In light of recent password manager breaches, our experts have provided tips on how to protect your organization from compromised credentials. In recent weeks, cybersecurity has once again been thrust into the spotlight with the news that both LastPass and Norton LifeLock, two popular password management services, have been targeted in cyberattacks, resulting in the compromise of customer password manager accounts.
In this blog post, the KrakenLabs team will take a deep dive into a malware sample classified as LummaC2, an information stealer written in C language that has been sold in underground forums since December 2022. We assess LummaC2’s primary workflow, its different obfuscation techniques (like Windows API hashing and encoded strings) and how to overcome them to effectively analyze the malware with ease.
Security AI usage has surged, and enterprises are reaping the benefits. In its 2022 Cost of a Data Breach Report, IBM found that organizations deploying security AI and automation incurred $3.05 million less on average in breach costs – the biggest cost saver found in the study. According to the study, organizations using security AI and automation detected and contained breaches faster. However, while leveraging AI clearly makes a difference, organizations must implement the right architecture.
In security, there are always tensions; the balancing act between security, convenience, and functionality. While these three, often competing interests cause many people to become frustrated, there are some simple steps that can ease the security struggle.
It’s not possible to talk about a successful cyberattack without prior access to the target company's network. Initial access brokers (IABs) are the malicious actors that perform this first step, and they are making accessing enterprise networks easier than ever.
Majestic Care is a nursing home company that has more than 20 locations throughout Indiana. The organization serves elderly patients all over the state and manages a great deal of medical and financial information as a result. That's why it's so upsetting to hear that one of the company's 20 locations was hit by a cyber attack that resulted in the loss of data. If you or one of your loved ones uses the Middletown location, you may have lost important data and could be at risk.
When I was younger, you could add a second processor to a computer, but it didn’t double the workload it handled. Natural inefficiencies meant that 1+1 was approximately 1.5 or maybe 1.75 times the workload. Today, multiprocessing and multithreading is so common that even the Windows calculator takes advantage of the benefits. So, when I look at the recent acquisition of Tripwire by Fortra, how do I calculate the result of 1 + 1?
A school principal in Volusia County, Florida has resigned after sending $100,000 to a scammer posing as Elon Musk, WESH 2 News reports. Dr. Jan McGee from the Burns Science and Technology Charter School had been in communication with the individual for four months, even though her colleagues warned her that it was a scam. “McGee told a packed audience she was taken in by a fake Elon Musk, someone posing online as the space pioneer,” WESH 2 says.
