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Fort Knox for Your Data: How Elasticsearch X-Pack Locks Down Your Cluster – Part 2

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Fort Knox for Your Data: How Elasticsearch X-Pack Locks Down Your Cluster – Part 2 2025-03-20 at 18:47 By Karl Biron In Part 1 of Fort Knox for Your Data: How Elasticsearch X-Pack Locks Down Your Cluster, we uncovered the dangers of running Elasticsearch with X-Pack disabled and thus, highlighting the ease with which attackers […]

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Russian State Actors: Development in Group Attributions

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Russian State Actors: Development in Group Attributions 2025-03-07 at 16:33 By Pawel Knapczyk and Nikita Kazymirskyi This is the final installment of Trustwave SpiderLabs Russia-Ukraine digital battlefield series, which has spanned topics including the differences between Russia and Ukraine cyber actors, how government entities, defense organizations, and human targets were caught in the cyber crossfire,

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A Deep Dive into Strela Stealer and how it Targets European Countries

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A Deep Dive into Strela Stealer and how it Targets European Countries 2025-03-07 at 00:01 By Dawid Nesterowicz Infostealers have dominated the malware landscape due to the ease of threat operations maintenance, and a wide group of potential victims. In this blog, we take a closer look at a unique infostealer designed to precisely target

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Defending Manufacturing: How Cybercriminals Are Targeting the Industry and How to Respond

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Defending Manufacturing: How Cybercriminals Are Targeting the Industry and How to Respond 2025-03-06 at 19:34 By Cyber Threats in Manufacturing: The 2025 Trustwave Risk Radar Report highlights how cybercriminals exploit vulnerabilities in manufacturing infrastructure, workers, and digital supply chains, with over 3,500 critical vulnerabilities listed on CISA’s KEV list. Top Manufacturing Cyber Risks: Attackers leverage high-profile exploits

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The Russia-Ukraine Cyber War Part 3: Attacks on Telecom and Critical Infrastructure

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The Russia-Ukraine Cyber War Part 3: Attacks on Telecom and Critical Infrastructure 2025-03-05 at 16:08 By Pawel Knapczyk and Nikita Kazymirskyi This post is the third part of our blog series that tackles the Russia-Ukraine war in the digital realm. This article is an excerpt from SpiderLabs Blog View Original Source React to this headline:

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Attacks Against Government Entities, Defense Sector, and Human Targets

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Attacks Against Government Entities, Defense Sector, and Human Targets 2025-02-25 at 17:08 By Pawel Knapczyk and Nikita Kazymirskyi In the first part of Trustwave SpiderLabs’ Russia-Ukraine war blog series, we gave a brief look at our major findings as well as the main differences between how Russia and Ukraine wage attacks in the digital frontlines. In

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Beyond the Chatbot: Meta Phishing with Fake Live Support

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Beyond the Chatbot: Meta Phishing with Fake Live Support 2025-02-04 at 16:03 By Mike Casayuran and John Kevin Adriano In a previous Trustwave SpiderLabs’ blog, we explored how cybercriminals exploit Facebook Messenger chatbots to execute social engineering attacks, deceiving users into falling victim to scams and phishing schemes. These attacks often rely on the perceived legitimacy

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Inside APT34 (OilRig): Tools, Techniques, and Global Cyber Threats

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Inside APT34 (OilRig): Tools, Techniques, and Global Cyber Threats 2025-01-29 at 20:49 By This blog is the latest in a series that delves into the deep research conducted daily by the Trustwave SpiderLabs team on major threat actor groups currently operating globally. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source React to

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CVE-2024-55591: Fortinet FortiOS/FortiProxy Zero Day

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CVE-2024-55591: Fortinet FortiOS/FortiProxy Zero Day 2025-01-14 at 21:07 By In late November and December 2024, Artic Wolf observed evidence of a mass compromise of Fortinet FortiGate. While the initial attack vector was unknown at the time, evidence of compromise (with new users and SSL profiles) was consistent across compromised devices. This article is an excerpt from SpiderLabs

