The toughest part of most cyberattacks isn’t the break-in. It’s what happens after. Once an attacker is inside, they move sideways—testing connections, escalating privileges, and spreading until a small crack turns into a gaping wound. I’ve been covering this space […]
Limiting the Blast Radius of Modern Cyber Attacks Read More »
Many consumers and IT admins at small and medium businesses have a false sense of security stemming from low self-esteem. The prevailing logic assumes that attackers have bigger or more lucrative fish to fry and won’t bother investing the time
Every PC has value to an attacker and everyone is a target Read More »
‘Pay up or we’ll take your Website down’, so goes the adage that usually accompanies ransom-based cyber-attacks. Top of the news agenda in recent weeks, well-known names such as Evernote and Feedly have all fallen victim to extortion attacks, but
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Reduce, re-use, recycle. I guess that mantra also works for malware developers. A new study from CyActive found that many of the biggest malware campaigns of 2014 relied on re-used and recycled components. The question is why are the security
Major cyber attacks in 2014 used recycled malware Read More »
