How to Protect Your Connected Devices from Common Cyberattacks
When it comes to internet security, we all suffer from a condition known as optimism bias. It’s the simple idea that we, individually, won’t be affected negatively by an externality compared to others. The same mental distortion happens in the digital world. We read a lot about cybercrime and assume the consequences of those attacks […] more…Cross site scripting (XSS) Research Paper By Aarshit Mittal and Harsha Vardhan Boppana
Cross site scripting (XSS) By Aarshit Mittal and Harsha Vardhan BoppanaCross site scripting is a web application based attack generally found in online services, pages of the websites the attack is a temporary attack but can be used by a black hat hacker or a financial cyber fraud for a permanent attack on user’s confidential data. […] more…Cross site scripting (XSS) Research Paper By Aarshit Mittal and Harsha Vardhan Bopanna
Cross site scripting (XSS) By Aarshit Mittal and Harsha Vardhan BopannaCross site scripting is a web application based attack generally found in online services, pages of the websites the attack is a temporary attack but can be used by a black hat hacker or a financial cyber fraud for a permanent attack on user’s confidential […] more…Cyber Insights 2023 | Regulations
About SecurityWeek Cyber Insights | At the end of 2022, SecurityWeek liaised with more than 300 cybersecurity experts from over 100 different organizations to gain insight into the security issues of today – and how these issues might evolve during 2023 and beyond. The result is more than a dozen features on subjects ranging from AI, quantum […] more…IT threat evolution in Q3 2021. PC statistics
IT threat evolution Q3 2021 IT threat evolution in Q3 2021. PC statistics IT threat evolution in Q3 2021. Mobile statistics These statistics are based on detection verdicts of Kaspersky products received from users who consented to providing statistical data. Quarterly figures According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q3 2021: Kaspersky solutions blocked 1,098,968,315 attacks from […] more…Streaming wars continue — what about cyberthreats?
Last year became a banner year for the online entertainment industry. Driven by the pandemic lockdown restrictions and imposed work-from-home policies, people got to spend more time at home looking for replacements for familiar sources of entertainment. While theatres and sports stadiums suffered from a lack of live events, other businesses, like online streaming services, […] more…DDoS attacks in Q3 2021
News overview Q3 2021 brought two new DDoS attack vectors, potentially posing a serious threat, including for major web resources. A team of researchers from the University of Maryland and the University of Colorado Boulder found a way to spoof the victim’s IP address over TCP. To date, amplification attacks have mostly been carried out […] more…DDoS attacks in Q2 2021
News overview In terms of big news, Q2 2021 was relatively calm, but not completely eventless. For example, April saw the active distribution of a new DDoS botnet called Simps — the name under which it introduced itself to owners of infected devices. The malware creators promoted their brainchild on a specially set-up YouTube channel and Discord […] more…Kids on the Web in 2021: Infinite creativity
For over a year we’ve been living in a world gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only has the pandemic affected people’s lifestyles, it has also accelerated the development and implementation of technologies that make it easier for us to complete everyday and work-related tasks. We no longer need to fly halfway around the world […] more…Mobile malware evolution 2020
These statistics are based on detection verdicts of Kaspersky products received from users who consented to providing statistical data. The year in figures In 2020, Kaspersky mobile products and technologies detected: 5,683,694 malicious installation packages, 156,710 new mobile banking Trojans, 20,708 new mobile ransomware Trojans. Trends of the year In their campaigns to infect mobile […] more…IT threat evolution Q3 2020. Non-mobile statistics
These statistics are based on detection verdicts of Kaspersky products received from users who consented to provide statistical data. Quarterly figures According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q3: Kaspersky solutions blocked 1,416,295,227 attacks launched from online resources across the globe. 456,573,467 unique URLs were recognized as malicious by Web Anti-Virus components. Attempts to run malware […] more…IT threat evolution Q3 2020 Mobile statistics
The statistics presented here draw on detection verdicts returned by Kaspersky products and received from users who consented to providing statistical data. Quarterly figures According to Kaspersky Security Network, the third quarter saw: 1,189 797 detected malicious installers, of which 39,051 packages were related to mobile banking trojans; 6063 packages proved to be mobile ransomware […] more…DDoS attacks in Q2 2020
News overview Not just one but two new DDoS amplification methods were discovered last quarter. In mid-May, Israeli researchers reported a new DNS server vulnerability that lurks in the DNS delegation process. The vulnerability exploitation scheme was dubbed “NXNSAttack”. The hacker sends to a legitimate recursive DNS server a request to several subdomains within the […] more…Threats to macOS users
Introduction The belief that there are no threats for the macOS operating system (or at least no serious threats) has been bandied about for decades. The owners of MacBooks and iMacs are only rivaled by Linux users in terms of the level of confidence in their own security, and we must admit that they are […] more…HVACking: Understanding the Delta Between Security and Reality
The McAfee Labs Advanced Threat Research team is committed to uncovering security issues in both software and hardware to help developers provide safer products for businesses and consumers. We recently investigated an industrial control system (ICS) produced by Delta Controls. The product, called “enteliBUS Manager”, is used for several applications, including building management. Our research […] more…Clop Ransomware
This new ransomware was discovered by Michael Gillespie on 8 February 2019 and it is still improving over time. This blog will explain the technical details and share information about how this new ransomware family is working. There are some variants of the Clop ransomware but in this report, we will focus on the main […] more…More information
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