Cybersecurity News
SEC warns off investment in iBSmartify Nigeria cryptocurrencies
iBledger and InksNation are unregistered, and therefore a financial risk outside of the local commission’s regulatory protections.29 June 2020
Remote access at risk: Pandemic pulls more cyber‑crooks into the brute‑forcing game
Poorly secured remote access attracts mostly ransomware gangs, but can provide access to coin miners and backdoors too
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29 June 2020
Russian leader of Infraud stolen ID, credit card ring pleads guilty
The Infraud Organization was once known as a major player in the carding world.29 June 2020
Updating Plugins
Every plugin or add-on you install in your browser can expose you to more danger. Only install the plugins you need and make sure they are always current. If you no longer need a plugin, disable or remove it from your browser via your browser's plugin preferences.29 June 2020
Apple strong-arms entire CA industry into one-year certificate lifespans
Apple, Google, and Mozilla reduce the lifespan for HTTPS certificates to 398 days, against the wishes of Certificate Authorities.28 June 2020
Apple declined to implement 16 Web APIs in Safari due to privacy concerns
Apple said these 16 new Web APIs add new user fingerprinting opportunities for online advertisers.28 June 2020
Russian Cybercrime Boss Burkov Gets 9 Years
A well-connected Russian hacker once described as “an asset of supreme importance” to Moscow was sentenced on Friday to nine years in a U.S. prison after pleading guilty to running a site that sold stolen payment card data, and to administering a highly secretive crime forum that counted among its members some of the most elite Russian cybercrooks.27 June 2020
Adobe, Mastercard, Visa warn online store owners of Magento 1.x EOL
Almost 110,000 online stores are still running the soon-to-be-outdated Magento 1.x CMS.27 June 2020
DarkCrewFriends Returns with Botnet Strategy
The botnet can be used to mount different kinds of attacks, including code-execution and DDoS.
26 June 2020
8 U.S. City Websites Targeted in Magecart Attacks
Researchers believe that Click2Gov, municipal payment software, may be at the heart of this most recent government security incident.
26 June 2020
‘Cardplanet’ Operator Sentenced to 9 Years for Selling Stolen Credit Cards
The carding store victimized mainly U.S. citizens and is responsible for $20 million in fraudulent purchases.
26 June 2020
Major US Companies Targeted in New Ransomware Campaign
Evil Corp. group hit at least 31 customers in campaign to deploy WastedLocker malware, according to Symantec.26 June 2020
Docker servers infected with DDoS malware in extremely rare attacks
Most Docker servers are usually infected with cryptocurrency-mining malware.26 June 2020
5 New InfoSec Job Training Trends: What We're Studying During COVID-19
With the pandemic uprooting networks and upending careers, which security skills are hot -- and which are not?
26 June 2020
Satori Botnet Creator Sentenced to 13 Months in Prison
The creator of the Satori/Okiru, Masuta and Tsunami/Fbot botnets has been sentenced to prison for compromising hundreds of thousands of devices.
26 June 2020
Good Cyber Hygiene in a Pandemic-Driven World Starts with Us
Three ways that security teams can improve processes and collaboration, all while creating the common ground needed to sustain them.26 June 2020
Good Cyber Hygiene in a Post-Pandemic World Starts with Us
Three ways that security teams can improve processes and collaboration, all while creating the common ground needed to sustain them.26 June 2020
SOC Wins & Losses
While the security operations center is enjoying a higher profile these days, just one-fourth of security operations centers actually resolve incidents quickly enough.26 June 2020
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Android ransomware posing as a COVID-19 tracing app – Ill-trained and ill-equipped newly-minted remote workers – How Bitcoin giveaway scams misuse Elon Musk's name
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26 June 2020
TikTok To Stop Clipboard Snooping After Apple Privacy Feature Exposes Behavior
App will stop reading users’ device cut-and-paste data after a new banner alert in an Apple update uncovered the activity.
26 June 2020
