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New DDoS Attack Vector Abuses Content Filtering Systems

Attackers abused a 'broken TCP implementation' in middleboxes to launch a 'small number' of DDoS attacks against organizations in recent weeks.

Ddos

NVIDIA Confirms Theft of Employee Credentials

NVIDIA said attackers stole some employee credentials and other proprietary company information that is being leaked online.

Data Breaches

Q&A: Mike Hanley

Mike Hanley, CSO of GitHub, recently joined Dennis Fisher on the Decipher podcast to discuss the White House open source security summit in January, the Log4j response, and the challenges of helping millions of developers secure their projects.

Github

China-Linked Group Using New Daxin Backdoor

A China-linked threat actor is using a highly sophisticated backdoor called Daxin that implements its own communication protocol and has been deployed against military and critical infrastructure targets.

Malware

Decipher Podcast: Mike Hanley

Mike Hanley, CSO at GitHub and former VP of security at Duo Security, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about the open source security summit at the White House, the Log4j response, and how the tech industry can support the open source community.

Podcast, Github