Aug 19, 2023THNMalvertising / Website Security Cybersecurity researchers have detailed an updated version of an advanced fingerprinting and redirection toolkit called WoofLocker that's engineered to conduct tech support scams. The sophisticated traffic redirection scheme was first documented by Malwarebytes in January 2020, leveraging JavaScript embedded in compromised … [Read more...] about WoofLocker Toolkit Hides Malicious Codes in Images to Run Tech Support Scams
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Women in Tech: Stephanie Harris explains how she switched careers from musician to software engineer
Stephanie Harris has always had an interest in computers, but her initial career path started out in a different direction. Now, she’s a Senior Software Engineer at Elastic. Since she was young, Stephanie says she’s always had the ability to take confusing concepts and make them “make sense,” a skill that helped her on her winding path which eventually led her to Elastic. While … [Read more...] about Women in Tech: Stephanie Harris explains how she switched careers from musician to software engineer
The Elastic Guide to: Getting your first tech job
The time between graduating and starting your first job is an exciting — and overwhelming — time. As you enter the ‘real world’, you’re embarking on a new phase and there isn’t one path to take. If you’ve surveyed your options and are set on finding a role in tech, we can help! We asked two participants of our ElastiGrad program and two seasoned tech-industry Elasticians for … [Read more...] about The Elastic Guide to: Getting your first tech job
Someone Like Me: Tanisha L. Turner on breaking the bias for women in tech
Tanisha L. Turner didn’t set out to create a career in technology, or more specifically, cybersecurity. She wanted to go to medical school to become a cardiologist and was computer programming as a hobby. With support from her then boyfriend, now husband, she turned her hobby into an exceptional career.“I just thought it was fun,” Turner, now a Senior QA Engineer at Elastic, … [Read more...] about Someone Like Me: Tanisha L. Turner on breaking the bias for women in tech
How Well-integrated Tech Can Boost Your Organization’s Security
When Cisco created the first earlier this year, five key practices emerged as being most critical to successful security programs. But why are these practices so impactful? And what should security leaders do to implement and maintain them? These questions (and more) have been answered in our newly published . As a part of that study, we’re diving even further into each of … [Read more...] about How Well-integrated Tech Can Boost Your Organization’s Security
How to drive a successful, proactive tech refresh
One of the five main findings in our newly published Security Outcomes Study, Volume 2, was the clear benefit in having a proactive strategy of refreshing business-critical technologies. So, what exactly does this mean — and why are we focusing on it here? In Part 1 of this five-part blog series focusing on each of the top five security practices outlined in the study, a tech … [Read more...] about How to drive a successful, proactive tech refresh
Leapfrogging with Smart Tech Refresh
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the words “tech refresh?” For example, do you think about an antiquated technology that is not integrated needing a fresh lease of life? Or is it just getting new technology to solve a problem that the predecessor failed at solving? Or is it part of a much larger attempt to transform security to become an enabler … [Read more...] about Leapfrogging with Smart Tech Refresh
Microsoft and Other Tech Companies Take Down TrickBot Botnet
Days after the US Government took steps to disrupt the notorious TrickBot botnet, a group of cybersecurity and tech companies has detailed a separate coordinated effort to take down the malware's back-end infrastructure. The joint collaboration, which involved Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit, Lumen's Black Lotus Labs, ESET, Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis … [Read more...] about Microsoft and Other Tech Companies Take Down TrickBot Botnet
Rogue TrendMicro Employee Sold Customer Data to Tech Support Scammers
Do you always uncomfortable trusting companies with your data? If so, you're not alone.While companies do much to protect themselves from external threats, insiders always pose the highest risk to a company's data.Unfortunately, when we say companies can't eliminate insider threat completely, cybersecurity firms, who are meant to protect others, are not an … [Read more...] about Rogue TrendMicro Employee Sold Customer Data to Tech Support Scammers
US Tech Giants Google, Intel, Qualcomm, Broadcom Break Up With Huawei
Google has reportedly suspended all businesses with the world's second-biggest smartphone maker, Huawei, and revoked its Android license effective immediately—a move that will have a drastic impact on Huawei devices across the globe.Revoking Android license means Huawei future smartphones will no longer have access to Android updates and apps like Gmail or the Play Store, as … [Read more...] about US Tech Giants Google, Intel, Qualcomm, Broadcom Break Up With Huawei