SMS Phishing Scam Impersonates State Agencies

SMS Phishing Scam Impersonates State Agencies

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…

Cybercriminals are scanning servers for the Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell RCE vulnerabilities after technical details presented at the Black Hat

Cybercriminals are scanning servers for the Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell RCE vulnerabilities after technical details presented at the Black Hat

Cybercriminals are scanning servers for the Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell RCE vulnerabilities after technical details presented at the Black Hat We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy…

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FTC official raps Facebook for booting political ads probe – Silicon Valley

FTC official raps Facebook for booting political ads probe – Silicon Valley

By Marcy Gordon | Associated Press WASHINGTON — A senior Federal Trade Commission official is criticizing Facebook’s move to shut down the personal accounts of two academic researchers and terminate their probe into misinformation spread through political ads on the social network. Facebook wrongly used a 2019 data-privacy settlement with the FTC to justify shutting…

Climate change: ‘Sea levels will rise even if carbon emissions are cut’

Climate change: ‘Sea levels will rise even if carbon emissions are cut’

Sea levels will continue to rise for years to come even if the world cuts emissions of greenhouse gases, Prof Ed Hawkins, the lead author of the UN’s climate change report, has warned. He told BBC World News that if the world achieved net zero emissions it would stop extreme weather events getting worse, but…

Internet Scanned for Microsoft Exchange Servers Vulnerable to ProxyShell Attacks

Internet Scanned for Microsoft Exchange Servers Vulnerable to ProxyShell Attacks

Organizations have been warned that hackers have started scanning the internet for Microsoft Exchange servers affected by a series of vulnerabilities that were disclosed by researchers last week. Orange Tsai, principal researcher at security consulting firm DEVCORE, discovered that Microsoft Exchange servers are affected by three vulnerabilities that can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers for…

Why Facebook cut access to NYU Ad Observatory researchers

Why Facebook cut access to NYU Ad Observatory researchers

The Ad Observatory project at NYU was started by the Cybersecurity for Democracy group with over 6,500 volunteers at the University’s school of engineering in September 2020 Last week, Facebook Inc said it suspended accounts and access of New York University’s Ad Observatory project researchers, stating their research practices were against the company’s terms of…

Google, Amazon, and Microsoft Join US Cyber Team to Fight Ransomware

Google, Amazon, and Microsoft Join US Cyber Team to Fight Ransomware

US cybersecurity officials on Thursday said Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have enlisted to help them fight ransomware and defend cloud computing systems from hackers. The tech giants are among firms signed on to be part of a Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative intended to combine government and private skills and resources to fight hackers, according to…

China-Linked Cyberespionage Operation Suggests Interest in SCADA Systems

China-Linked Cyberespionage Operation Suggests Interest in SCADA Systems

A cyberespionage group that appears to be based in China has been seen targeting critical infrastructure organizations in Southeast Asia, and the attackers may be interested in industrial control systems (ICS). It’s not uncommon for Chinese threat actors to target Southeast Asia. Over the past years, they have been observed targeting organizations in the military,…