Hacker Lexicon: What Is Sinkholing?
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 12:00:00 +0000
What’s one good way to bring down a botnet? Send that traffic to a sinkhole.
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Serial Swatter “SWAuTistic” Bragged He Hit 100 Schools, 10 Homes
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 17:15:10 +0000
The individual who allegedly made a fake emergency call to Kansas police last week that summoned them to shoot and kill an unarmed local man has claimed credit for raising dozens of these dangerous false alarms — calling in bogus hostage situations and bomb threats at roughly 100 schools and at least 10 residences.
Read MoreTransatlantic Cable podcast, episode 17
Credit to Author: David Buxton| Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 14:17:27 +0000
In this week’s Kaspersky Lab’s Transatlantic Cable podcast, we take a stab at New Year’s resolutions, with an IT security twist.
Read MoreCybersecurity Past and Future: What’s Come This Year and What is Coming
Credit to Author: Anthony Giandomenico| Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 13:45:59 +0000
To predict the future, simply look at the past. With that in mind, here’s a quick overview of the current state of cybersecurity, along with what lies on the horizon and what organizations can do to secure their networks.
Read MoreHow Financial Services Firms Can Protect Against DDoS Attacks
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Credit to Author: Brian Forster| Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 13:45:59 +0000
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are becoming increasingly common across the financial services industry. DDoS attacks occur when a portion of the network is targeted, typically at the networking, transport, or application layer, with a flood of requests that overwhelm network bandwidth, causing it to slow or crash completely.
Read MoreTransatlantic Cable Podcast – Episode 17
Credit to Author: David Buxton| Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 14:17:27 +0000
In this week’s Kaspersky Lab’s Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and I take a stab at New Year’s resolutions, with an IT security twist.
Read MoreScrimping on software could blow a hole in your budget
Credit to Author: Anna Markovskaya| Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 14:00:22 +0000
Hacked programs freely distributed online are found to be equipped with a hidden NiceHash cryptocurrency miner.
Read MoreSSD Advisory – D-Link DSL-6850U Multiple Vulnerabilities
Credit to Author: SSD / Maor Schwartz| Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2018 10:41:38 +0000
Vulnerabilities Summary The following advisory describes two (2) vulnerabilities found in D-Link DSL-6850U versions BZ_1.00.01 – BZ_1.00.09. D-Link DSL-6850U is a router “manufactured by D-Link for Bezeq in Israel” The vulnerabilities found are: Default Credentials Remote Command Execution Credit An independent security researcher has reported this vulnerability to Beyond Security’s SecuriTeam Secure Disclosure program. Vendor … Continue reading SSD Advisory – D-Link DSL-6850U Multiple Vulnerabilities
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