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When Your Smart ID Card Reader Comes With Malware
Millions of U.S. government employees and contractors have been issued a secure smart ID card that enables physical access to buildings and controlled spaces, and provides access to government computer networks and systems at the cardholder's appropriate security level. But many government employees aren't issued an approved card reader device that lets them use these cards at home or remotely, and so turn to low-cost readers they find online. What could go wrong? Here's one example.Sysrv-K Botnet Targets Windows, Linux
Microsoft researchers say they are tracking a botnet that is leveraging bugs in the Spring Framework and WordPress plugins.
iPhones Vulnerable to Attack Even When Turned Off
Wireless features Bluetooth, NFC and UWB stay on even when the device is powered down, which could allow attackers to execute pre-loaded malware.
Paving the Way: Inspiring Women in Payments - A Q&A featuring Jennifer Boyd
When Jennifer Boyd started her career in Information Technology many years ago, she was one of only a few women in her department. At that time, like in many other professions, technology was perceived as more of a gender-specific role. In this edition of our blog, Jennifer explains how she pursued the career she loved despite the challenges, and why she believes more women will be encouraged to join the industry as they see other women simply leading by example.
Microsoft’s May Patch Tuesday Updates Cause Windows AD Authentication Errors
Microsoft's May Patch Tuesday update is triggering authentication errors.
Researchers warn of APTs, data leaks as serious threats against UK financial sector
Researchers say geopolitical threats are far from the only concern.The downside of ‘debugging’ ransomware
The decision to release a ransomware decryptor involves a delicate balancing act between helping victims recover their data and alerting criminals to errors in their code
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How to spot and avoid a phishing attack – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Can you spot the tell-tale signs of a phishing attempt and check if an email that has landed in your inbox is legit?
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Threat Actors Use Telegram to Spread ‘Eternity’ Malware-as-a-Service
An account promoting the project—which offers a range of threat activity from info-stealing to crypto-mining to ransomware as individual modules—has more than 500 subscribers.
Malware Builder Leverages Discord Webhooks
Researchers discovered a simple malware builder designed to steal credentials, then pinging them to Discord webhooks.
You Can’t Eliminate Cyberattacks, So Focus on Reducing the Blast Radius
Tony Lauro, director of security technology and strategy at Akamai, discusses reducing your company's attack surface and the "blast radius" of a potential attack.
DEA Investigating Breach of Law Enforcement Data Portal
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says it is investigating reports that hackers gained unauthorized access to an agency portal that taps into 16 different federal law enforcement databases. KrebsOnSecurity has learned the alleged compromise is tied to a cybercrime and online harassment community that routinely impersonates police and government officials to harvest personal information on their targets.Novel ‘Nerbian’ Trojan Uses Advanced Anti-Detection Tricks
The stealthy, feature-rich malware has multistage evasion tactics to fly under the radar of security analysis, researchers at Proofpoint have found.
10 reasons why we fall for scams
The ‘it won’t happen to me’ mindset leaves you unprepared – here are some common factors that put any of us at risk of online fraud
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Perspectives from India: FinTechs
The Fintech market in India is rapidly growing and changing the entire ecosystem of the Indian banking system and the economy. On this blog we talk about payment security from the perspective of India with two leading Indian FinTech service providers – CRED and In Solution Global Pvt Ltd. Here we talk with Nitin Bhatnagar, Associate Director, India, PCI SSC, Himanshu Kumar Das, Head of Security, Risk & Compliance, CRED, and Adelia Castelino Co-founder Managing Director, In Solution Global Pvt Ltd. about FinTech market trends in India, the cyber threat landscape and industry involvement opportunities for the region.
How to delete yourself from internet search results and hide your identity online
Here is a step-by-step guide to reducing your digital footprint online, whether you want to lock down data or vanish entirely.Intel Memory Bug Poses Risk for Hundreds of Products
Dell and HP were among the first to release patches and fixes for the bug.
Novel Phishing Trick Uses Weird Links to Bypass Spam Filters
A novel form of phishing takes advantage of a disparity between how browsers and email inboxes read web domains.
Actively Exploited Zero-Day Bug Patched by Microsoft
Microsoft's May Patch Tuesday roundup also included critical fixes for a number of flaws found in infrastructure present in many enterprise and cloud environments.