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Don’t Let Real Estate Scams Crush Your Dreams of Home Ownership!

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Fraudsters are increasingly targeting potential home buyers and real estate professionals with wire fraud schemes and phishing scams. In May 2017, the FBI revealed that the identified exposed losses resulting from business email compromise (BEC) scams increased by 2,370 percent between January 2015 and December 2016. Those scams preyed on organizations in all 50 states […]… Read More

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800K Estonian Electronic ID Cards Found Vulnerable to Malware

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Estonia said it intends to block the security certificates for 800,000 electronic ID cards because a flaw renders them vulnerable to malware. On 31 October 2017, the Baltic state announced it would move against the security certificates of 800,000 ID cards at midnight the following day. The decision comes at least in part from the […]… Read More

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50,000 Australian Employees’ Personal Data Exposed Online

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Negligence by a third-party contractor exposed the personal information of approximately 50,000 Australian employees online. A Polish security researcher who uses the moniker “Wojciech” discovered the information while searching for open Amazon S3 buckets. The details belong to 48,270 employees of Australian government agencies, banks, and a utility. Among them, insurer AMP was perhaps the […]… Read More

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46.2 Million Mobile Numbers Leaked Online after Malaysian Data Breach

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46.2 million mobile numbers have appeared online following a data breach that affected several Malaysian telecommunication companies. The incident involves 15 Malaysian telcos and mobile virtual network operators (MVNO). Included in the leak are customers’ mobile numbers along with their personal and device information. Of note, those exposed details contain customers’ IMEI and IMSI numbers […]… Read More

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Google Fixes Issue Tracker Flaw that Exposed Open Vulnerability Reports

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Google has patched a flaw affecting its Issue Tracker tool that enabled an attacker to expose reports for open vulnerabilities found in its products. Security researcher Alex Birsan came across the vulnerability while attempting to break the Issue Tracker. Internally known as the Buganizer System, Google uses this utility to track bugs and feature requests […]… Read More

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Britain’s Largest Airport Launches Investigation after USB Found on Street

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Britain’s largest and busiest airport has launched an investigation to determine how someone found a USB containing 2.5GB of its data on the street. News of the incident involving Heathrow London Airport first came to light when an unemployed man contacted The Sunday Mirror. He told the tabloid he was on his way to a […]… Read More

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WannaCry Affected 34% of NHS Trusts in England, Investigation Finds

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An investigation into the 2017 WannaCry outbreak found that the ransomware affected 34% of National Health Service (NHS) trusts in England. Following the May 2017 attack that struck more than 200,000 organizations in at least 100 countries, the UK government’s National Audit Office (NAO) launched an inquiry into the matter. Its purpose was to determine […]… Read More

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Iran CERTCC Warns against Tyrant Ransomware Distribution Campaign

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The Iran Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (Iran CERTCC) has warned users of an ongoing distribution campaign for Tyrant ransomware. First spotted by G Data security researcher Karsten Hahn, the strain is currently making its way to unsuspecting users via modified versions of the Psiphon VPN app. Upon successful infection, Tyrant demands victims pay […]… Read More

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LokiBot Banking Malware Triggers Ransomware if User Tries to Remove It

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A new variant of Android banking malware known as LokiBot triggers ransomware capabilities if a victim attempts to remove it from their infected device. The malware, which bears the same name as a Windows info-stealer that can exfiltrate credentials from over 100 software tools, is making its rounds as a kit sold on hacking forums. […]… Read More

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What Is SCM (Security Configuration Management)?

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The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic shifted the cybersecurity landscape. According to a PR Newswire release, the FBI tracked as many as 4,000 digital attack attempts a day during the pandemic. That’s 400% more than what it was prior to the pandemi… Continue reading What Is SCM (Security Configuration Management)?→