Headlines- Iran will retaliate with attacks against "nine countries" if the United States strikes Iranian military bases or "petrochemical" facilities, according to an adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
- At least 58 recruits were killed and over 200 others were injured when the Houthis launched three ballistic missiles at a training facility in Yemen's Shabwa governate. The death toll is anticipated to rise.
- After unrest, French authorities impose curfews in some areas of Paris, northern cities, and Nice.
- After looting damaged thousands of businesses over the weekend, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu warned on Monday that he was ready to declare a state of emergency as authorities struggled to contain ongoing violence.
- Paul Mackenzie, a self-proclaimed preacher, and 28 accomplices were found guilty by a Mombasa, Kenya, court on Monday of killing 190 children and one adult as members of a well-known Christian starvation cult.
Tag: Cyber Crime
Password Spraying Attack
In a type of brute-force cyber attack as “password spraying,” attackers try to get access to several accounts using a small number of frequently used passwords.
Domain Name Systems (DNS) Exfiltration
Domain Name Systems (DNS) exfiltration is a cyberattack tactic in which a attacker uses DNS requests to covertly send private information from a compromised system to an outside server.
Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
A network security tool called an intrusion detection system (IDS) was first developed to find vulnerability exploits against a target computer or application.
Website Defacement Attack
An attack known as “website defacement” happens when threat actors hack into a website and replace its content with their own messaging.These messages may contain offensive language, embarrassing content, or political or religious remarks.
Web Application Attacks
Malicious acts that target web applications by taking advantage of flaws in its implementation or design are known as web application attacks. Unauthorized access, data theft, and other negative outcomes are possible outcomes of these attacks.
DLP Softwares
A safety precaution known as Data Loss Prevention or DLP finds and helps in preventing the improper or dangerous exchange, transfer, or use of sensitive data. It can support businesses and organisations to monitor and secure important data.
North Korean Hackers Offer $70,000 Per...
Cybersecurity engineer Toufik Airane was approached by a North Korean hacker who offered him a small fortune in exchange for use his of his identity—and he has the screenshots to prove it.
Block Cipher
A symmetric cryptographic algorithm known as a block cipher uses a shared secret key to encrypt plaintext into ciphertext and decrypt ciphertext back into plaintext.
Whaling Attack
A whaling attack, also known as whaling phishing, is a targeted phishing attack that poses as a legitimate email and is directed at senior executives targetting them that would allow them to access passwords, other user data, or sensitive parts of the network.
Input Validation Attack
Any malicious cyberattack that entails an attacker manually entering odd, dubious, or dangerous data into a target computer system’s standard user input field is known as an input validation attack.