Tag: cybersecurity

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“Hacker group Fancy Bear uses backdoor Zebrocy in attacks.

“Hacker group Fancy Bear uses backdoor Zebrocy in attacks.

Security researchers at ESET's R&D center in Montreal have discovered how the well-known hacker group Fancy Bear - also known as Sednit, APT28, Sofacy and STRONTIUM - operates. According to the investigators, the hackers use a back door called Zebrocy. The Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group... Read more

date5 years ago

Ancient Ramnit-trojan refocuses arrows on financial institutions

According to security company F5 Labs, the Ramnit Trojan has refocused its efforts on the financial sector. The Trojan also had this sector in mind at first, but later focused much more on e-commerce. F5 Labs says it has seen a strong increase in malware in February and March. According to the comp... Read more

date5 years ago
Google saved some G Suite passwords as plaintext

Google saved some G Suite passwords as plaintext

Google accidentally stored some of the passwords of G Suite users as plaintext. The error that caused this hit, according to the internet giant, a "small percentage of G Suite users", reports Wired. The functions with the error are now disabled. Google normally stores passwords on its servers in a ... Read more

date5 years ago
Hackers steal data from 113,000 other hackers

Hackers steal data from 113,000 other hackers

A group of hackers has attacked a popular forum among a community of its rivals. Nearly 113,000 forum users - including email addresses, hacked passwords, IP addresses and private messages - were stolen. This is the OGUser.com forum, knows IT Pro. That forum is popular among a community of cybercrim... Read more

date5 years ago
Microsoft brings “not to crack” passwords to Azure AD

Microsoft brings “not to crack” passwords to Azure AD

Microsoft Azure has raised the character limit for passwords in Azure Active Directory (AD) from 16 to 256 characters. This makes it a lot harder to make brute force hacking attempts succeed. "Many of you have reminded us that we still had a password limit of 16 characters for accounts created in ... Read more

date5 years ago
European Union can take action against cybercriminals

European Union can take action against cybercriminals

The European Union has agreed to new regulations that will allow action to be taken against individuals responsible for cyber-attacks that pose a significant threat to the Union. The European Union can impose travel bans and freeze the assets of these people, writes Bloomberg. The new rules came in... Read more

date5 years ago
Stack Overflow victim of hack, customer data not affected

Stack Overflow victim of hack, customer data not affected

Stack Overflow, the website where developers can share their knowledge and ask questions, was the victim of a hack last weekend. The company states that user data has not been compromised. That's what TechCrunch reports. Mary Ferguson, vice president of engineering, announced in a very short message... Read more

date5 years ago
LogRhythm makes cloud version of NextGen SIEM platform

LogRhythm makes cloud version of NextGen SIEM platform

Security company LogRythm has launched a cloud version of its NextGen SIEM platform. It's LogRythm Cloud, which collects and analyzes billions of security events and threat indicators every week, enabling Security Operations Centers (SOC) to detect and neutralize advanced threats. LogRythm Cloud use... Read more

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