This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity The ongoing vaccination campaigns and easing of travel restrictions have encouraged millions of people to prepare for a relaxing vacation after months of lockdown and social distancing. Don’t cut your…
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Don’t name your Wi-Fi hotspot this, unless you want to crash your iPhone
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity A bizarre bug has been discovered in iOS that can cause an iPhone to crash when it attempts to join a Wi-Fi network with a particular name. What’s the offending…
7 Mobile Security Tips to Help Safeguard Your Device and Personal Information
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity Our mobile devices are not just a means to communicate with others. They’ve evolved into a data storage device, a video and sound recorder, as well as an eas […]Content…
Mobile security threats: reality or myth?
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity Consumers are sometimes skeptical about warnings that smartphones face just as many security threats as regular computers. While some security experts might seem over-zealous shouting about the dangers, the vast…
DOJ Accessed Darkside’s Crypto Wallet and Seized $2.27 Million from Pipeline Hackers
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has seized more than half of Colonial Pipeline’s $4.4 million ransom payment towards the infamous cybercriminal group known as Darkside. According to a press…
Criminal networks smashed after using “secure” chat app secretly run by cops
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has revealed that it was able to decrypt and snoop on the private messages sent via a supposedly secure messaging app used by criminals… because…
GitHub Improves Policies to Better Distinguish Malware or Vulnerability Research from the Rest
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity Following a public debate, GitHub changed its policies regarding exploits, malware and vulnerability research so that the company’s position is much clearer when it comes to action and its responsibilities.…
RockYou2021: The Mother Lode of Password Collections Leaks 8.4 Billion Passwords Online
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity The most extensive data leak collection to date, dubbed ‘RockYou2021’, was dumped on popular hacking forums earlier this month. According to a CyberNews report, a forum user posted a 100GB…
RockYou2021: The Mother Lode of Password Collections Leaks 8.4 Billion Passwords Online
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity The most extensive data leak collection to date, dubbed ‘RockYou2021’, was dumped on popular hacking forums earlier this month. According to a CyberNews report, a forum user posted a 100GB…
GitHub Improves Policies to Better Distinguish Malware or Vulnerability Research from the Rest
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity Following a public debate, GitHub changed its policies regarding exploits, malware and vulnerability research so that the company’s position is much clearer when it comes to action and its responsibilities.…
Criminal networks smashed after using “secure” chat app secretly run by cops
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has revealed that it was able to decrypt and snoop on the private messages sent via a supposedly secure messaging app used by criminals… because…
DOJ Accessed Darkside’s Crypto Wallet and Seized $2.27 Million from Pipeline Hackers
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has seized more than half of Colonial Pipeline’s $4.4 million ransom payment towards the infamous cybercriminal group known as Darkside. According to a press…
Latvian National Indicted for Helping Develop and Spread Trickbot Malware
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity US authorities charged Alla Witte for helping build TrickBot, a type of malware that was active for many years in a worldwide campaign, defrauding numerous people. Taking down much of…
HMRC Issues Nationwide Warning on Tax Credit Renewal Scams
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity The HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has warned the British public to be vigilant against scams and fraud attempts, as the remaining annual renewal packs are due to arrive via…
Google to Scan Extension for Chrome to Weed out Malicious Files
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity Google announced that it’s strengthening the security of its Chrome browser by extending the functionality of Enhanced Safe Browsing to let users filter out malicious extensions. One of Google Chrome’s…
White House Tells US Businesses to Deploy EDR in Wake of Ransomware Spat
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity The Biden administration is calling on businesses to take measures against a growing ransomware threat across the United States, urging both private and public organizations to raise effective defenses against…
Currently Active WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Lets Attackers Take Full Control, Research Finds
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity Security researchers have identified a vulnerability in the Fancy Product Designer plugin for WordPress that attackers are using right now in the wild, allowing them to upload malware to websites…
Planning Your Summer Vacation? Here’s What You Need to Know to Avoid Holiday Booking Fraud
