Cybersecurity News
Network Data Shows Spikes, Vulnerability of Work-at-Home Shift
Traffic on the public Internet has grown by half this year, and videoconferencing bandwidth has grown by a factor of five, all driven by remote-work edicts.
13 April 2020
Dell Releases Security Tool to Defend PCs from BIOS Attacks
The SafeBIOS Events & Indicators of Attack tool gives admins visibility into BIOS configuration changes and alerts them to potential threats.13 April 2020
Oracle Tackles a Massive 405 Bugs for Its April Quarterly Patch Update
Oracle will detail 405 new security vulnerabilities Tuesday, part of its quarterly Critical Patch Update Advisory.
13 April 2020
Dutch Police Shut Down 15 DDoS-for-Hire Services
Officials arrested a man suspected of launching a DDoS attack against two websites that send government updates to citizens.13 April 2020
Overlay Malware Leverages Chrome Browser, Targets Banks and Heads to Spain
The Grandoreiro banking malware uses remote overlay and a fake Chrome browser plugin to steal from banking customers.
13 April 2020
Pandemic Could Make Schools Bigger Targets of Ransomware Attacks
Most have had to implement distance learning, making them much more vulnerable, Armor says.13 April 2020
Dell releases new tool to detect BIOS attacks
Dell makes new tool named SafeBIOS Events & Indicators of Attack available for download for all Dell commercial PCs.13 April 2020
Cybercrime May Be the World's Third-Largest Economy by 2021
The underground economy is undergoing an industrialization wave and booming like never before.13 April 2020
Unclassified and Secure
By William Knowles @c4i Senior Editor InfoSec News April 12, 2020 A new report from the RAND Corporation, by Daniel Gonzales, Sarah Harting, Mary Kate Adgie, Julia Brackup, Lindsey Polley, and Karlyn D. Stanley The defense industrial base (DIB) is under attack. Foreign actors are stealing large amounts of sensitive data, trade secrets, and intellectual property every […]12 April 2020
SFO Websites Hacked: Airport Discloses Data Breach
San Francisco International Airport notified users of two low-traffic websites of a data breach that occurred in March.
10 April 2020
Apple, Google Team on Coronavirus Tracking – Sparking Privacy Fears
Apple and Google announced that decentralized Bluetooth technology will soon be rolled out for coronavirus contact tracing. The privacy implications are worrisome for some.
10 April 2020
New IRS Site Could Make it Easy for Thieves to Intercept Some Stimulus Payments
The U.S. federal government is now in the process of sending Economic Impact Payments by direct deposit to millions of Americans. Most who are eligible for payments can expect to have funds direct-deposited into the same bank accounts listed on previous years' tax filings sometime next week. Today, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stood up a site to collect bank account information from the many Americans who don't usually file a tax return. The question is, will those non-filers have a chance to claim their payments before fraudsters do?10 April 2020
WooCommerce Falls to Fresh Card-Skimmer Malware
The payment-card stealer differs from typical malware targeting WordPress-based e-commerce environments.
10 April 2020
SFO Hit by Web Compromise
Web app credentials were stolen in attacks on two airport websites.10 April 2020
Only 40% of Small Business Owners Have a Cybersecurity Policy
Small business owners are concerned about cyberattacks targeting remote workers but lack the resources to invest in security.10 April 2020
Dutch police take down 15 DDoS services in a week
Dutch authorities launch sudden strike against DDoS-for-hire operators; take down 15 sites in a week.10 April 2020
Critical VMware Bug Opens Up Corporate Treasure to Hackers
The bug -- rated 10 in severity -- potentially affects large numbers of corporate VMs and hosts.
10 April 2020
When All Behavior is Abnormal, How Do We Detect Anomalies?
Identifying normal behavior baselines is essential to behavior-based authentication. However, with COVID-19 upending all aspects of life, is it possible to build baselines and measure normal patterns when nothing at all seems normal?
10 April 2020
Apple App Store Riddled With Money-Sucking Fleeceware Apps
Researchers warn that apps that market themselves as "free" are tricking users to subscribe to services that rack up as much as $500 in charges yearly.
10 April 2020
Criminals Selling Videoconferencing Credentials on Dark Web
Two security firms find thousands of usernames and passwords for Zoom accounts for sale and warn that the shift to remote work is changing attackers' targets.10 April 2020