Cybersecurity News
New Social Security Scam Spoofs Government Badges
Criminals text or email photos of fake government identification badges to trick people into sending money.04 March 2021
National Surveillance Camera Rollout Roils Privacy Activists
TALON, a network of smart, connected security cameras developed by the Atlanta-based startup and installed by law enforcement around the country, raises surveillance-related privacy concerns.
04 March 2021
Paving the way: Inspiring Women in Payments - A podcast featuring Natasja Bolton
With more than 20 years in the technology industry, Natasja Bolton’s experience has largely been a positive one where she has felt supported by her male peers, teachers, and managers along the way. But where the technology world does itself a disservice to women, she says, is by not advertising the scale of the industry and the variety of jobs that are out there. In this edition of our podcast, Natasja explains why the perception of the industry might be one of the barriers for women.
04 March 2021
CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Exchange Servers
Espionage attacks exploiting the just-patched remote code-execution security bugs in Microsoft Exchange servers are quickly spreading.
04 March 2021
Qualys Is the Latest Victim of Accellion Data Breach
Security vendor confirms attackers exploited a previously disclosed vulnerability in the enterprise firewall technology to breach its network.04 March 2021
COVID-19 Vaccine Spear-Phishing Attacks Jump 26 Percent
Cybercriminals are using the COVID-19 vaccine to steal Microsoft credentials, infect systems with malware and bilk victims out of hundreds of dollars.
04 March 2021
Three Top Russian Cybercrime Forums Hacked
Over the past few weeks, three of the longest running and most venerated Russian-language online forums serving thousands of experienced cybercriminals have been hacked. In two of the intrusions, the attackers made off with the forums' user databases, including email and Internet addresses and hashed passwords.04 March 2021
Why We Need More Blue Team Voices at the Table
The red team draws attention, but the blue team has the expertise to keep networks secure day in and day out.04 March 2021
Accellion zero-day claims a new victim in cybersecurity company Qualys
A hotfix was applied, but not before some customer files may have been compromised.04 March 2021
CISA issues emergency directive to agencies: deal with Microsoft Exchange zero-days now
Patch now, or disconnect Microsoft Exchange services from the internet.04 March 2021
Maza Russian cybercriminal forum suffers data breach
Forums can be areas to swap illicit tools and data, but they can also be the targets of cyberattackers in their turn.04 March 2021
Cybersecurity risks and challenges facing the financial industry
A primer on various threats looming over financial companies and the steps that the organizations can take to counter them
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04 March 2021
Intel: More Than 90% of Our Vulnerabilities Found via Research
Internal research and external bug-bounty programs combined to discover the vast majority of reported security issues in the company's software.03 March 2021
More Details Emerge on the Microsoft Exchange Server Attacks
The attacks are more widespread than initially reported, researchers say, and a look at why the Microsoft Exchange Server zero-days patched this week are so dangerous.03 March 2021
Intel: Paid Research Caught More Than 90% of Our Vulnerabilities
Internal research and external bug-bounty programs combined to discover the vast majority of reported security issues in the company's software.03 March 2021
Okta to Buy Rival Auth0
The deal, valued at $6.5 billion, will bring together competitors in the identity management space.03 March 2021
Unpatched Bug in WiFi Mouse App Opens PCs to Attack
Wireless mouse-utility lacks proper authentication and opens Windows systems to attack.
03 March 2021
CISA to Federal Agencies: Immediately Patch or 'Disconnect' Microsoft Exchange Servers
The US Department of Homeland Security agency's new emergency directive comes in the wake of major zero-day attacks on email servers revealed by Microsoft this week.03 March 2021
Google Patches Actively-Exploited Flaw in Chrome Browser
A flaw (CVE-2021-21166) in the Audio component of Google Chrome is fixed in a new update being pushed out to Windows, Mac and Linux users.
03 March 2021
Malaysia Air Downplays Frequent-Flyer Program Data Breach
A third-party IT provider exposed valuable airline data that experts say could be a goldmine for cybercriminals.
03 March 2021