Headlines- The military claims that projectiles are being intercepted as the Houthis in Yemen launch a missile barrage at Saudi Arabian cities. At least four people are injured in Riyadh, the country's capital, as shrapnel falls on Dhahran.
- According to the Saudi Ministry of Energy, an attack on the Saudi Aramco building in Dhahran resulted in a minor fire, but there were no fatalities or injuries reported.
- On Tuesday, a Las Vegas court sentenced Duane "Keffe D" Davis to 40 years to life in prison for his involvement in the more than 30-year-old murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur.
- The Vatican said on Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV had surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung after receiving a lung cancer diagnosis.
- A Pennsylvania woman is accused of fatally stabbing her husband and 3-year-old son at a family resort in the Poconos before attempting suicide.
- In support of the protesting high school students, tens of thousands of people gathered throughout France on Tuesday.
Tag: Cyber Attack
Adversary-in-the-Middle (AiTM) Attack
An Adversary-in-the-Middle (AiTM) attack is a type of phishing attack that uses a reverse proxy to instantly intercept session tokens and passwords.
Domain Hijacking
When a cyber criminal gains control of a domain name, usually by social engineering, this is known as domain hijacking.In domain hijacking, hackers often take advantage of security vulnerabilities or use social engineering methods to access domain registration accounts.
Typosquatting
Typosquatting, sometimes referred to as URL hijacking, is a sort of cybersquatting that targets users who inadvertently type a website address into the URL field of their browser.
Indicators of Compromise (IOC)
In cybersecurity, indicators of compromise (IOC) are evidence that a system or network has been compromised. Data related to the attack, such as the malware type, IP addresses involved, anomalous network traffic, file hashes, registry keys, and unauthorized access attempts, may be included in this data.
Crimeware
Crimeware is a special type of malicious software that targets financial systems, corporations, and steals personal information.Crimeware is often used to steal private data, including personal information, passwords, credit card numbers, and banking credentials.
User Account Control (UAC)
Microsoft Windows has a security mechanism called User Account Control (UAC) that prevents unauthorized alterations to the operating system.
IP Spoofing
The act of generating Internet Protocol (IP) packets with a fictitious source address is known as IP spoofing. This fictitious source address is used to conceal the sender’s identity or to imitate another computer system.
Blacklist,Denylist, Blocklist
In cybersecurity, a blacklist also referred to as a block list, denylist is an access control mechanism that blocks communication or access from particular persons, systems, or entities that are thought to present a security risk or to be undesirable for other reasons.
Defense in Depth
A cybersecurity strategy called “Defense in Depth” uses several tiers of security controls to safeguard data and systems. The other layers continue to provide protection in the case that one fails.
Passphrase
Usually, a passphrase is a secret that is used to protect an encryption key.A passphrase is basically a lengthier password with spaces between words that is typically at least 16 characters long.