CVE-2021-1522

At least 30,0000 organizations across the US have been hacked over the last few days through flaws in Microsoft’s Exchange server email software, sources familiar with the matter told KrebsOnSecurity. The “unusually aggressive Chinese cyber espionage unit” that Microsoft calls “Hafnium” is focusing on stealing emails from a range of victims, including companies, small businesses,…

A new academic study has highlighted a number of privacy and security pitfalls associated with recycling mobile phone numbers that could be abused to stage a variety of exploits, including account takeovers, conduct phishing and spam attacks, and even prevent victims from signing up for online services. Nearly 66% of the recycled numbers that were…

“We must never let any internet giant control a super database that has more detailed personal information than the state, let alone giving it the right to use the data at will,” the paper said in the commentary. While it’s not clear how Didi illegally collected personal data, companies should gather the least amount of…

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Social Engineering Millions of Smartphone Users Nationwide Are Targets Dan Gunderman (dangun127) • August 9, 2021     (Photo: Oleg Magni/Unsplash) The Federal Trade Commission has issued a warning about a new smishing scheme targeting millions of smartphones nationwide that impersonates state workforce agencies in an…

Microsoft Edge Bug Could’ve Let Hackers Steal Your Secrets for Any Site | IT Security News 28. June 2021 This article has been indexed from The Hacker News Microsoft last week rolled out updates for the Edge browser with fixes for two security issues, one of which concerns a security bypass vulnerability that could be exploited…

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Governance & Risk Management Company Outlines Steps After REvil Ransomware Attack Dan Gunderman (dangun127) , Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • July 6, 2021     Kaseya’s Tuesday update Watch for updates on this developing story. See Also: Live Panel | Zero Trusts Given- Harnessing the Value of…