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Week in security with Tony Anscombe
ESET research into Gamaredon's tricks – A flawed online voting platform – Massive hack-for-hire campaigns
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12 June 2020
The Future Will Be Both Agile and Hardened
What COVID-19 has taught us about the digital revolution.12 June 2020
Stalkerware detection rates are improving across antivirus products
Between November 2019 and May 2020, Android and Windows antivirus software got better at detecting stalkerware.12 June 2020
FBI warns about fraudsters targeting banking app users
Watch out for attacks attempting to take advantage of the lockdown-induced surge in mobile banking use
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12 June 2020
Italian company exposed as a front for malware operations
Italian company CloudEyE is believed to have made more than $500,000 from selling its binary crypter to malware gangs.12 June 2020
Secure Your Home Wi-Fi Router
The most effective steps you can take to secure your wireless network at home is to change the default admin password, enable encryption and use a strong password for your wireless network.12 June 2020
Twitter bans 32k accounts pushing Chinese, Russian, and Turkish propaganda
All three networks targeted local users for the benefit of the ruling political party.11 June 2020
ICS Threat Snake Ransomware Suspected in Honda Attack
An attack targeting the automaker reportedly infected internal servers and led to the suspension of production at plants around the world.11 June 2020
FBI Says Sudden Increase in Mobile Banking Is Heightening Risks For Users
Mobile malware and fake apps purporting to be legitimate banking software are big risks, law enforcement agency says.11 June 2020
Black Lives Matter Emails Deliver TrickBot Malware
Malspam emails are claiming to deliver a survey on BLM -- but in reality they deliver the infamous banking trojan.
11 June 2020
Microsoft Outlook Users Targeted By Gamaredon’s New VBA Macro
The Gamaredon APT has started using a new VBA macro to target Microsoft Outlook victims' contact lists.
11 June 2020
Knoxville shuts down IT network following ransomware attack
Knoxville joins a list that also includes Atlanta, Baltimore, Denver, and New Orleans.11 June 2020
Protocol Vulnerability Threatens Mobile Networks
A vuln in the GTP protocol could allow DoS, fraud, and data theft attacks against cellular networks from virtually anywhere.11 June 2020
Kubernetes Falls to Cryptomining via Machine-Learning Framework
Misconfigured dashboards are at the heart of a widespread XMRIG Monero-mining campaign.
11 June 2020
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Web App Pen Testing
Time on your hands and looking to learn about web apps? Here's a list to get you started.11 June 2020
Siemens Teams Up in OT Endpoint Security
Machine language-based endpoint security collaboration with SparkCognition is the latest move by Siemens in security.11 June 2020
Congress wants to know what commercial spyware other countries are using
Intelligence funding bill for 2021 to mandate DNI to submit report to Congress about surveillance vendors and the countries that use spyware.11 June 2020
Podcast: Would You Use A Contact-Tracing Coronavirus App?
Contact tracing apps for the coronavirus are being developed and tested globally as the world starts to re-open. Are the apps worth using to flatten the curve? Or do data privacy worries trump public health?
11 June 2020
'Highly Active' APT Group Targeting Microsoft Office, Outlook
The Gamaredon group has ramped up activity in recent months and makes no effort to stay under the radar, researchers report.11 June 2020
Attack Surface Area Larger Than Most Businesses Believe
Workers are not the only outside-the-perimeter security risk. Companies have a variety of vulnerable Internet-facing resources exposing their business to risk, study finds.11 June 2020