Cybersecurity News
Verkada Attacker Charged with Wire Fraud, Conspiracy in US
Swiss national Till Kottmann and co-conspirators are accused of breaking into dozens of US companies and government entities.19 March 2021
Office 365 Phishing Attack Targets Financial Execs
Attackers move on new CEOs, using transition confusion to harvest Microsoft credentials.
19 March 2021
SolarWinds-Linked Attackers Target Microsoft 365 Mailboxes
Researchers observe attackers altering mailbox folders to assign read-only permissions to any authenticated user on a target machine.19 March 2021
Bogus Android Clubhouse App Drops Credential-Swiping Malware
The malicious app spreads the BlackRock malware, which steals credentials from 458 services - including Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook and Amazon.
19 March 2021
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
A banking trojan masquerades as Clubhouse for Android – The implications of the Verkada breach – A zero-day patched in Chrome
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19 March 2021
Russian Man Pleads Guilty in Thwarted Tesla Hack
Egor Kriuchkov will be sentenced in May on conspiracy charge19 March 2021
CopperStealer Malware Targets Facebook and Instagram Business Accounts
A previously undocumented password and cookie stealer has been compromising accounts of big guns like Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google since 2019 and then using them for cybercriminal activity.
19 March 2021
7 steps to staying safe and secure on Twitter
Follow these easy steps to prevent your Twitter account from being hacked and to remain safe while tweeting
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19 March 2021
How Us Shady Geeks Put Others Off Security
Early adopters of security and privacy tools may be perceived by others as paranoid, which, in turn, may repel non-experts from protecting themselves online.19 March 2021
SEC charges co-founders of bankrupt uBiome medical testing startup with operating $60m fraud
The US agency claims uBiome’s apparent success was only due to a web of deceit.19 March 2021
Fraudsters jump on Clubhouse hype to push malicious Android app
The BlackRock Trojan is lurking in the malicious, fake Android version of Clubhouse.19 March 2021
Trust your surveillance? Why hacked cameras are very bad
When a breach captures a part of us that is unchangeable, does it mean that we have allowed technology to pry too deeply into our lives?
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19 March 2021
Microsoft Defender Antivirus now automatically mitigates Exchange Server vulnerabilities
Mitigation fixes will be applied automatically in a renewed effort by Microsoft to contain security incidents caused by the bugs.19 March 2021
Tech Vendors' Lack of Security Transparency Worries Firms
A majority of firms say they're more likely to buy from suppliers that are open about security issues -- yet that sentiment isn't necessarily reflected in the technology providers they're currently working with.18 March 2021
Facebook Expands Security Key Support to iOS & Android
Facebook's announcement arrives the same week Twitter enabled support for multiple security keys on user accounts.18 March 2021
Fiserv Forgets to Buy Domain It Used as System Default
Fintech security provider Fiserv acknowledges it used unregistered domain as default email.
18 March 2021
Trojanized Xcode Project Slips MacOS Malware to Apple Developers
In a new campaign, threat actors are bundling macOS malware in trojanized Apple Xcode developer projects.
18 March 2021
Women's History Month: Making Mentorship Meaningful
This month is a perfect opportunity for us to take a step back and think about what role we want to play as women in the technology sector.18 March 2021
New CopperStealer Malware Hijacks Social Media Accounts
Proofpoint researchers say it steals logins and spreads more malware.18 March 2021
FBI: Business Email Compromise Cost $1.8B in 2020
The Internet Crime Complaint Center received a record 791,790 complaints last year, with reported losses exceeding $4.1 billion.18 March 2021