Mandatory MFA, Biometrics Make Headway in Middle East, Africa
Despite lagging in technology adoption, African and Middle Eastern organizations are catching up, driven by smartphone acceptance and national identity systems.
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Mirai Botnet Launches Record 5.6 Tbps DDoS Attack with 13,000+ IoT Devices
Web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare on Tuesday said it detected and blocked a 5.6 Terabit per second (Tbps) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, the largest ever attack to be reported to date. The UDP protocol-based attack took place on October 29, 2024, targeting one of its customers, an unnamed internet service provider (ISP) from Eastern…
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Trump Fires Cyber Safety Board Investigating Salt Typhoon Hackers
In a letter sent today, the acting DHS secretary terminated membership to all advisory boards, including the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) tasked with investigating state-sponsored cyber threats against the US.
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Email Bombing, ‘Vishing’ Tactics Abound in Microsoft 365 Attacks
Sophos noted more than 15 attacks have been reported during the past three months.
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DONOT Group Deploys Malicious Android Apps in India
The advanced persistent threat (APT) group is likely India-based and targeting individuals with connections to the country’s intelligence community.
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HPE Investigates After Alleged Data Breach
The company reports that it is not experiencing any operational issues within its business, so far.
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Mirai Botnet Spinoffs Unleash Global Wave of DDoS Attacks
Two separate campaigns are targeting flaws in various IoT devices globally, with the goal of compromising them and propagating malware worldwide.
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Why CISOs Must Think Clearly Amid Regulatory Chaos
Even as the rule book changes, the profession of the CISO remains unchanged: protecting the organization in a world of constant, continually evolving threats.
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Name That Toon: Incentives
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