Understanding the Attacker’s Criteria When Choosing their Strategies
When we plan and implement a cybersecurity strategy, are we taking enough time to think about how hackers are actually plotting their attacks? Probably we don’t do it enough, considering how the cybersecurity panorama looks right now. Understanding the enemy’s criteria when he is laying the groundwork is key for us, cybersecurity professionals, to be […]
Supernova Malware Suggests Second Actor in SolarWinds Cyberattack
Back in December 2020, the SolarWinds cyberattack blew up with FireEye’s statements on the hack. Since then, it has been publicly shared that a single, Russia-based actor was responsible for the large-scale attack which damage we are still measuring. However, new evidence suggests that there probably was a second yet unrelated actor targeting, with great […]
Is 5G Technology Dangerous? – Pros and Cons of 5G Network
In recent times, the mobile industry has made several promises about the 5G network. 5G is expected to offer speeds of around 10 gigabits per second to phones – that’s 100 times faster than what we can get from 4G and 4.5G networks and 10 times faster than Google Fiber’s typical home broadband service. This […]
Survey Shows High Incidence of Nation-State Cyberattacks on ICS Security
Nation-state attacks are stealing the spotlight after the massive SolarWinds incident that is still under development. This is a new era for cybersecurity and every single professional in the industry must be aware of the implications of this kind of threat. For those who don’t know the concept, nation-state attacks are cyberattacks carried out by […]
Russia’s SolarWinds Hack: What We Know So Far
As we write this article on Christmas week, we are aware of an indisputable truth: the full implications of the SolarWinds hack carried out by Russia-based agents will be unknown for a very long time. The scale of this cyberattack is unprecedented and its current and future consequences hard to imagine. Russia’s SolarWinds hack may […]
Hacking Competitions Show Vulnerability in Everyday-Use Devices
During a well-known hacking competition, bug bounty hunters were able to exploit security vulnerabilities in everyday-use devices that most of us have at home and work. The Pwn2Own Tokyo is a hacking competition celebrated every year. Cybersecurity specialists, most precisely white-hat hackers, compete to find bugs that may be exploited by malicious parties and earn […]
New FDA-Approved Tool Will Now Certify Vulnerability Scoring in Medical Devices
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved the use of a new tool for assigning vulnerability scores to medical devices according to a redesigned rubric. The new rubric, designed by the MITRE Corporation, was initially developed last year with the goal of allowing more relevant and effective CVSS scoring of medical devices […]
More Industrial Systems Attacked Since the Pandemic Began: What You Need to Know
Industrial systems have been suffering an increased rate of cyberattacks since the COVID-19 pandemic started, data shows. The one perspective we are going to address today is one shared by a report from the Russian security firm Kaspersky, whose data shows worrisome signs of cybercriminals working around the clock since the forceful transition towards WFH. […]
Schools are Being Targeted by Hackers: Classes Disrupted and CCTV Compromised
For most of us, especially the ones who are parents with small children, is difficult to imagine and accept how criminals online end up deciding to target schools. This has been the case more than ever in the last few months. Since the world has gone remote, schools have been experiencing a major spike in […]
