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Several Russian threat actors, including the SVR’s Cozy Bear, are launching highly targeted spear phishing attacks against Microsoft 365 accounts, according to researchers at Volexity. The attackers are impersonating employees at the US State Department, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, the European Union Parliament, and well-known research institutions.

The origin of the word “Rhadamanthys”, goes back to Greek mythology where he was a legendary figure who ruled as king of Crete. Born to Zeus and Europa, he held the status of demigod and was renowned for his wisdom. Rhadamanthys Stealer is a sophisticated information stealer written in C++ that employs multiple evasion techniques. The malware utilizes a custom packer for code obfuscation and incorporates anti-VM and anti-debugging mechanisms to prevent analysis.

As technologies continue to advance, it is crucial to have secure and stable mechanisms for authentication to protect essential data from malicious access. Token-based authentication is a technique that has proven effective in curbing security threats, chiefly because it is easy and secure. Here, we present a great-length tutorial before discussing token-based authentication, which comprises its types, how it works, why it is crucial, its advantages, techniques, and applications.

In cybersecurity as in sports, teamwork makes the dream work. In a world where security analysts can feel constantly bombarded by threat actors, banding together to share information and strategies is increasingly important. Over the last few years, security operations center (SOC) analysts started sharing open source Sigma rules to create and share detections that help them level the playing field.

According to the 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, 75% of cyber attacks involve exploiting compromised privileged credentials, making privileged access one of the most sought-after attack vectors. Additionally, 60% of organizations cite insider threats as the primary cause of data breaches, highlighting the critical need to secure privileged accounts against both external and internal threats.

In 2015 the Better Business Bureau (BBB) received its first Taylor Swift ticket scam report, sent to its online Scam Tracker. Since then, over 150 reports have appeared about Taylor Swift scammers—most happening in 2024. Taylor Swift’s fans aren’t the only group targeted by ticket scammers either; these scams can target the audiences of concerts, sports games, festivals, events, and more.