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Credit to Author: Paul Oliveria| Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 18:00:00 +0000

The holiday season is an exciting time for many people as they get to relax, connect with friends and family, and celebrate traditions. Organizations also have much to rejoice about during the holidays (for example, more sales for retailers and more players for gaming companies). Unfortunately, cyber attackers also look forward to this time of year to celebrate an emerging holiday tradition—distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

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Security Wired

November 15, 2022 admin

The Hunt for the Dark Web’s Biggest Kingpin, Part 4: Face to Face

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 11:00:00 +0000

The team uses a secret technique to locate AlphaBay’s server. But just as the operation heats up, the agents have an unexpected run-in with their target.

Kaspersky Security

November 15, 2022 admin

Miners in 2022: figures, trends, how to protect yourself | Kaspersky official blog

Credit to Author: Julia Glazova| Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 16:54:55 +0000

Cryptojacking in 2022: despite falling cryptocurrency prices, malicious miners are active and spreading, often disguised as pirated content.

Security Sophos

November 15, 2022 admin

Sophos Firewall named best network security solution by CRN®

Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 14:00:53 +0000

Sophos has been recognized as a CRN Tech Innovator award winner for seven consecutive years

Security Wired

November 14, 2022 admin

The Hunt for the FTX Thieves Has Begun

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2022 23:38:46 +0000

Mysterious crooks took hundreds of millions of dollars from FTX just as it collapsed. Crypto-tracing blockchain analysis may provide an answer.

Security Sophos

November 14, 2022 admin

Sophos Firewall v19.5: Value and Performance by Design

Credit to Author: Barbara Hudson| Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 14:40:18 +0000

Start taking advantage of all the great new features in SFOS v19.5 today.

Security Wired

November 12, 2022 admin

Elon Musk Introduces Twitter Mayhem Mode

Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 14:00:00 +0000

Plus: US midterms survive disinformation efforts, the government names the alleged Lockbit ransomware attacker, and the Powerball drawing hits a security snag.