500,000 Huawei Users Infected with Joker Android Malware

500,000 Huawei Users Infected with Joker Android Malware

In a report,  Doctor Web’s analyst has pronounced that they have recently found Joker Android Malware, identified as multifunctional Trojans of the Android, in the official app store for Huawei devices, AppGallery. The Joker family encourages Android users to pay for all the mobile services, and according to the report, over 500,000 Huawei smartphone users…

Companies can’t avoid mobile malware attacks

Companies can’t avoid mobile malware attacks

A staggering 97% of organisations faced mobile threats that employed multiple attack vectors last year. Almost a half (46%) had at least one employee download a malicious mobile application. These are the top findings of Check Point’s 2021 Mobile Security Report.  The report examines the latest threats targeting enterprise mobile devices and gives an overview…

Cofense and StrikeForce Announce Acquisitions

Cofense and StrikeForce Announce Acquisitions

Anti-Phishing, DMARC , Email Security & Protection , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Meanwhile, OneTrust Receives Additional Funding Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • April 10, 2021     Email security provider Cofense and data security firm StrikeForce Technologies both have announced acquisitions. Meanwhile data protection firm OneTrust received additional funding. See Also: The Guide to Just-In-Time Privileged…

How Tripwire Can Help U.S. Federal Agencies Implement the CIS Controls

How Tripwire Can Help U.S. Federal Agencies Implement the CIS Controls

Digital attackers are increasingly launching sophisticated campaigns in an effort to target U.S. federal agencies and other organizations. Two recent examples demonstrate this reality. These are the SolarWinds supply chain attack and the HAFNIUM Exchange exploit campaign. The SolarWinds Supply Chain Attack In mid-December 2020, the security community learned that an advanced persistent threat (APT)…

Israel allegedly takes responsibility for Iran cyberattack – IT Security News

Israel allegedly takes responsibility for Iran cyberattack – IT Security News

Israel allegedly takes responsibility for Iran cyberattack – IT Security News 12. April 2021 Iran’s main nuclear facility suffered a cyberattack on Sunday, leading to a large scale blackout at Natanz, which Israel now appears to be taking responsibility for. Tehran’s nuclear energy chief described the attack as an act of…

Biden Nominates More Ex-NSA Officials to Top Cybersecurity Roles – IT Security News

Biden Nominates More Ex-NSA Officials to Top Cybersecurity Roles – IT Security News

Biden Nominates More Ex-NSA Officials to Top Cybersecurity Roles – IT Security News Sponsors Endpoint Cybersecurity www.endpoint-cybersecurity.com – Consulting in building your security products – Employee awareness training – Security tests for applications and pentesting … and more. Daily Summary Categories CategoriesSelect Category(ISC)2 Blog  (323)(ISC)2 Blog infosec  (13)(ISC)² Blog  (339)2020-12-08 – Files…

Check Point’s Mobile Security Report 2021: Almost Every Organization Experienced a Mobile-related Attack in 2020

Check Point’s Mobile Security Report 2021: Almost Every Organization Experienced a Mobile-related Attack in 2020

By Oleg Mogilevsky, Product Marketing Manager, Threat Prevention In 2020, 97% of organizations faced mobile threats that used various attack vectors.  46% of organizations had at least one employee download a malicious mobile application. These staggering statistics have been published in our newly released Mobile Security Report 2021. The report covers the latest threats to…

Zerodium Will Triple Payouts for RCE Exploits for WordPress CMS – IT Security News

Zerodium Will Triple Payouts for RCE Exploits for WordPress CMS – IT Security News

Zerodium Will Triple Payouts for RCE Exploits for WordPress CMS – IT Security News 12. April 2021 Zerodium is an American security company, whose main business is to develop and acquire premium zero-day exploits from security researchers and report the research, along with protective measures and security recommendations, to its government…

Russian military buildup on Ukrainian border emboldens Vladimir Putin, worries Joe Biden

Russian military buildup on Ukrainian border emboldens Vladimir Putin, worries Joe Biden

The Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said Russia would intervene to prevent ethnic cleansing of Russian speakers by the Ukrainian government, a risk he compared to the ethnic massacres of the 1990s Balkan wars, though there are no signs that such violence is imminent in Ukraine today. “The situation on the contact line in Ukraine is…