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You’re Already Being Scanned. What Are They Seeing? Every hour, your systems are being scanned. By bots, by threat actors, by automated exploit kits. They’re not looking for big mistakes. They’re looking for small oversights. ✅ Open ports ✅ Default passwords ✅ Unrestricted applications Close the door before they find it. 🔗 Read the full post → https://1l.ink/DMFHGSF

In the recent 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸 case, many are acting as if SMS 𝗢𝗧𝗣 is 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳. But the reality is that SMS-based authentication has long been vulnerable due to weaknesses in the 𝗦𝗦𝟳 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝗚/𝟯𝗚 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀. Calls and SMS can be intercepted without the user’s knowledge. Sometimes, just knowing the phone number is enough. About a year ago, Veritasium even demonstrated this vulnerability on Linus’s phone, showing how easily it can be exploited. https://lnkd.in/gVThuDCi I urge banks in our country to take this threat seriously. SMS OTP should not be treated as the gold standard. Instead, users must be given safer options like authenticator apps or hardware tokens for two-step verification. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘄:  1. Use an authenticator app if the option is available (Google Authenticator, Zoho OneAuth). 2. Instead of using your publicly available phone number for the OTP message, use a lesser-known phone number. This can decrease the attack surface.

The scale of DDoS attacks is no longer just a cyber-crime story—it’s a national-security one. What was once a tool for disruption is now a strategic weapon for nation-state actors and their proxies. Recent incidents have hit unprecedented traffic volumes, and a Wall Street Journal report highlights how the FBI recently thwarted an attack exceeding 10 Tbps, powered by hijacked devices. We anticipated this shift years ago, which is why Nokia acquired Deepfield in 2017 and has continued to invest in its cutting-edge analytics. Deepfield gives network operators the visibility and automation needed to detect and mitigate massive attacks in real time. Proud to see my colleague Craig Labovitz , the brilliant mind behind Deepfield—quoted in the article, underscoring the critical role our technology plays in defending global networks

⚠️ UPDATE: ReliaQuest confirms attackers used CVE-2025-54309 to hijack the “crushadmin” account as a backdoor. 55k+ devices still expose CrushFTP online. Logs showing “failed” attempts ≠ safe. Details → https://lnkd.in/gzaMjzBY

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Attackers are now exploiting business logic, not just tech flaws. In this Black Hat chat, A10’s Jamison Utter shared how AI-driven observability and unified defenses stop threats before damage is done. https://bit.ly/40XITnP

Watch Out for Modern Tech Support Scams Think you can spot a tech support scam? Today’s fraudsters are using everything from spoofed caller ID to manipulated search results. Here’s what to watch for and how to stay safe. Read More: https://lnkd.in/gUM3SpkZ

🚨 Digital Forensics Tip: SmartScreen & MoTW 🚨 Files downloaded from the Internet carry a hidden tag called Mark of the Web (MoTW). Windows SmartScreen uses it to block risky files and can log every user interaction with them. SmartScreen Event Log captures: File path & size User SID MoTW value Open or execution timestamp Enable logging: wevtutil sl Microsoft-Windows-SmartScreen/Debug /e:true 💡 Why it matters for DFIR: Track who opened a file See where it came from Detect attempts to run suspicious files 🔍 Hidden but invaluable for forensic investigations

This will be an interesting artifact and one to work with for logging and Window Events. See about ingesting for SIEM and detection development

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