Help Net Security – In a new report, NSFOCUS introduced the IP Chain-Gang concept, in which each chain-gang is controlled by a single threat actor or a group of related threat actors and exhibit similar behavior among the various attacks conducted by the same gang. Researchers analyzed attack types, volume, size of events, gang activities, […]

RFID Journal – Planning and oversight have the most significant impact when securing a smart city utilizing Internet of Things and RFID technologies. Recently, I participated in several tenders for smart-city projects around the world. I also partook in CEO roundtable discussions at Telecom Exchange LA, including one about what Los Angeles would look like […]

Top 10 countries in attack counts: The above diagram shows the top 10 regions with the most malicious IP addresses from the NSFOCUS IP Reputation databases at January 18, 2019. CN dropped from 51% to 43% and US increased from 9% to 12% from last week. Top 10 countries in attack percentage: From the diagram […]

Case Analysis This story starts from an SMS message and ends with financial loss, sounding just like an ordinary telecom fraud. But it is distinctive in that a malicious link and a web page that contains a trojan are leveraged, indicating that the attacker is quite tech-savvy. After the mobile phone is infected with the […]

CyberWire – Yesterday Troy Hunt announced, to considerable éclat, the discovery of a large trove of credentials for sale in a dark web souk. He calls it “Collection #1.” The hood offering the material for sale goes by the nom-de-hack of “Sanixer.” KrebsOnSecurity contacted Sanixer and concluded that the material is relatively old, gleaned from […]

  In early November of 2018, NSFOCUS spotted the first variant of Satan malware that targets Linux and Windows systems and spreads by exploiting various application vulnerabilities. A few weeks later, NSFOCUS came across a second variant of this Satan, capable of self-propagation via Windows and Linux platforms. These two variant detections are just another […]

Report Studies and Analyzes DDoS Attacks as Coordinated Gang-Activities SANTA CLARA, Calif., January 17, 2019 – NSFOCUS, a leader in holistic hybrid security solutions, today released its Behavior Analysis of IP Chain-Gangs report, a follow up to their H1 Cybersecurity Insights report, which found that more than 27 million attack sources detected by NSFOCUS, 25 […]

1 Vulnerability Overview Recently, ThinkPHP 5.0.* is prone to a remote code execution vulnerability that has been officially fixed. All related users should stay wary and take precautions as soon as possible.

POLITICO – OUCH! CYBERCRIME LOSSES WILL STING — Research out today from Accenture found that cyberattacks could cost companies worldwide some $5.2 trillion over five years. That’s according to more than 1,700 CEOs and C-suite executives in Accenture’s first survey of business leaders on the financial toll from criminal hackers. High tech is expected take […]

Overview On January 11, ThinkPHP addressed a remote code execution vulnerability. This vulnerability stems from the Request class’s (thinkphp/library/think/Request.php) lack of sufficient input validation when handling requests, which finally leads to remote code execution.