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Twilio Suffers Data Breach After Employees Fall Victim to SMS Phishing Attack
- By cyberwire
- . August 10, 2022
Customer engagement platform Twilio on Monday disclosed that a “sophisticated” threat actor gained “unauthorized access” using an SMS-based phishing campaign aimed at its staff to

U.S. Sanctions Virtual Currency Mixer Tornado Cash for Alleged Use in Laundering
- By cyberwire
- . August 10, 2022
The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday placed sanctions against crypto mixing service Tornado Cash, citing its use by the North Korea-backed Lazarus Group in the

Three Common Mistakes That May Sabotage Your Security Training
- By cyberwire
- . August 10, 2022
Phishing incidents are on the rise. A report from IBM shows that phishing was the most popular attack vector in 2021, resulting in one in

The Truth About False Positives in Security
- By cyberwire
- . August 10, 2022
TL;DR: As weird as it might sound, seeing a few false positives reported by a security scanner is probably a good sign and certainly better

The Benefits of Building a Mature and Diverse Blue Team
- By cyberwire
- . August 9, 2022
A few days ago, a friend and I were having a rather engaging conversation that sparked my excitement. We were discussing my prospects of becoming

Chinese Hackers Targeted Dozens of Industrial Enterprises and Public Institutions
- By cyberwire
- . August 9, 2022
Over a dozen military-industrial complex enterprises and public institutions in Afghanistan and Europe have come under a wave of targeted attacks since January 2022 to

Meta Cracks Down on Cyber Espionage Operations in South Asia Abusing Facebook
- By cyberwire
- . August 9, 2022
Facebook parent company Meta disclosed that it took action against two espionage operations in South Asia that leveraged its social media platforms to distribute malware

New IoT RapperBot Malware Targeting Linux Servers via SSH Brute-Forcing Attack
- By cyberwire
- . August 8, 2022
A new IoT botnet malware dubbed RapperBot has been observed rapidly evolving its capabilities since it was first discovered in mid-June 2022.“This family borrows heavily

Hackers Exploit Twitter Vulnerability to Exposes 5.4 Million Accounts
- By cyberwire
- . August 8, 2022
Twitter on Friday revealed that a now-patched zero-day bug was used to link phone numbers and emails to user accounts on the social media platform.“As

Two Key Ways Development Teams Can Increase Their Security Maturity
- By cyberwire
- . August 7, 2022
Now more than ever, organizations need to enable their development teams to build and grow their security skills. Today organizations face a threat landscape where

LockBit Ransomware Abuses Windows Defender to Deploy Cobalt Strike Payload
- By cyberwire
- . August 7, 2022
A threat actor associated with the LockBit 3.0 ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation has been observed abusing the Windows Defender command-line tool to decrypt and load Cobalt

Iranian Hackers Likely Behind Disruptive Cyberattacks Against Albanian Government
- By cyberwire
- . August 7, 2022
A threat actor working to further Iranian goals is said to have been behind a set of disruptive cyberattacks against Albanian government services in mid-July