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
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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
3 Things We Still Don’t Know About the XZ Backdoor
The XZ Utils backdoor was a very subtle operation that took several years to pull off, and while some of the technical details are
CSRB: Microsoft Should Refocus on Security After Cloud Intrusion
The Cyber Safety Review Board cited a string of internal failures in Microsoft's security culture as contributing factors for the
Fancy Bear Running Long Brute-Force Campaign on U.S. Targets
The Fancy Bear attack group has been running a long-term brute-force campaign against Office 365 and Exchange servers in U.S. organizations, the NSA said.
Exploit Code Released for Critical Windows Print Spooler Flaw
Exploit code for the CVE-2021-1675 Windows print spooler vulnerability is circulating and can bypass the patch for the bug.
Move Fast and Fix Things
Even when NSA discloses zero days to vendors, some of them don't respond quickly and issue fixes.
Nobelium Attackers Compromised Microsoft Customer Support Agent
Microsoft said the Nobelium threat group recently compromised one of its customer support agents and then used stolen account information to target some customers.
Decipher Podcast: Mark Werremeyer and Bryce Kerley on Hack-a-Sat
Mark Werremeyer and Bryce Kerley join Dennis Fisher to talk about the Hack-a-Sat CTF competition at DEF CON and the need for collaboration between aerospace engineers and cybersecurity professionals.