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No “Game over” for the Winnti Group

The notorious APT group continues to play the video game industry with yet another backdoor

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Video game developers under siege by cyberattacks seeking to plunder in-game cash

The Winnti Group is targeting gaming vendors once more with a new backdoor.

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BlockFi discloses failed hack attempt after SIM swapping incident

BlockFi says a hacker SIM swapped an employee to gain access to its platform, but the hacker failed in their attempt to steal BlockFi customer funds.

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Hacker selling 40 million user records from popular Wishbone app

Seller claims the data was obtained following a hack that took place earlier this year.

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60% of Insider Threats Involve Employees Planning to Leave

Researchers shows most "flight-risk" employees planning to leave an organization tend to start stealing data two to eight weeks before they go.

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Digital Transformation Risks in Front-end Code

Why making every front-end developer a DevSecOps expert will lead to a more holistic approach to web and native application security.

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NetWalker Ransomware Gang Hunts for Top-Notch Affiliates

The operators behind the Toll Group attack are taking applications for technically advanced partners.

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Fraudulent Unemployment, COVID-19 Relief Claims Earn BEC Gang Millions

The business email compromise (BEC) gang Scattered Canary has filed more than 200 fraudulent claims for unemployment benefits and for COVID-19 relief funds.

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Offers to Sell Enterprise Network Access Surge on Dark Web

In contrast, Q1 2019 saw more interest in selling and buying access to individual servers.

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Bank of America blames PPP applications leak on faulty SBA test server

BofA says SBA test platform allowed others to view details for its customers' PPP loan applications.

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Microsoft Warns of Vulnerability Affecting Windows DNS Server

A new security advisory addresses a vulnerability that could be exploited to cause a denial-of-service attack.

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Coronavirus-Themed Phishing Fears Largely Overblown, Researchers Say

As COVID-19-themed spam rises, phishing-not so much. An analysis of newly registered domains finds that only 2.4% are actually phishing sites aiming to steal credentials.

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Verizon DBIR: Web App Attacks and Security Errors Surge

Threatpost talks to Verizon DBIR co-author Gabriel Bassett about the top takeaways from this year's Data Breach Investigations Report.

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Signal to move away from using phone numbers as user IDs

Signal launches profile PINs, the first step in supporting Signal user accounts that are not tied to phone numbers.

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Is Zero Trust the Best Answer to the COVID-19 Lockdown?

Enterprises need to recognize that remote access and other pandemic-related security challenges cannot be fixed with buzzwords or silver-bullet security tools.

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Alleged Hacker Behind Massive ‘Collection 1’ Data Dump Arrested

The threat actor known as ‘Sanix’ had terabytes of stolen credentials at his residence, authorities said.

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‘Flight risk’ employees involved in 60% of insider cybersecurity incidents

The majority of staff planning their exit also take sensitive information with them, research suggests.

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Adobe issues out-of-band patch to fix remote code execution flaw in animation software

Information leaks have also been patched up in Premiere Rush, Audition, and Premiere Pro.

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These things may be cool, but are they safe?

In the rush to embrace IoT devices, we shouldn’t trade in our privacy and security for the added convenience

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NXNSAttack technique can be abused for large-scale DDoS attacks

New vulnerability in DNS server software can be leveraged for DDoS attacks with an 1620x amplification factor.