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Fellow, Team Cymru David has been with Team Cymru since 2007. Prior, he served in the US Marine Corps as a Non-Commissioned Officer. He then worked at Indiana University where he helped to build some of the most powerful computational systems of their day. He transitioned to cybersecurity and helped launch the Research and Education Networking ISAC. At Team Cymru, he has been an engineering leader a Community Services team member, and a security analyst. David led efforts to secure the firm’s...

Get Permission The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has issued an alert providing more details on the threat posed by FiveHands ransomware attacks. The CISA alert, which follows one issued last week by FireEyes Mandiant research team, describes the ransomware gangs methods and offers risk mitigation tips. "Threat actors used publicly available penetration testing and exploitation tools, FiveHands ransomware and the SombRAT remote access Trojan, to steal information, obfuscate ...

Fellow, Team Cymru David has been with Team Cymru since 2007. Prior, he served in the US Marine Corps as a Non-Commissioned Officer. He then worked at Indiana University where he helped to build some of the most powerful computational systems of their day. He transitioned to cybersecurity and helped launch the Research and Education Networking ISAC. At Team Cymru, he has been an engineering leader a Community Services team member, and a security analyst. David led efforts to secure the firm’s...

Fellow, Team Cymru David has been with Team Cymru since 2007. Prior, he served in the US Marine Corps as a Non-Commissioned Officer. He then worked at Indiana University where he helped to build some of the most powerful computational systems of their day. He transitioned to cybersecurity and helped launch the Research and Education Networking ISAC. At Team Cymru, he has been an engineering leader a Community Services team member, and a security analyst. David led efforts to secure the firm’s...

An Alternative Approach to Cryptocurrency Security May 5, 2021 nickster2407) • April 7, 2021     Gideon Samid, CTO, BitMint Todays cryptocurrencies are based on cryptographic standards that eventually could be broken via quantum computing, says Gideon Samid of BitMint, which has developed a virtual currency based instead on the concept of "quantum randomness." Samid says relying on algorithmic complexity for cryptogr...

Get Permission Hackers have targeted units of local government in the U.S. by attempting to exploit unpatched vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange email servers, according to a new report by the security firm FireEye. While Microsoft has said that a Chinese-linked hacking group that has been exploiting the vulnerabilities in Exchange is known to target infectious disease researchers, law firms, higher education institutions, defense contractors, policy think tanks and nongovernment organizati...

BankInfoSecurity SecurityEditor) • March 3, 2021     Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs is out with its latest Global Threat Report, this one reflecting on the second half of 2020. No surprise: After the SolarWinds attack, supply chain security takes center stage. But don’t forget about ransomware and the ongoing attacks on new home branch offices. Highlighted trends from the new Global Threat Report; Why supply chain ...

LinkedIn Four years ago, it was argued that software would replace Tier One Security Analyst roles across the industry. But at Secureworks, we view the infusion of automation into the SOC differently. Kevin Hanes, Secureworks Chief Operations Officer, believes the SOC of the future will bring together the best of data science with intelligent, proactive human input. Learn how an industry leader is utilizing technology not to extinguish the Tier One role, but to ignite a new generation of analy...

LinkedIn Four years ago, it was argued that software would replace Tier One Security Analyst roles across the industry. But at Secureworks, we view the infusion of automation into the SOC differently. Kevin Hanes, Secureworks Chief Operations Officer, believes the SOC of the future will bring together the best of data science with intelligent, proactive human input. Learn how an industry leader is utilizing technology not to extinguish the Tier One role, but to ignite a new generation of analy...

BankInfoSecurity May 5, 2021 Compliance Compliance Twitter Get Permission PayPal has patched a cross-site scripting - or XSS - vulnerability in its currency conversion endpoint that, if exploited, could enable malicious JavaScript injection. The PayPal vulnerability was discovered in February 2020 by a security researcher who goes by the name Cr33pb0y, who was paid $2,900 as part of HackerOnes bug bounty program. Responding in the HackerOne forum, PayPal notes the vulnerability resulted in it...