Cybersecurity News
Securely Disposing Mobile Devices
Do you plan on giving away or selling one of your older mobile devices? Make sure you wipe or reset your device before disposing of it. If you don't, the next person who owns it will have access to all of your accounts and personal information.29 April 2021
Adobe Open Sources Tool for Anomaly Research
The One-Stop Anomaly Shop (OSAS) project packages machine-learning algorithms into a Docker container for finding anomalies in security log data.29 April 2021
Experian API Exposed Credit Scores of Most Americans
Big-three consumer credit bureau Experian just fixed a weakness with a partner website that let anyone look up the credit score of tens of millions of Americans just by supplying their name and mailing address, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Experian says it has plugged the data leak, but the researcher who reported the finding says he fears the same weakness may be present at countless other lending websites that work with the credit bureau.28 April 2021
FluBot Malware's Rapid Spread May Soon Hit US Phones
The FluBot Android malware has spread throughout several European countries through an SMS package delivery scam.28 April 2021
74% of Financial Institutions See Spike in COVID-Related Threats
Financial losses have also increased among organizations in the last year, with the average cost reaching $720,000.28 April 2021
Microsoft Office SharePoint Targeted With High-Risk Phish, Ransomware Attacks
SharePoint servers are being picked at with high-risk, legitimate-looking, branded phish messages and preyed on by a ransomware gang using an old bug.
28 April 2021
FBI Works With 'Have I Been Pwned' to Notify Emotet Victims
Officials shared 4.3 million email addresses with the HIBP website to help inform companies and individuals if Emotet compromised their accounts.28 April 2021
Google Chrome V8 Bug Allows Remote Code-Execution
The internet behemoth rolled out the Chrome 90 stable channel release to address this and eight other security vulnerabilities.
28 April 2021
How to Secure Employees' Home Wi-Fi Networks
Businesses must ensure their remote workers' Wi-Fi networks don't risk exposing business data or secrets due to fixable vulnerabilities.28 April 2021
Cartoon Caption Winner: Rough Patch?
And the winner of The Edge's April cartoon caption contest is ...
28 April 2021
Chase Bank Phish Swims Past Exchange Email Protections
Two phishing attacks elude Exchange security protections and spoof real-life account scenarios in an attempt to fool victims.
28 April 2021
Is Your Cloud Raining Sensitive Data?
Learn common Kubernetes vulnerabilities and ways to avoid them.28 April 2021
Attacks Targeting ADFS Token Signing Certificates Could Become Next Big Threat
New research shows how threat actors can steal and decrypt signing certificates so SAML tokens can be forged.28 April 2021
Apple patches macOS Gatekeeper bypass vulnerability exploited in the wild
The patch tackles a zero-day bug actively exploited by Shlayer malware.28 April 2021
Linux kernel vulnerability exposes stack memory, causes data leaks
The bug could also be used as a conduit for more severe attacks.28 April 2021
Microsoft mulls over tweaks to threat data, code-sharing scheme following Exchange Server debacle
It has been suspected that exploit code used in the wave of attacks may have been sourced from the program.28 April 2021
Search Yourself Online
Ever wonder just how much information is publicly available about you? Ever wonder how cyber criminals harvest information and customize attacks for their victims? The technique is called Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and it is far simpler and more powerful than you think.28 April 2021
COVID-19, WFH prompts spike in cyberattacks against banks, insurers
Research suggests “open and insecure gaps” are being exploited in financial organizations’ networks.28 April 2021
Do Cyberattacks Affect Stock Prices? It Depends on the Breach
A security researcher explores how data breaches, ransomware attacks, and other types of cybercrime influence stock prices.27 April 2021
Nintendo Sues Video-Game Pirates
Nintendo is questing after its third successful lawsuit against circumvention-device sellers, this time against Team Xecuter.
27 April 2021