Collaborate Disseminate
Criminals look for higher BEC payments
Gift card frauds are the most common BEC incidents
One Russian BEC operation tries to hit companies with $1.27 million attack
The average payments made through Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks are in… Continue reading BEC Attack Payments Are on the Rise, Report Finds
Notarized apps should be safe on macOS Threat actors try to deploy “approved” malware through website Apple revoked certificates, but malware is still up Apple’s notarization system let a piece of malware into the macOS ecosystem, allowing attackers to… Continue reading Apple Notarized Malware by Mistake, Hackers Ran it Through Third-Party Website
Users are sometimes tracked online despite no-track options Online profiles are accurate most of the time Large companies can build online profiles with little available data Advertisers can quickly identify users from their online profiles by using da… Continue reading Companies Can Build Accurate User Profiles from Online History, Mozilla Research Finds
Aggressive adware apps invade tens of thousands of devices Operators designed the apps to run unhindered in the background Google removed all of the fake apps from the Play Store Security researchers from White Ops have discovered and tracked a vast ad… Continue reading Aggressive Adware Promised Free Stuff to Android Users Just to Stay Installed
Botnet activity is on the rise in Q2 2020
Threat actors no longer interested in COVID-10 themes
ZeroAccess botnet responsible for much of the current activity
Threat actors have changed their attack vectors and other techniques and procedures (T… Continue reading Botnet and Exploit Activity Goes Up as Cybercriminals Shift Focus, Report Shows
EMV protocol is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack All VISA credit cards are affected VISA has to issue update for POS terminals Swiss security researchers have discovered a way to bypass the PIN authentication for Visa contactless transactions. … Continue reading Man-in-the-Middle Attack Makes PINs Useless for VISA Cards
Smart homes are already here
Cybercriminals look for IoT vulnerabilities
Smart home security is a job for ISPs
More and more people have smart homes these days, and the IoT industry’s expansion will likely rapidly increase the number of smart h… Continue reading ISPs Have to Protect Smart Homes to Protect Their Business
A security researcher has found a database with almost 235 social media profiles scraped from the Internet, likely belonging to Social Data. Public user data is precious, and many companies want to gather it and sell it. Social media networks represent… Continue reading Almost 235 Million YouTube, TikTok and Instagram Profiles Exposed Online by Unsecured Database
The FBI and Cybersecurity and the US Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an advisory regarding a voice phishing, or vishing, campaign directly targeting employees working from home.
The post Law Enforcement Agencies Warn of Vishing Attack… Continue reading Law Enforcement Agencies Warn of Vishing Attacks Targeting Employees
Microsoft has announced the first stages of the Internet Explorer 11 shutdown in a phase-out process meant to give users and businesses ample time to find other solutions. Simply removing Internet Explorer 11 from Windows is not an option, although tha… Continue reading Microsoft Announces Internet Explorer 11’s Retirement Timeline