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity As countries across the globe ease Covid-19 restrictions for travel, consumers are preparing for a much-anticipated summer vacation. However, as the hospitality sector is off to a steady reboot, it’s…
Facebook Says WhatsApp Users Can Still Use the App if They Don’t Accept the New Terms
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity Facebook announced that WhatsApp won’t limit the app’s functionality for users who don’t accept the company’s proposed policy changes, backtracking on an earlier announcement saying the messaging app would slowly…
CISA Issues New Guidance to Help Admins Map Threat Actor Moves Based on MITRE ATT&CK Framework
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a set of best practices for mapping threat actor moves based on the MITRE ATT&CK framework. The objective is to encourage…
Pipeline Companies Will Be Fined $7,000 per Day if They Fail to Report a Breach – Reports
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity TSA’s new directive mandating pipeline operators take cybersecurity seriously is being met with skepticism by experts. That includes rumors of a $7,000 penalty for each day that a breach goes…
Russian Citizen Will Serve 30 Months Behind Bars for Running Dark Web Marketplace for Stolen Personal Data
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Babuk ransomware gang says it’s no longer interested in encrypting data, would rather kidnap it instead
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity In the early days of ransomware things were fairly simple: malware would infect your company’s infrastructure, encrypting your valuable data with a secret key that was only known to your…
CISA and FBI Warn of New Spearphishing Campaign Targeting Government Organizations and NGOs
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and FBI announced that a spearphishing campaign targeting government organizations, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is now active, affecting hundreds of…
Interpol Thwarts Online Fraud Intercepting $83 Million Illicit Funds in the Asia-Pacific Region
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity Amid increasing cyber-enabled financial crimes, Interpol announced its latest successful operation, which intercepted a whopping $83 million in illicit funds. According to a press release, law enforcement agencies in the…
FBI Issues Flash Advisory on Conti Ransomware Attacks Impacting Healthcare and First Responder Networks
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity The Federal Bureau of Investigation has said in a flash announcement that the Conti ransomware group is responsible for at least 16 attacks targeting US healthcare and first responder networks…
US Government Whips Pipeline Owners into Shape with New Cybersecurity Directive
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this week announced a directive that seeks to thwart cyber-attacks aimed at the oil & gas industry. Two weeks after the resounding ransomware attack…
British Police Arrest Eight People in Smishing Fraud Case
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity City of London and Metropolitan Police arrested eight men for allegedly sending fake messages and trying to trick people into paying a fee to retrieve a parcel, stealing their login…
Scammers Pose as Celebrities To Swindle Black Lives Matter Donors
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity A day before the Black Lives Matter movement marked the first anniversary of George Floyd’s death, online scammers set the bait to lure supporters from across the globe with a…
Spikes in automated fraud attempts hit thousands of e-commerce websites in 2020
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity E-commerce reached new heights during the pandemic as consumers interacted more with digital platforms and web apps. Then, cybercriminals stepped up their game, capitalizing on changes in digital behaviors and…
FBI Issues Flash Advisory on Conti Ransomware Attacks Impacting Healthcare and First Responder Networks
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity The Federal Bureau of Investigation has said in a flash announcement that the Conti ransomware group is responsible for at least 16 attacks targeting US healthcare and first responder networks…
Microsoft to Pull the Plug on Internet Explorer 11 in 2022
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity Microsoft is preparing to retire the Internet Explorer 11 browser on June 15, 2022, but there are a few important caveats. If we consider those exceptions, it looks like IE…
Malware exploited macOS zero-day flaw to secretly take screenshots. Update to Big Sur 11.4 now
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity Apple Mac users are being advised to update their operating system as a matter of priority, after malicious hackers have discovered a way of bypassing the privacy protections built into…
Spikes in Holiday Fraud Expected as Travel Restrictions Ease in the UK, Action Fraud Warns
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity As trav […]Content was cut in order to protect the source.Please visit the source for the rest of the article. Read the original article: Spikes in Holiday Fraud Expected as…
FBI Analyst Accused of Stealing and Hoarding Classified Data, Including on Cyber Threats
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity A federal grand jury indicted an employee of the FBI’s Kansas City Division for taking classified documents at home, for years on end, related to counterterrorism procedures, counterintelligence and cyber…
