month hiatus, the Emotet botnet recently sprung back to life with a fresh spamming and phishing campaign designed to spread other malware as secondary payloads, according to security researchers. The botnet has also been revamped to better avoid network defenses.
An investigation at the U.S. Treasury Department has found that it suffered a "significant" breach as a result of the SolarWinds Orion supply chain attack, a top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee reports. Meanwhile President-elect Joe Biden said of the attack: "I promise you, there will be a response."
The FBI, Europol and other law enforcement agencies shut down a virtual private network Tuesday that was providing a "bulletproof hosting service" that allowed cybercriminals to conduct illegal operations, including ransomware attacks, while remaining hidden from police.
A key player in the now-defunct "Silk Road" darknet marketplace who hid his involvement with the creation and operation of the website has been sentenced to eight months in federal prison for making false statements to federal investigators.
Microsoft says it has removed malware related to an expansive hacking campaign that has ensnared thousands of organizations and U.S. government agencies. Meanwhile, CISA warns the SolarWinds Orion supply chain compromise may not be the only infection vector.
Researchers at the security firm Avast have found 28 malicious third-party browser extensions used with Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge that have been downloaded about 3 million times. These extensions are capable of spreading malware, stealing information and altering search engine results.
IBM Trusteer reports that a hacking group is using mobile emulators to spoof banking customers' mobile devices and steal millions of dollars from banks in the U.S. and Europe.
Intel and Cisco are among the thousands of SolarWinds Orion customers that were running a Trojanized version of the security software. FireEye, together with Microsoft and GoDaddy, have devised a "kill switch" to disrupt attackers' ability to access the malware on at least some infected systems.
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