Access brokers have become a key component of the eCrime threat landscape, selling access to threat actors and facilitating myriad criminal activities. Many have established relationships with big game hunting (BGH) ransomware operators and affiliates of prolific ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) programs. The CrowdStrike Intelligence team analyzed the multitude of access brokers’ … [Read more...] about Access Brokers: Their Targets and Their Worth
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Hackers Stole $1.7 Million Worth of NFTs from Users of OpenSea Marketplace
Malicious actors took advantage of a smart contract upgrade process in the OpenSea NFT marketplace to carry out a phishing attack against 17 of its users that resulted in the theft of virtual assets worth about $1.7 million. NFTs, short for non-fungible tokens, are digital tokens that act like certificates of authenticity for, and in some cases represent ownership of, assets … [Read more...] about Hackers Stole $1.7 Million Worth of NFTs from Users of OpenSea Marketplace
Hackers Steal Over $600 Million Worth of Cryptocurrencies from Poly Network
Hackers have siphoned $611 million worth of cryptocurrencies from a blockchain-based financial network in what's believed to be one of the largest heists targeting the digital asset industry, putting it ahead of breaches targeting exchanges Coincheck and Mt. Gox in recent years. Poly Network, a China-based cross-chain decentralized finance (DeFi) platform for swapping tokens … [Read more...] about Hackers Steal Over $600 Million Worth of Cryptocurrencies from Poly Network
Cyber Hygiene: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of incident response
Today’s incident response teams operate like hospital emergency rooms (ERs). When an alert comes in—malware infection, intrusion, anomalous behavior, etc.—a specialist is called in for diagnosis and remediation. In cybersecurity, as in healthcare, good preventive care can improve outcomes and reduce costs. At Cisco, I’ve been a part of a team responsible for imagining a … [Read more...] about Cyber Hygiene: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of incident response