Elon Musk and Tesla-related BTC giveaway scams are back in season in a fraud combo
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity Threat actors are relentless when it comes to recycling old ruses to fool internet users and steal their money. While the ongoing pandemic and vaccination campaigns ushered in a new…
New STRRAT RAT Malware Convinces Believe They’ve Fallen Victim to Ransomware, Researchers Find
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Ransomware Gang Shutters Operations after Making $365K in One Month
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity A group of hackers targeting vulnerable network attached storage (NAS) devices sold by QNAP Systems Inc. has shut down operations after extorting regular users and small businesses of almost 9…
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center Logs its Six Millionth Complaint
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has been providing the public with reliable cybercrime reporting systems for 20 years. In that time, the IC3 has developed into a go-to…
Fake Microsoft Authenticator extension discovered in Chrome Store
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity I hope you’re being cautious if you’re installing extensions from the Chrome Web Store for your browser and care about your online security. Because it’s reported that a bogus Chrome…
Threat Actors Target South Korean and Aussie Users with Malicious Emails Disguised as Accounting Ledgers
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity Threat actors are again targeting taxpayers as they prepare their returns in a new phishing campaign that seeks to infect recipients’ machines with Remote Access Trojans. Bitdefender Antispam Lab spotted…
Gamers warned of downloading fake Afterburner overclocking tool to boost graphics card performance
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity A leading manufacturer of gaming hardware has warned internet users to be wary of downloading fake versions of free software it distributes to overclock GPUs. According to a blog post…
Threat Actors Target Ledger Data Breach Victims in New Extortion Campaign
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity Blackmailers are having a field day capitalizing on victims of the Ledger data leak from July 2020. Nearly a year after cybercriminals gained access to the e-commerce database of the…
Facebook Won’t Delete WhatsApp Accounts if You Don’t Agree to New Terms of Service
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity Facebook announced a few months ago that the upcoming policy changes would require non-European users to accept new terms and conditions or be forced to stop using the service. From…
German Privacy Watchdog Prohibits Facebook from Processing WhatsApp User Data
This article has been indexed from Industry News – HOTforSecurity The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (HmbBfDI) has imposed a three-month ban prohibiting Facebook from gathering and processing German WhatsApp users’data. On Tuesday, the top German…
Fraudsters Use Bogus Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine Surveys to Steal Personal Info and Money in Ongoing Scam Campaign
Scammers continue to piggyback on the pandemic and vaccination campaigns in a new giveaway vaccine survey scam purportedly from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. According to Bitdefender Antispam Lab’s latest telemetry, the survey scam has reached over 200,000 consumers since April. Our…
Threat Actor Compromised More than 25 Percent of Tor Network Relays, Research Shows
Unknown actors took control over a quarter of all Tor network relays to launch man-in-the-middle attacks, target bitcoin addresses and much more. Tor is a software that lets users obfuscate their network traffic by routing it automatically through numerous volunteer-operated…
Removal of Fraudulent URLs Jumped 15-Fold in 2020, NCSC Says
In 2020, The National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) Active Cyber Defense (ACD) program managed to curb the online scam economy in a record-breaking takedown of 700,595 scams. The agency’s latest annual report highlights a fifteen-fold increase in campaign takedowns compared…
City of Tulsa Struck by Ransomware Attack
Tulsa, Oklahoma, is reportedly the latest in a long line of American cities to have fallen victim to a ransomware attack. The attack, which occurred on Friday evening, caused the city’s IT security teams to shut down many of Tula’s…
Insurer AXA says it will no longer cover ransomware payments in France
Insurance giant AXA has said that it is no longer writing cyberinsurance policies in France that cover ransom payments to extortionists. AXA’s decision, which appears to be a first for the cyberinsurance industry, will still it still reimburse companies for…
Recycled Phone Numbers Threaten Digital Privacy and Safety, Study Shows
A study from the Department of Computer Science and Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University draws attention to security and privacy risks that stem from recycling mobile phone numbers. Researchers point out how threat a […]Content was cut…
Belgian Public Institutions Crippled by Large DDoS Attack
A yet-unknown threat actor launched a DDoS attack against the internet network used by the public administration and other official institutions in Belgium, briefly bringing the system down. Large-scale DDoS attacks are not uncommon, but systems are usually in place…
Holidaymakers In UK Should Be Wary of Scams As Lockdown Restrictions End, Action Fraud Warns
