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Germany released draft security guidelines on Tuesday for next generation wireless networks that stopped short of banning Huawei, as the U.S. warned again it would reconsider intelligence sharing with allies that use the Chinese company’s equipment. [Read More]
Researchers have identified what appears to be the first crypto-jacking worm that spreads using Docker containers. [Read More]
Chinese tech giant Huawei said on Wednesday that its revenue for the first nine months of the year grew by almost a quarter despite a US campaign to isolate the company globally. [Read More]
Fake checkra1n iOS jailbreak used as part of a sophisticated click fraud scheme that could pave the way for far more malicious actions. [Read More]
ESET researchers identify a new backdoor associated with the threat actor known as the Winnti Group. [Read More]
Some services at global shipping and ecommerce giant Pitney Bowes disrupted after a file-encrypting ransomware infected some systems. [Read More]
USPS affiliate Click2Mail.com has started sending out notices to some of its users about a data breach that impacted their personal information. [Read More]
Anthony Tyler Nashatka, aka psycho, appeared in a US federal court on charges related to his involvement in a scheme aimed at defrauding victims of at least $1.4 million in cryptocurrency. [Read More]
Imperva says hackers obtained Cloud WAF customer data after they stole an AWS API key that gave them access to a database snapshot created for testing purposes. [Read More]
A recently uncovered highly targeted cyber-espionage platform that uses Tor for network communication has been targeting Russia and Eastern Europe. [Read More]
FEATURES, INSIGHTS // Cybercrime
The abundance of compromised card data and other assets available online continues to hinder the fight against card-not-present (CNP) fraud.
Cybercriminals rely on tried and trusted methods for phishing; as long as there is even a four percent chance that phishing techniques will be successful, they will continue to use them.
The current state of automated teller machine (ATM) security is far from optimal, but the unique security challenges around ATMs make improvements difficult.
Against the ongoing backdrop of cyber conflict between nation states and escalating warnings from the Department of Homeland Security, critical infrastructure is becoming a central target for threat actors.
There have been so many high-profile breaches that a person’s entire life could be laid out, triangulated and, ultimately, faked by someone with the wrong set of intentions.
“Evasive phishing" is not a term much heard, but we all will—and need to—start talking a lot more about it than we have in the past.
BEC is becoming increasingly profitable for threat actors as organizations are making it easy for adversaries to gain access to the valuable information that sits within these inboxes.
We should be thinking about how users work, what they do and how it affects the security posture of the business, but does security really start with them?
As we continue to gear up for an increase in shopping this holiday season, remember that attackers continue to innovate and update their training and skills regularly.
If I have one wish for ‘Cybersecurity Awareness Month,’ it’s that we all need to be aware of the need for innovative responses on the part of the security industry, to counter a threat industry which is innovating both technical and business models at a rapid pace.
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- Facebook Steps Up Security Amid Fresh Signs of Russia Meddling
- TorGuard, NordVPN Respond to Breach Reports
- Google Boosts Site Isolation in Chrome
- New Cybersecurity Bills Promote CISOs and Privacy
- Trend Micro Acquires Cloud Security Firm Cloud Conformity
- Georgia County's Experience Shows Perils of Ransomware
- Czech Police, Intelligence Bust Russian Spy Network
- Avast Discloses New Supply-Chain Attack Attempt
- US, UK: Russian Hackers Hijacked Iranian Malware, Infrastructure
- Public, Election Officials May Be Kept in the Dark on Hacks
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