Tag: LotL

Honeywell’s 2024 USB Threat Report reveals significant rise in malware frequency, highlighting growing concerns

Honeywell’s 2024 USB Threat Report reveals significant rise in malware frequency, highlighting growing concerns

A new report from Honeywell’s GARD (Global Analysis, Research, and Defense) team disclosed that overall malware frequency continues to rise as the amount of malware detected and blocked, relative to the total amount of files scanned, increased by approximately 33…

Dragos highlights surge in cyber threats amid geopolitical tensions, new OT groups, rise in ransomware attacks

Dragos highlights surge in cyber threats amid geopolitical tensions, new OT groups, rise in ransomware attacks

Industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos revealed in its annual OT Cybersecurity Year in Review report a marked rise in cyber threat activities and disruptions across critical global infrastructure, attributing this surge to escalating global tensions. The report notably identified the emergence…

Voltzite espionage hackers launch operations against US critical infrastructure, Dragos urges enhanced detection strategies

Voltzite espionage hackers launch operations against US critical infrastructure, Dragos urges enhanced detection strategies

Industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos disclosed Tuesday that it has been tracking activity by the Voltzite threat group, which overlaps with Volt Typhoon, since early 2023. The group has been observed performing reconnaissance and enumeration of multiple U.S.-based electric companies since…

Transnational cybersecurity agencies publish joint guidance on identifying, mitigating living-off-the-land techniques

Transnational cybersecurity agencies publish joint guidance on identifying, mitigating living-off-the-land techniques

Global cybersecurity agencies published Wednesday joint guidance to provide threat detection information and mitigations applicable to ‘living-off-the-land’ (LOTL) activity, regardless of the threat hacker. Many organizations do not implement security best practice capabilities that support the detection of LOTL, so…

Forescout publishes critical analysis of recent energy sector cyberattacks in Denmark, Ukraine

Forescout publishes critical analysis of recent energy sector cyberattacks in Denmark, Ukraine

Forescout Technologies has released a threat briefing that examines two recently published cyberattacks targeting the energy sector in Denmark and Ukraine, which have been attributed (or loosely connected) to the Russian military threat actor known as Sandworm, one of the…