As the British public prepares for a long-awaited summer of festivals and holidays, scammers are several steps ahead in their endless effort to profit off consu […]Content was cut in order to protect the source.Please visit the source for the…
Cyber Incidents Drive Security Analysts Away from Their Jobs, New Study Shows
Cybersecurity teams have historically been hampered by lax IT budgets, a shortage of skills and alert fatigue, which leaves security analysts overwhelmed by the sheer amount of alerts to parse. However, retention issues also plague the industry. And according to…
Cyber-Attacks Drive Security Analysts Away from Their Jobs, New Study Shows
Cybersecurity teams have historically been hampered by lax IT budgets, a shortage of skills and alert fatigue, which leaves security analysts overwhelmed by the sheer amount of alerts to parse. However, retention issues also plague the industry. And according to…
World Password Day, Yet Another Holiday Reminding Us We Should Really Change ‘That’ Password
The Annual World Password Day painfully reminds us that the concept of people choosing their own passwords seems flawed. Thankfully, things are getting better, and password security is evolving with new tools, but the need for a World Password Day…
Australia’s Proposed Curriculum Aims to Teach Five-Year-Olds About Online Privacy and Cybersecurity
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Apple Fixes Zero-Day Flaws in Unscheduled iOS Update – Here’s How to Patch
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CISA & NIST Publish Recommendations for IT Admins to Defend Against the Next ‘SolarWinds’ Event
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FBI Offers Millions of Emotet Compromised Credentials to Have I Been Pwned
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Threat Actor Leaks Personal Records of 250 Million American Households on Hacking Forum
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DC Police Extorted by Ransomware Gang Who Allegedly Stole Sensitive Law Enforcement Files
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WhatsApp For What? Spammers Bomb User Inboxes With Fake Adult-Themed Opportunities
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Dridex Malware Returns In a New Global QuickBooks Malspam Campaign
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Apple AirDrop Flaws Could Let Hackers Grab Users’ Phone Numbers and Email Addresses
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Facebook Takes Down Two Hacking Groups Operating out of Palestine
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REvil Ransomware Group Threatens to Leak Apple’s New 2021 MacBook Designs, Demands $50 Million to Delete Files
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Facebook Temporarily Ignored a Bug Report of a Vulnerability Allowing Attackers to Link Emails to Accounts
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Brits Lost £1.8 Million to Pension Fraud This Year, UK’s ‘Action Fraud’ Warns
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Google’s Project Zero Changes the 90-Day Disclosure Policy to a More Flexible Solution
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LinkedIn Email Subjects Remain The Top-Clicked Social Media Phishing Scams in 2021
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Sysadmin of fake cybersecurity company sentenced to jail after billion-dollar crime spree
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Swedish Authorities Say Russia Is to Blame for Sports Confederation Hack
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One-Click Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities Found in Multiple Popular Apps
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White House Blames Russian Foreign Intelligence for SolarWinds, Imposes Sanctions on Rival Nation
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LinkedIn Data Leak: Hundreds of Thousands of Spam Emails Flood Users’ Inboxes
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Criminals Use Collaboration Platforms to Spread Malware, Research Finds
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DOJ Charges Texas Resident for Allegedly Planning to ‘Kill About 70% of The Internet”
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Security Researchers Find Critical Zero-Day Exploit in Zoom Messenger
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Belgian Police Crack Encrypted Chat App to Seize $1.65 Billion Worth of Cocaine
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Watch Out For United Nations COVID-19 Compensation Email Scams
Read the original article: Watch Out For United Nations COVID-19 Compensation Email Scams Several COVID-19-related scams continue to tease internet users into believing they are about to receive a large sum on behalf of non-existent United Nations programs, Bitdefender Antispam…
US Senators Warn Bit-Tech Companies about Data-Gathering Practices
Read the original article: US Senators Warn Bit-Tech Companies about Data-Gathering Practices A group of United States senators from both sides of the aisle sent a strongly worded letter to a few major tech companies and advertisers, warning them about…
Activision Warns of Remote-Access Trojans Hidden Within Fake ‘Call of Duty’ Cheat Tools
Read the original article: Activision Warns of Remote-Access Trojans Hidden Within Fake ‘Call of Duty’ Cheat Tools Video game publisher Activision has warned the gaming community of hidden RAT Trojans masquerading as Call of Duty cheat tools. The company behind…
