CyberSecure Specialist

23 Mar

Move fast and save things: A quick guide to recovering a hacked account

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Cybercriminals go after people’s personal information across every kind of online platform, including WhatsApp, Instagram, LinkedIn, Roblox, YouTube and Spotify, not to mention finance apps. No online account is off the table. If one of your own accounts falls victim, the first priority is to avoid losing your cool and act immediately – the faster you move, the more of the attacker’s work you can interrupt. The attacker’s first move after gaining access could be…

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20 Mar

EDR killers explained: Beyond the drivers

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In recent years, EDR killers have become one of the most commonly seen tools in modern ransomware intrusions: an attacker acquires high privileges, deploys such a tool to disrupt protection, and only then launches the encryptor. Besides the dominating Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) technique, we also see attackers frequently abusing legitimate anti-rootkit utilities or using driverless approaches to block the communication of endpoint detection and response (EDR) software or suspend it in place.…

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20 Mar

All aboard: the NIST Cybersecurity for IoT Program is headed to our next stop! Share your input on where we’re headed during our Future Directions Two-Day Workshop on March 31st.

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Credit: NIST Workshop Details… We’re looking forward to hearing from the community during our “Future Directions” Workshop!  Date: March 31 – April 1, 2026Where: NIST’s Gaithersburg campus! Registration and Details: HERE Can’t make it? We still want to hear from you – email us at IoTSecurity [at] nist.gov (IoTSecurity[at]nist[dot]gov). All Aboard for Product Cybersecurity The NIST Cybersecurity for Internet of Things (IoT) Program was established to help real-world practitioners navigate the gray areas between IT and…

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19 Mar

Feds Disrupt IoT Botnets Behind Huge DDoS Attacks

Information, Insights

The U.S. Justice Department joined authorities in Canada and Germany in dismantling the online infrastructure behind four highly disruptive botnets that compromised more than three million Internet of Things (IoT) devices, such as routers and web cameras. The feds say the four botnets — named Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid and Mossad — are responsible for a series of recent record-smashing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks capable of knocking nearly any target offline. Image: Shutterstock, @Elzicon. The Justice…

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18 Mar

CISA Urges Endpoint Management System Hardening After Cyberattack Against US Organization

Attacks, Insights, Malware

CISA is aware of malicious cyber activity targeting endpoint management systems of U.S. organizations based on the March 11, 2026 cyberattack against U.S.-based medical technology firm Stryker Corporation, which affected their Microsoft environment.1 To defend against similar malicious cyber activity, CISA urges organizations to harden endpoint management system configurations using the recommendations and resources provided in this alert. CISA is conducting enhanced coordination with federal partners, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), to identify…

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15 Mar

Loblaw Data Breach Impacts Customer Information

Data Breaches, Information, News

Canadian retailer Loblaw has disclosed a data breach after threat actors gained access to customer information. Loblaw is one of Canada’s largest food and pharmacy retailers. It operates over 2,400 stores across Canada and owns brands such as Shoppers Drug Mart, No Frills, Real Canadian Superstore, and President’s Choice. In a brief data breach notice the company said it recently discovered that a “criminal third-party” accessed basic customer information such as names, email addresses, and…

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14 Mar

Face value: What it takes to fool facial recognition

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ESET’s Jake Moore used smart glasses, deepfakes and face swaps to ‘hack’ widely-used facial recognition systems – and he’ll demo it all at RSAC 2026 Tomáš Foltýn 13 Mar 2026  •  , 2 min. read Facial recognition is increasingly embedded in everything from airport boarding gates to bank onboarding flows. The widely-held assumption is that a face is hard to fake and that matching a live face to a trusted source is a reliable identity…

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13 Mar

Cyber fallout from the Iran war: What to have on your radar

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The war in Iran was less than 24 hours old when it produced a historic first: the deliberate targeting of commercial data centers. On March 1st, Iranian drones hit three Amazon Web Services (AWS) facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, disrupting core cloud infrastructure and knocking out finance apps and enterprise tools not only across the Gulf, but also far away from the region. The attacks showed that physical distance from a conflict…

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11 Mar

Sednit reloaded: Back in the trenches

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Since April 2024, Sednit’s advanced development team has reemerged with a modern toolkit centered on two paired implants, BeardShell and Covenant, each using a different cloud provider for resilience. This dual‑implant approach enabled long‑term surveillance of Ukrainian military personnel. Interestingly, these current toolsets show a direct code lineage to the group’s 2010‑era implants. Key points of this blogpost: ESET researchers traced the reactivation of Sednit’s advanced implant team to a 2024 case in Ukraine, where…

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11 Mar

Iran-Backed Hackers Claim Wiper Attack on Medtech Firm Stryker

Information, Insights

A hacktivist group with links to Iran’s intelligence agencies is claiming responsibility for a data-wiping attack against Stryker, a global medical technology company based in Michigan. News reports out of Ireland, Stryker’s largest hub outside of the United States, said the company sent home more than 5,000 workers there today. Meanwhile, a voicemail message at Stryker’s main U.S. headquarters says the company is currently experiencing a building emergency. Based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Stryker [NYSE:SYK] is…

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