Cactus Ransomware Group Targets Qlik Sense Servers
Cactus ransomware actors are targeting Qlik Sense servers with exploits for three separate vulnerabilities in an ongoing campaign.
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Dennis Fisher
Editor in ChiefDennis Fisher is an award-winning journalist who has been covering information security and privacy since 2000.
He is one of the co-founders of Threatpost and previously wrote for TechTarget and eWeek, when magazines were still a thing that existed. Dennis enjoys finding the stories behind the headlines and digging into the motivations and thinking of both defenders and attackers. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Improper Bostonian, Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge, and most of his kids’ English papers.
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Featured Articles
Russian Group Forest Blizzard Deploying GooseEgg Tool to Exploit CVE-2022-38028
A Russian threat group known as Forest Blizzard has been using a custom tool called GooseEgg to exploit a Windows Print Spooler
UK Police Take Down LabHost Phishing Service
Europol and a collection of UK law enforcement agencies have disrupted the LabHost phishing platform, which targeted victims
CISA: Old Bugs Still Get the Most Attention From Attackers
An analysis by CISA of commonly exploited vulnerabilities in 2022 shows that most of the targeted flaws are at least a year old and many are much older than that.
Decipher Podcast: Chris Kirsch
Chris Kirsch, CEO of runZero, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about the problem of trying to secure what you don't know you have, asset management, and his history in the original crypto war.
New Ivanti MobileIron Core Bug Emerges
Rapid7 researchers have found a new flaw (CVE-2023-35082) in Ivanti MobileIron Core 11.2 and earlier.
Less Than Zero Day: What’s Causing the Drop in Usage of Unknown Bugs
The number of zero days detected in the wild in 2022 dropped 40 percent from the previous year, but researchers say that doesn't mean we're getting better at security.
CISA: Valid Accounts and Phishing Still Effective for Initial Access
A new CISA analysis of risk and vulnerability assessments at government agencies shows that the use of valid credentials and spear phishing are still the most effective initial access vectors.