California Man Indicted in Shopify Data Breach
Read the original article: California Man Indicted in Shopify Data Breach Tassilo Heinrich, a California resident arrested a few months ago by the FBI for alleged involvement in a Shopify data breach, has been indicted by a grand jury. When…
Bitdefender 2020 Consumer Threat Landscape Report – Attackers Increasingly Target the Human Layer
Read the original article: Bitdefender 2020 Consumer Threat Landscape Report – Attackers Increasingly Target the Human Layer Cybersecurity can often seem like a topic for the business sector. But regular consumers are equally affected by cybercrime, directly or indirectly. Bitdefender…
North Korean-Backed Group Sets Up Fake Security Company, Google Says
Read the original article: North Korean-Backed Group Sets Up Fake Security Company, Google Says Threat actors working on behalf of North Korea posed as security researchers on social media in a campaign to compromise employees of security companies, according to…
How Deliveroo Scared Customers into Believing They Had Been Scammed
Read the original article: How Deliveroo Scared Customers into Believing They Had Been Scammed Food-delivery company Delveroo thought it would be fun to play an April Fool’s trick on its customers in France. After all, who wouldn’t find a corporation…
US Department of Justice Warns of COVID-19 Vaccine Survey Scams
Read the original article: US Department of Justice Warns of COVID-19 Vaccine Survey Scams The US Department of Justice (DoJ) issued a warning on Wednesday about fake COVID-19 vaccine survey scams promising fake prizes or cash payments to recipients. According…
Kansas Man Could Serve 25 Years in Prison for Hacking Local Water System
Read the original article: Kansas Man Could Serve 25 Years in Prison for Hacking Local Water System A 22-year-old Kansas man may face the next quarter century behind bars after allegedly hacking computer systems to affect tap water. A press…
DoJ Clamps Down on COVID-19 Fraud, Charging Nearly 500 Individuals
Read the original article: DoJ Clamps Down on COVID-19 Fraud, Charging Nearly 500 Individuals The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged nearly 500 individuals for allegedly participating in coronavirus-related scams and fraudulent activities. As of March 26, 474 individuals…
What You Need to Know to Avoid Instagram Scams
Read the original article: What You Need to Know to Avoid Instagram Scams Instagram is a big part of the lives of many people, who use it daily to interact with friends and family. The popularity of the social media…
Infosec Community Increasingly Concerned about SolarWinds Breach, Four Months In
Read the original article: Infosec Community Increasingly Concerned about SolarWinds Breach, Four Months In The severity of a data breach typically jumps in the short term and decreases as time progresses. But, according to a survey by International Information System…
Cyber attack forces live TV shows off-air on Australia’s Channel 9
Read the original article: Cyber attack forces live TV shows off-air on Australia’s Channel 9 Australia’s Channel 9 network disrupted by cybercriminals Staff told to work from home as station attempts to recover from attack Live broadcasts from Australia’s Channel…
Ziggy Ransomware Operators Refund Victims Who Paid Ransom
Read the original article: Ziggy Ransomware Operators Refund Victims Who Paid Ransom More than a month after shutting down operations, Ziggy ransomware administrators have announced they will refund their victims. The news follows the threat actor’s earlier statement that it…
Have You Backed Up Your Data Lately? Don’t Be an April’s Fool — Back Up Your Data on World Backup Day
Read the original article: Have You Backed Up Your Data Lately? Don’t Be an April’s Fool — Back Up Your Data on World Backup Day As individuals become more digitally active than ever due to lockdown restrictions, the probability of…
Data Breach Saga: What You Need To Know About The Cit0day Data Leak
Read the original article: Data Breach Saga: What You Need To Know About The Cit0day Data Leak Fact: In November 2020, a database containing over 200 million usernames and passwords was leaked in the infamous Cit0day breach. According to researchers,…
Purple Fox Malware Campaign Deploys Rootkit and Looks for Exposed SMB Services, Research Finds
Read the original article: Purple Fox Malware Campaign Deploys Rootkit and Looks for Exposed SMB Services, Research Finds Security researchers have discovered a new campaign distributing malware named Purple Fox. Although it has been around for a few years, the…
Identity Fraud Losses Soared to $56 Billion in 2020, Javelin Researchers Find
Read the original article: Identity Fraud Losses Soared to $56 Billion in 2020, Javelin Researchers Find Fraud losses climbed to $56 billion in 2020 and identity fraud scams accounted for a staggering $43 billion of that cost, according to a…
Action Fraud Warns of Ongoing UK National Insurance Scam
Read the original article: Action Fraud Warns of Ongoing UK National Insurance Scam The UK’s National Fraud & Cyber Crime Reporting Center (Action Fraud) is warning citizens about a National Insurance scam targeting their personally identifiable information (PII). The public…
Bank loses customers’ social security numbers after ransomware attack
Read the original article: Bank loses customers’ social security numbers after ransomware attack Clop ransomware gang exploited Accellion flaws to steal data Customers angry that their details were breached, even after closing their accounts long ago. Things don’t get much…