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How Cybersecurity Newbs Can Start Out on the Right Foot

How Cybersecurity Newbs Can Start Out on the Right Foot Cybersecurity experts share their savvy tips and useful resources for infosec hopefuls.
22 January 2021

ADT Tech Hacks Home-Security Cameras to Spy on Women

ADT Tech Hacks Home-Security Cameras to Spy on Women A former ADT employee pleads guilty of accessing customers’ cameras so he could spy on them.
22 January 2021

Discord-Stealing Malware Invades npm Packages

Discord-Stealing Malware Invades npm Packages The CursedGrabber malware has infiltrated the open-source software code repository.
22 January 2021

Ransomware Attackers Publish 4K Private Scottish Gov Agency Files

Ransomware Attackers Publish 4K Private Scottish Gov Agency Files Up to 4,000 stolen files have been released by hackers who launched a ransomware attack against the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency on Christmas Eve.
22 January 2021

FSB warns of US cyberattacks after Biden administration comments

Unclear if political trolling or actual fear.
22 January 2021

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

ESET research analyzes the Vadokrist banking trojan – Beware smishing scams – WhatsApp postpones privacy policy changes

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22 January 2021

As Bitcoin price surges, DDoS extortion gangs return in force

Companies are receiving emails from cyber-criminals threatening large DDoS attacks unless a ransom is paid. Some groups are delivering on their threats.
22 January 2021

Why North Korea Excels in Cybercrime

North Korea is laser-focused on boosting its cyber capabilities, and it's doing a remarkable job of it.
22 January 2021

New website launched to document vulnerabilities in malware strains

Launched by security researcher John Page, the new MalVuln website lists bugs in malware code.
22 January 2021

Threat Actors Can Exploit Windows RDP Servers to Amplify DDoS Attacks

Threat Actors Can Exploit Windows RDP Servers to Amplify DDoS Attacks Netscout researchers identify more than 14,000 existing servers that can be abused by ‘the general attack population’ to flood organizations’ networks with traffic.
22 January 2021

SEC calls out dubious cryptocurrency traders, miners soliciting customers worldwide

The companies mentioned are considered “misleading” or impersonators of genuine businesses.
22 January 2021

Why do we fall for SMS phishing scams so easily?

Here’s how to spot scams where criminals use deceptive text messages to hook and reel in their marks

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22 January 2021

Windows RDP servers are being abused to amplify DDoS attacks

Windows RDP servers running on UDP port 3389 can be ensnared in DDoS botnets and abused to bounce and amplify junk traffic towards victim networks.
22 January 2021

DreamBus, FreakOut Botnets Pose New Threat to Linux Systems

Researchers from Zscaler and Check Point describe botnets as designed for DDoS attacks, cryptocurrency mining, and other malicious purposes.
21 January 2021

Breach Data Shows Attackers Switched Gears in 2020

Attackers focused more on ransomware, while the consolidation of data into large databases led to fewer reported breaches but more records leaked.
21 January 2021

Attackers Leave Stolen Credentials Searchable on Google

Operators behind a global phishing campaign inadvertently left thousands of stolen credentials accessible via Google Search.
21 January 2021

Einstein Healthcare Network Announces August Breach

Einstein Healthcare Network Announces August Breach Einstein is in violation of the the HHS 60-day breach notification rule, but unlikely to face penalty.
21 January 2021

SQL Server Malware Tied to Iranian Software Firm, Researchers Allege

SQL Server Malware Tied to Iranian Software Firm, Researchers Allege Researchers have traced the origins of a campaign - infecting SQL servers to mine cryptocurrency - back to an Iranian software firm.
21 January 2021

Cloud Jacking: The Bold New World of Enterprise Cybersecurity

Increased reliance on cloud computing puts more weight on robust authentication systems to protect data against hijackers.
21 January 2021

QNAP warns users of a new crypto-miner named Dovecat infecting their devices

QNAP says the malware is targeting NAS devices with weak passwords.
21 January 2021