History Shows Threats Ramp Up When Businesses Shut Down Labor Day weekend is upon us. Unfortunately, history has shown that, rather than resting, hackers and other threat actors take advantage of holidays to attack closed or understaffed businesses when they least expect it. To remind businesses not to let their guard down over the holiday…
Autodesk has confirmed that it was also targeted by the Russian state hackers behind the large-scale SolarWinds Orion supply-chain attack, almost nine months after discovering that one of its servers was backdoored with Sunburst malware. The US software and services company provides millions of customers from the design, engineering, and construction sectors with CAD (computer-aided design),…
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency , Cryptocurrency Fraud , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Experts Warn of Continued Scrutiny in Cryptocurrency Markets Dan Gunderman (dangun127) • September 3, 2021 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this week announced civil action against defunct cryptocurrency lending platform BitConnect; its founder, Satish Kumbhani; and its top U.S. promoter, Glenn…
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of data breach trends as well as other updates. In this report, you’ll hear (click on player beneath image to listen): ISMG’s Mathew Schwartz describe how phishing, ransomware and unauthorized access remain the leading causes of personal data breaches in Britain; …
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: It looks like a Lightning cable, it works like a Lightning cable, and I can use it to connect my keyboard to my Mac. But it is actually a malicious cable that can record everything I type, including passwords, and wirelessly send that data to a hacker…
Following the public release of a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) exploit for a recently disclosed Atlassian Confluence Remote Code Execution (RCE) bug, cybercriminals are actively searching for and abusing it to install cryptocurrency mining malware. CVE-2021-26084 Flaw Damage According to the Atlassian security advisory, this vulnerability impacts Confluence Server and Data Center versions before version 6.13.23, from…
Terming Virtual Private Network (VPN) services as a threat to counter cyber threats and other nefarious activities, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs reportedly wants the Indian government to ban VPN services in the country. As per a report by MediaNama, the committee explained that the reason why VPN services should be banned in…
WhatsApp image filter function had a potential security flaw that could allow hackers to get hold of sensitive data. The major security vulnerability was discovered by security research firm Check Point Research (CPR). The research firm pointed out that the flaw rooted in the image filter function of WhatsApp for Android could be triggered when…
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development , Ransomware Sophos: Methods Include ‘Intermittent Encryption’ Rashmi Ramesh • September 2, 2021 Visual comparison of the same text document encrypted by DarkSide and LockFile (Source: Sophos) The operators of LockFile ransomware have adopted new techniques, including “intermittent encryption,” to help evade detection,…
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