Kevin Townsend

CrackQ Password Cracking Manager is an Interface for Hashcat Served by a REST API and a JavaScript Web App

Magecart started as the name given to a single criminal gang operating a software skimming attack targeting payment card data on web sites. The...

RUAG, a Switzerland-based firm that develops and markets civil and military technology applications for use in space, in the air and on land, has announced the...

Kilos is a new dark web search engine that goes where Google doesn't. It was first announced by its developer on Reddit on November...

World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has concerns over the state and future of the internet that are well-known. He fears that a technology...

Ongoing Geopolitical Tensions Involving China, Russia, North Korea and Iran are Leading to Cyberattacks

Project Blackfin: Multi-Year Research Project Aims to Unlock the Potential of Machine Intelligence in Cybersecurity

Phoenix Keylogger Attempts to Disable More Than 80 security Products, Exfiltrates Data Direct from MemoryThe Phoenix Keylogger, operating at the cusp of keylogger and infostealer,...

A fake Windows Update spam campaign has been dropping the Cyborg ransomware. The mail delivery mechanism claims to come from Microsoft. It directs the...

Stalkerware is a growing social problem with potentially dire personal consequences. It is a complex issue with no simple solution -- but ten organizations...

"The retail industry is experiencing more breaches than any other industry in 2019," starts a new report on threats to the retail industry. This...

Threat statistics come from a variety of sources: reported incidents, vendor telemetry, internet traffic and dark web analysis. All have value, and all have...

Firewall Maintenance Needs Automation to Prevent Misconfiguration

Companies subject to PCI DSS security requirements are audited once per year, yet many of these companies continue to be breached. It is not...

805,000 Cybersecurity Professionals Are Currently Estimated to be Working in the U.S., Study Finds

Cybersecurity startup firm Sepio Systems, with headquarters in Gaithersburg, Maryland and R&D in Tel Aviv, Israel, has closed a $6.5 million Series A funding...

The Most Effective Cyber Defense is Having an Agile Leadership Team that Prioritizes Risk Based Upon Relevant Threats

Identity deception attacks continue to grow, but the type of attack seems to be changing. During Q3, 2019, phishing campaigns impersonating brands dropped by...

"Spear phishing... remains the principal attack vector for most cybercrimes," says Europol in a new report. Sixty-five percent of targeted attack groups use it...