Cyberattacks Launch Against Vietnamese Human-Rights Activists February 25, 2021 by Becky Bracken Becky Bracken Vietnam joins the ranks of governments using spyware to crack down on human-rights defenders. Continue Reading
Cyberattacks Launch Against Vietnamese Human-Rights Activists February 25, 2021 by Becky Bracken Becky Bracken Vietnam joins the ranks of governments using spyware to crack down on human-rights defenders. Continue Reading
Tax Season Ushers in Quickbooks Data-Theft Spike February 24, 2021 by Becky Bracken Becky Bracken Quickbooks malware targets tax data for attackers to sell and use in phishing scams. Continue Reading
Daycare Webcam Service Exposes 12,000 User Accounts February 23, 2021 by Becky Bracken Becky Bracken NurseryCam suspends service across 40 daycare centers until a security fix is in place. Continue Reading
Assume Clubhouse Conversations Are Being Recorded, Researchers Warn February 22, 2021 by Becky Bracken Becky Bracken Two breaches of the audio-based social media app reinforce privacy, security concerns. Continue Reading
Malformed URL Prefix Phishing Attacks Spike 6,000% February 19, 2021 by Becky Bracken Becky Bracken Sneaky attackers are flipping backslashes in phishing email URLs to evade protections, researchers said. Continue Reading
Kia Motors Hit With $20M Ransomware Attack – Report February 18, 2021 by Becky Bracken Becky Bracken DoppelPaymer ransomware gang claims credit for Kia’s outage, demands $20 million in double-extortion attack. Continue Reading
Stolen Jones Day Law Firm Files Posted on Dark Web February 17, 2021 by Becky Bracken Becky Bracken Jones Day, which represented Trump, said the breach is part of the Accellion attack from December. Continue Reading
Let’s Encrypt Gears Up to Replace 200M Certificates a Day February 16, 2021 by Becky Bracken Becky Bracken The open CA prepares for ‘worst scenarios’ with new fiber, servers, cryptographic signing and more. Continue Reading
mHealth Apps Expose Millions to Cyberattacks February 12, 2021 by Becky Bracken Becky Bracken Researcher testing of 30 mobile health apps for clinicians found that all of them had vulnerable APIs. Continue Reading
Hybrid, Older Users Most-Targeted by Gmail Attackers February 10, 2021 by Becky Bracken Becky Bracken Researchers at Google and Stanford analyzed a 1.2 billion malicious emails to find out what makes users likely to get attacked. 2FA wasn't a big factor. Continue Reading
Google Play Boots Barcode Scanner App After Ad Explosion February 9, 2021 by Becky Bracken Becky Bracken A barcode scanner with 10 million downloads is removed from Google Play marketplace after ad blitz hits phones. Continue Reading
Ransomware Demands Spike 320%, Payments Rise February 8, 2021 by Becky Bracken Becky Bracken Remote work continues to fueling a spike in phishing and cyberattacks, particularly in the U.S. Continue Reading
Industrial Networks See Sharp Uptick in Hackable Security Holes February 5, 2021 by Becky Bracken Becky Bracken Claroty reports that adversaries, CISOs and researchers have all turned their attention to finding critical security bugs in ICS networks. Continue Reading
Nespresso Smart Cards Brewed with Weak Security February 4, 2021 by Becky Bracken Becky Bracken A researcher hacked Nespresso Pro smart cards to dispense free, unlimited coffee. Continue Reading