Threat Actors Introduce Unique ‘Newbie’ Hacker Forum
CryptBB becomes more inclusive by inviting less experienced hackers to learn from expert cybercriminals and one another.
You Can Now Use Binary Log Checksums with Group Replication
Group Replication enables you to create fault-tolerant systems with redundancy by replicating the system state to a set of servers. Even if some of the servers subsequently fail, as long it is not all or a majority, the system is still available.…
The Streaming Wars: A Cybercriminal’s Perspective
Cyber threats aren’t relegated to the world of big businesses and large-scale campaigns. The most frequent attacks aren’t APTs and massive data breaches—they’re the daily encounters with malware and spam by everyday users. And, one of the areas where we’re most vulnerable is entertainment—particularly when we’re so used to finding everything and anything we want…
LokiBot Redux Attacks Massive List of Common Android Apps
BlackRock, based on the Xerxes source code, can steal info not only from financial apps but also TikTok, Tinder, Instagram, Uber and many others.
Twitter Elite Accounts Are Hijacked in Unprecedented Cryptocurrency Scam
The Twitter accounts of Gates, Musk, Biden, Apple and Uber have each been hijacked at the same time to push a cryptocurrency scam in an unprecedented breach of Twitter accounts.
Brazil’s Banking Trojans Go Global
Four sophisticated malware families are ramping up their techniques and actively spreading to new countries, including the U.S.
Automatic Schema Synchronization in NDB Cluster 8.0: Performance Schema Tables
The Automatic Schema Synchronization mechanism, detailed in a two part series: part 1 and part 2, automatically detects and synchronizes mismatches in metadata between NDB Dictionary and MySQL Server’s Data Dictionary. Information about the mechanism is exposed through different MySQL Server status variables.…
The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, Do You Have Your Act Together?
Sectors such as Education (47%), Energy (40%), and Public Administration (37%) have struggled to implement TLS 1.2 protocols
GReAT Ideas follow-up
On June 17, we hosted our first “GReAT Ideas. Powered by SAS” session, in which several experts from our Global Research and Analysis Team shared insights into APTs and threat actors, attribution, and hunting IoT threats. Here is a brief summary of the agenda from that webinar: Linking attacks to threat actors: case studies by…
Microsoft Tackles 123 Fixes for July Patch Tuesday
Eighteen critical bugs, impacting Windows Server, Office and Outlook, were fixed as part of the patch roundup.