Aug 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Cyber Espionage Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed new network infrastructure set up by Iranian threat actors to support activities linked to the recent targeting of U.S. political campaigns. Recorded Future's Insikt Group has linked the infrastructure to a hacking group it tracks as GreenCharlie, an Iran-nexus cyber threat … [Read more...] about Iranian Hackers Set Up New Network to Target U.S. Political Campaigns
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Researchers Unveil ToddyCat’s New Set of Tools for Data Exfiltration
Oct 13, 2023NewsroomAPT / Malware The advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as ToddyCat has been linked to a new set of malicious tools that are designed for data exfiltration, offering a deeper insight into the hacking crew's tactics and capabilities. The findings come from Kaspersky, which first shed light on the adversary last year, linking it to attacks against … [Read more...] about Researchers Unveil ToddyCat’s New Set of Tools for Data Exfiltration
How we implemented frequent item set mining in Elasticsearch
Choosing the base algorithmMost famous and best known is the Apriori algorithm. Apriori builds candidate item sets breath first. It starts with building sets containing only one item and then expanding those sets in every iteration by one more item. After sets have been generated, they are tested against the data. Infrequent sets — those that do not reach a certain support, … [Read more...] about How we implemented frequent item set mining in Elasticsearch
A Set of Severe Flaws Affect Popular DNSMasq DNS Forwarder
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered multiple vulnerabilities in Dnsmasq, a popular open-source software used for caching Domain Name System (DNS) responses, thereby potentially allowing an adversary to mount DNS cache poisoning attacks and remotely execute malicious code. The flaws, collectively called "DNSpooq" by Israeli research firm JSOF, echoes previously disclosed … [Read more...] about A Set of Severe Flaws Affect Popular DNSMasq DNS Forwarder
How to Use Password Length to Set Best Password Expiration Policy
One of the many features of an Active Directory Password Policy is the maximum password age. Traditional Active Directory environments have long using password aging as a means to bolster password security. Native password aging in the default Active Directory Password Policy is relatively limited in configuration settings. Let's take a look at a few best practices that have … [Read more...] about How to Use Password Length to Set Best Password Expiration Policy