Cybersecurity News
Data from 500M LinkedIn Users Posted for Sale Online
Like the Facebook incident earlier this week, the information — including user profile IDs, email addresses and other PII -- was scraped from the social-media platform.
09 April 2021
Women Are Facing an Economic Crisis & the Cybersecurity Industry Can Help
Investing in women's cybersecurity careers can bring enormous benefits and help undo some of the significant economic damage wrought by the pandemic.09 April 2021
Critical Zoom vulnerability triggers remote code execution without user input
The researchers who discovered the bug have earned themselves $200,000.09 April 2021
Washington State educational organizations targeted in cryptojacking spree
The lucrative nature of cryptocurrency means no industry is safe.09 April 2021
Two Home Computers
If possible, have two computers at home -- one for parents and one for kids. This way they can't accidently infect your computer. If you are sharing a computer, make sure you have separate accounts for everyone and that kids do not have privileged access.09 April 2021
Zoom Joins Microsoft Teams on List of Enterprise Tools Hacked at Pwn2Own
White-hat hacking event shows yet again why there's no such thing as foolproof security against modern attacks.08 April 2021
Zoom Joins Microsoft Teams on List of Enterprise Tools Hacked at Pwn2Own
White-hat hacking event shows yet again why there's no such thing as foolproof security against modern attacks.08 April 2021
Fraudsters Use HTML Legos to Evade Detection in Phishing Attack
Criminals stitch pieces of HTML together and hide them in JavaScript files, researchers report.08 April 2021
600K Payment Card Records Leaked After Swarmshop Breach
A leaked database also contains the nicknames, hashed passwords, contact details, and activity history of Swarmshop admins, sellers, and buyers.08 April 2021
Adware Spreads via Fake TikTok App, Laptop Offers
Cybercriminals are encouraging users to send the "offers" via WhatsApp to their friends as well.
08 April 2021
Zero-Day Bug Impacts Problem-Plagued Cisco SOHO Routers
Cisco says it will not patch three small business router models and one VPN firewall device with critical vulnerabilities.
08 April 2021
IcedID Banking Trojan Surges: The New Emotet?
A widespread email campaign using malicious Microsoft Excel attachments and Excel 4 macros is delivering IcedID at high volumes, suggesting it's filling the Emotet void.
08 April 2021
Azure Functions Weakness Allows Privilege Escalation
Microsoft's cloud-container technology allows attackers to directly write to files, researchers said.
08 April 2021
Hackers Exploit Fortinet Flaw in Sophisticated Cring Ransomware Attacks
Industrial enterprises in Europe are target of campaign, which forced a shutdown of industrial processes in at least one of its victims’ networks, according to researchers.
08 April 2021
Handcuffs Over AI: Solving Security Challenges With Law Enforcement
We've tried everything else ... now it's time to make the prospect of getting caught -- and punished -- a real deterrent to cybercrime.08 April 2021
Does data stolen in a data breach expire?
Some personal information just doesn’t age – here’s what the Facebook data leak may mean for you
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08 April 2021
Facebook tackles deepfake spread and troll farms in latest moderation push
AI-generated images and an exiled militant group are now on Facebook's radar.08 April 2021
Italian man arrested after allegedly paying hitman in cryptocurrency
Europol claims he attempted to have his ex-girlfriend assassinated.08 April 2021
Vyveva: Lazarus hacking group’s latest weapon strikes South African freight
The backdoor is being used to spy on the activities of freight companies.08 April 2021
(Are you) afreight of the dark? Watch out for Vyveva, new Lazarus backdoor
ESET researchers discover a new Lazarus backdoor deployed against a freight logistics firm in South Africa
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08 April 2021