With so many people working from home, more attackers are adapting their strategies to focus on employees as a way to bypass organizations’ defenses, FCW reports. During a webcast hosted by Venable, several Federal and industry experts discussed the challenges associated with remote work, particularly in organizations that previously required physical modes of identification. Sean […]
Leaked U.S.-UK Trade Documents Show How Devastating Compromised Email Can Be
An ongoing criminal investigation highlights how classified documents stolen by Russian hackers from former U.K. trade minister Liam Fox may have been used to impact the British 2019 election. Late last year, these trade documents were leaked and disseminated online by a Russian disinformation campaign. The new addition to this story, according to Reuters, is […]
GitHub is the Latest Target of Social Engineering Phishing Attacks
Using simple alert-style email notices, scammers look to steal credentials to gain access to development code, intellectual property, and project details. While the preponderance of impersonation attacks focus on brands like Office 365, Facebook, and others, it’s only a matter of time until cybercriminals decided going after developers was a good idea. Last month, GitHub […]
Pyongyang’s Phishing with Job Offers
An attack campaign with possible ties to North Korea’s Lazarus Group targeted aerospace and military companies in Europe and the Middle East with spear phishing attacks late last year, according to researchers at ESET. The campaign, which the researchers call “Operation In(ter)ception,” used social engineering attacks on LinkedIn to trick employees into opening malware-laden documents. […]
Cybercriminals Lean Heavily on Social Engineering Tactics to Gain Access to Bank Accounts
A series of attack anecdotes shared by Brian Krebs shows how persistent and sophisticated scammers are in using social engineering tactics to gain access to their victim’s bank account details. It all starts with a bit of information about their next potential victim; using credit card records for sale on the dark web, scammers begin […]
Can COVID-19 Related Data Breach Worries Stop Your Mergers Or Acquisitions?
The WSJ just reported that the new coronavirus has thrown the M&A dealmaking into disarray. They said: “cybersecurity experts say the workplace upheaval caused by the pandemic will complicate mergers and acquisitions when activity picks up. Countless employees are working remotely on networks that might be vulnerable to attack, while others with access to confidential […]
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[Heads Up] Microsoft: Ransomware Gangs That Don’t Threaten To Leak Your Data Steal It Anyway
That means you can from now on count a ransomware infection as a data breach with all the consequences that this brings. Moreover, the so-called “human-operated” ransomware gangs have stepped up their attacks amid the pandemic to maximize their ill-gotten profits. In fact, Redmond also reported that they launched more of the file-encrypting malware on […]
German Health Authorities Lose €1.5 Million in COVID-19 Mask Purchase Scam
Reaching an all-new low, an international team of individuals setup an elaborate online scam taking advantage of the current need for healthcare equipment to fight COVID-19. Just when you think scammers can’t get any worse, you hear about a multi-national scam team intent on taking money from healthcare organizations in their time of most critical […]
COVID-19 Emails go From Zero to Half a Million a Day in Just Three Months
According to new data from security researchers at Forcepoint, the interest in coronavirus-themed emails and websites by cybercriminals is cause for concern. As with any globally newsworthy story, the bad guys find ways to piggyback on the public’s interest. And while it doesn’t look like the timing of these malicious campaigns is perfectly aligned with […]
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[Video Review] Sitting Ducks: When Employees Work from Home
Hi this is Scott Young from Optrics Engineering and we understand that things are kind of rough out there with the current pandemic. We wanted to start shooting some videos and things that we’re seeing on the networking side that might be of help to those of you out there who are managing their […]