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Remote conferencing services provider Zoom patched a vulnerability that could have allowed an attacker to find and join active meetings. Check Point explained that the issue stemmed from the way in which Zoom secured certain meetings: If you use Zoom, … Continue reading Zoom Bug Potentially Allowed Attackers to Find and Join Active Meetings
Each year on January 28, the United States, Canada, Israel and 47 European countries observe Data Privacy Day. The purpose of Data Privacy Day is to inspire dialogue on the importance of online privacy. These discussions also seek to inspire individual… Continue reading 5 Ways Your Organization Can Ensure Improved Data Security
Two state senators from New York State introduced bills that would ban municipalities from meeting ransomware attackers’ demands. On January 14, 2020, NYS Senator Phil Boyle of the 4th Senate District proposed Senate Bill S7246. Senator Boyle alo… Continue reading NY Bills Would Ban Municipalities From Meeting Ransomware Demands
A Russian national pleaded guilty to having operated Cardplanet and another website that provided digital criminal services to its customers. Appearing before Senior U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III, Aleksei Burkov, 29, pleaded guilty to charges of a… Continue reading Russian National Pleads Guilty to Having Run Cardplanet Marketplace
The Shlayer trojan accounted for approximately 30 percent of all of Kaspersky Lab’s malware detections for the macOS platform in 2019. Kaspersky Lab revealed on Securelist that Shlayer has been the most common threat to target its macOS userbase … Continue reading Shlayer Trojan Accounted for 30 Percent of Detections for macOS in 2019
Digital attacks are a top concern for Industrial Control System (ICS) security professionals. In a survey conducted by Dimensional Research, 88 percent of these personnel told Tripwire that they were concerned about the threat of a digital attack. An e… Continue reading How CISOs Can Expand Their Security Duties into Industrial Environments
The United Parcel Service (UPS) revealed that a phishing incident might have exposed the information of some of its customers. In its “Notice of Data Breach” letter, UPS disclosed that an unauthorized person had used a phishing attack to ga… Continue reading UPS Says Phishing Incident Might Have Exposed Some Customers’ Data
Health Quest announced that it’s begun notifying patients whose information might have been exposed in a phishing incident. According to its website notice, Health Quest first learned of the incident in July 2018 when several employees fell for a… Continue reading Health Quest Begins Notifying Patients Affected by Phishing Incident
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that they have seized the domain name for weleakinfo.com. On January 16, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced that the FBI and D… Continue reading Domain Name of WeLeakInfo.com Seized by FBI and DOJ
The Emotet trojan recently leveraged a phishing campaign to target email addresses associated with users at the United Nations. In an email provided by Cofense to Bleeping Computer, Emotet’s handlers pretended to be representatives of Norway to t… Continue reading Emotet Used Phishing Emails to Target the United Nations