‘Fix It’ social-engineering scheme impersonates several brands
Criminals are luring victims looking to download software and tricking them into running a malicious command.
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Phishing platform Rockstar 2FA trips, and “FlowerStorm” picks up the pieces
Credit to Author: gallagherseanm| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:11:48 +0000
A sudden disruption of a major phishing-as-a-service provider leads to the rise of another…that looks very familiar
Read moreHow Cryptocurrency Turns to Cash in Russian Banks
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 21:38:48 +0000
A financial firm registered in Canada has emerged as the payment processor for dozens of Russian cryptocurrency exchanges and websites hawking cybercrime services aimed at Russian-speaking customers, new research finds. Meanwhile, an investigation into the Vancouver street address used by this company shows it is home to dozens of foreign currency dealers, money transfer businesses, and cryptocurrency exchanges — none of which are physically located there.
Read moreOkta breach happened after employee logged into personal Google account
Okta has concluded that the root cause of its breach was an employee storing company credentials in a private Google account.
Read morePatch Tuesday, October 2023 Edition
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 22:51:31 +0000
Microsoft today issued security updates for more than 100 newly-discovered vulnerabilities in its Windows operating system and related software, including four flaws that are already being exploited. In addition, Apple recently released emergency updates to quash a pair of zero-day bugs in iOS.
Read moreA week in security (August 7 – August 13)
Categories: News Tags: Zoom Tags: YouTube Tags: Chrome Tags: TikTok Tags: ransomware Tags: Cloudflare Tags: robocallers Tags: security advisor A list of topics we covered in the week of August 7 to August 13 of 2023 |
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Read moreThe pitfalls of blocking IP addresses
Categories: News Tags: IP Tags: DNS Tags: IPv6 Tags: blocking Tags: domains Tags: Austria Tags: Cloudflare Tags: Freedom House Using IP blocks to make domains unreachable is a far-reaching method that has undesirable side effects because there is no one-on-one relationship. |
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Read moreHow 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 14:53:39 +0000
Phishers are enjoying remarkable success using text messages to steal remote access credentials and one-time passcodes from employees at some of the world’s largest technology companies and customer support firms. A recent spate of SMS phishing attacks from one cybercriminal group has spawned a flurry of breach disclosures from affected companies, which are all struggling to combat the same lingering security threat: The ability of scammers to interact directly with employees through their mobile devices.
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