Incognito Darknet Market Mass-Extorts Buyers, Sellers – Krebs on Security
Borrowing from the playbook of ransomware purveyors, the darknet narcotics bazaar Incognito Market has begun extorting all of its vendors and buyers, threatening to publish cryptocurrency transaction and chat records of users who refuse to pay a fee ranging from $100 to $20,000. The bold mass extortion attempt comes just days after Incognito Market administrators […]
Which IAM Solution Is Better?
OneLogin and Okta are two industry-leading identity and access management (IAM) platforms used to secure user access to corporate resources and manage information about user identity. Both products offer similar features and capabilities, but each has unique strengths and weaknesses to consider before purchasing. OneLogin vs. Okta: Comparison OneLogin and Okta are enterprise-grade IAM platforms […]
Tax Time is Prime Time for Scammers: How to Stay Safe When Paying Your Taxes to the IRS
Who else loves tax season besides accountants? Scammers. It’s high time of year for online risks here in the U.S. with the onset of tax season, where scammers unleash all manner of scams aimed at taxpayers. The complexity, and even uncertainty, of filing a proper tax return can stir up anxieties like, Have I filed […]
Solving Data Wrangling for Dashboards
This post is about Dashify, the Cisco Observability Platform’s dashboarding framework. We are going to describe how AppDynamics, and partners, use Dashify to build custom product screens, and then we are going to dive into details of the framework itself. We will describe its specific features that make it the most powerful and flexible dashboard […]
Fake Leather wallet app on Apple App Store is a crypto drainer
The developers of the Leather cryptocurrency wallet are warning of a fake app on the Apple App Store, with users reporting it is a wallet drainer that stole their digital assets. Wallet drainers are apps or malicious scripts that trick users into entering their secret passphrases or performing malicious transactions allowing attackers to steal all […]
New Banking Trojan CHAVECLOAK Targets Brazilian Users via Phishing Tactics
Users in Brazil are the target of a new banking trojan known as CHAVECLOAK that’s propagated via phishing emails bearing PDF attachments. “This intricate attack involves the PDF downloading a ZIP file and subsequently utilizing DLL side-loading techniques to execute the final malware,” Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Cara Lin said. The attack chain involves the […]
How Not to Become the Target of the Next Microsoft Hack
COMMENTARY The cybersecurity landscape, particularly within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, constantly evolves. Recent incidents involving major tech companies and cybersecurity firms highlight a critical reality: Understanding security best practices for Microsoft 365 differs from implementing them effectively. Kaspersky reports that 2023 saw a 53% increase in cyber threats targeting documents, including Microsoft Office documents, daily. […]