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From Retail Rampages to 2FA Fails: Trustwave’s Wild Ride Through the 2024 Cybersecurity Circus

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From Retail Rampages to 2FA Fails: Trustwave’s Wild Ride Through the 2024 Cybersecurity Circus 2024-12-30 at 18:18 By As always in cybersecurity, hardly a dull day went by in 2024. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source React to this headline:

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Email Bombing: Why You Need to be Concerned

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Email Bombing: Why You Need to be Concerned 2024-12-18 at 16:03 By Phil Hay Over the last few months, the topic of email bombing has been brought to our attention multiple times, mostly queries from customers that go something like this: This article is an excerpt from SpiderLabs Blog View Original Source React to this

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CVE-2024-11477: 7-Zip Flaw Allows Remote Code Execution

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CVE-2024-11477: 7-Zip Flaw Allows Remote Code Execution 2024-11-27 at 18:50 By Pauline Bolaños On November 20th, 2024, Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) researchers disclosed a critical flaw in 7-Zip. This article is an excerpt from SpiderLabs Blog View Original Source React to this headline:

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Rockstar 2FA Phishing-as-a-Service (PaaS): Noteworthy Email Campaigns

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Rockstar 2FA Phishing-as-a-Service (PaaS): Noteworthy Email Campaigns 2024-11-27 at 16:03 By Diana Solomon and John Kevin Adriano Welcome to the second part of our investigation into the Rockstar kit, please check out part one here. This article is an excerpt from SpiderLabs Blog View Original Source React to this headline:

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Rockstar 2FA: A Driving Force in Phishing-as-a-Service (PaaS)

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Rockstar 2FA: A Driving Force in Phishing-as-a-Service (PaaS) 2024-11-26 at 18:33 By Diana Solomon and John Kevin Adriano Trustwave SpiderLabs has been actively monitoring the rise of Phishing-as-a-Service (PaaS) platforms, which are increasingly popular among threat actors. This article is an excerpt from SpiderLabs Blog View Original Source React to this headline:

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Lessons from a Honeypot with US Citizens’ Data

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Lessons from a Honeypot with US Citizens’ Data 2024-11-13 at 20:15 By Radoslaw Zdonczyk and Nikita Kazymirsky Prior to last week’s US Presidential Election, the Trustwave SpiderLabs team was hard at work investigating potential risks and threats to the election system, from disinformation campaigns to nation-state actors looking to exploit vulnerabilities. This article is an

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Analyzing Play and LockBit: The Top Ransomware Threats Facing Retailers

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Analyzing Play and LockBit: The Top Ransomware Threats Facing Retailers 2024-11-07 at 16:03 By This blog is the latest in a series that delves into the deep research conducted daily by the Trustwave SpiderLabs team on major threat actor groups currently operating globally. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source React

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E-Commerce Security Woes: Millions of Stolen User Sessions Found for Sale

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E-Commerce Security Woes: Millions of Stolen User Sessions Found for Sale 2024-10-30 at 15:05 By The booming e-commerce industry, with its projected $5 trillion in sales by 2025, has become a prime target for cybercriminals, a fact highlighted in the new Trustwave SpiderLabs report, Retail Sector Deep Dive: Rise of E-Commerce Threats. This article is an excerpt from

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Trustwave SpiderLabs 2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Defining the Cyber Assault on the Retail Sector

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Trustwave SpiderLabs 2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Defining the Cyber Assault on the Retail Sector 2024-10-29 at 15:17 By The holiday shopping season is almost here, and according to the 2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Retail Sector, threat actors have honed their skills and are prepared to use ransomware and phishing attacks that leverage well-known online brands

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2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Cyber Threats to the Retail Sector

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2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Cyber Threats to the Retail Sector 2024-10-29 at 15:17 By As the holiday shopping season approaches, the 2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Retail Sector reveals that cybercriminals have sharpened their tactics, utilizing ransomware and phishing attacks that exploit well-known online brands to target retailers and consumers directly. This article is an

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