As if Puerto Rico wasn’t having a hard enough time as it attempts to recover from a recession, the damage caused by devastating hurricanes in recent years, and a damaging earthquake last month, it now finds itself being exploited by cybercriminals. According to media reports, the government of the US island territory has lost more than US $2.6 million after falling for the type of email scam that has plagued companies and organisations around the world.
Post-exploitation can be one of the most time-consuming but worthwhile tasks that an offensive security professional engages in. Fundamentally, it is where you are able to demonstrate what an adversary may do if they compromise a business. A big component of this is trying to get as far as you can without alerting the defenders to what you’re doing.
For several months, the Intelligence & Analytics team at Elastic Security has tracked an ongoing adversary campaign appearing to target Ukranian government officials. Based on our monitoring, we believe Gamaredon Group, a suspected Russia-based threat group, is behind this campaign. Our observations suggest a significant overlap between tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) included within this campaign and public reporting.
Javascript's built in Error provides useful information, but can often feel lacking in clarity. One-size-fits-all is great for the language, but we can do better in our own apps. That's where custom errors come in.
It was a successful night for Redscan at the TEISS Awards 2020, with the company receiving honours for two of its key services.
A change is coming for privacy protection. Are you ready? For the past twenty years, most financial services businesses fell under the requirements of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB Act or GLBA). This law federally governed the collection and disclosure of customers’ personal financial information. However, on January 1st, 2020, a new privacy rule—the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)—wentis going into effect.
