Cloudflare is a service that offers a range of services – one of which is to protect client websites and servers from denial of service attacks. We are using it for one of our high profile clients. Cloudflare does this job very well and can deal with the biggest DDoS …
Ever Surf closes the door before the horse bolted
Here is a good news cyber-security story – the fix was in before the vulnerability was exploited (hopefully). Flaw could have let baddies access Ever Surf crypto wallets • The Register Everscale blockchain wallet shutters web version after vulnerability found – The Record by Recorded Future What can a hacker …
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Hacked! Do you use Mailchimp? We do. UPDATED 26 4 2022
(Some of you may be reading this post because we sent you the link using MailChimp!) The post was first published on 5 April 2022 Update 26 4 2022 Now Mailchimp’s owners, Intuit, are being sued for alleged losses arising through the theft of crypto-currency from one or more digital …
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BlackCat ransomware tracked to at least 60 victims
This was the ransomware that hit universities over the past weeks: Universities as targets – Smart Thinking Solutions The FBI has released a statement outlining other attacks of BlackCat ALPHV and the attack vectors and strategies the gang has been using. It includes suggested mitigation. BlackCat/ALPHV Ransomware Indicators of Compromise …
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What can a hacker do? Swap your BTC address for theirs, when you copy and paste!
If you do not know what a BTC address is then this this particular demonstration of of a Python hack will not impact you. If you do use bitcoin or other cryptocurrency then have a look at this SANS blog by Xme: Multi-Cryptocurrency Clipboard Swapper – SANS Internet Storm Centre …
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