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FCC Warns of Rising Robotext Scams
PRIVACY PRIVACY The alert revealed complaints have risen from 5700 in 2019 to 15,300 last year Read More
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Microsoft Zero-Days Sold and then Used
PRIVACY PRIVACY Yet another article about cyber-weapons arms manufacturers and their particular supply chain. This one is about Windows and Adobe Reader zero-day exploits sold by an Austrian company named DSIRF. There’s an entire industry devoted to undermining all of our security. It needs to be stopped. Read More
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Romance scammers jailed after tricking Irish OAP out of €250k
PRIVACY PRIVACY An Irish court has jailed three romance scammers who tricked a 66-year-old woman out of her life savings, and even tricked her into visiting Dubai at her own expense. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Read More
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: 6 Things That Matter Right Now
PRIVACY PRIVACY Topics that are top of mind for the week ending July 29 | Boost your security awareness program. Why fire drills hurt security teams. A quick temperature check on attack surface management. Protecting smart factories from cyberattacks. And much more! 1. Struggling to fill cybersecurity jobs? Focus on folks starting out. Cybersecurity hiring…
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Euro Police Bust €3m Internet Fraud Gang
PRIVACY PRIVACY Scammers listed fake ads to lure victims Read More
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RaaS Groups Forced to Change Tack as Payments Decline
PRIVACY PRIVACY Evolution is making attribution even harder, warns Coveware Read More
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Malicious Npm Packages Designed to Steal Discord Tokens
PRIVACY PRIVACY Kaspersky claims malware also steals card data Read More
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New HiddenAds malware affects 1M+ users and hides on the Google Play Store
PRIVACY PRIVACY Authored by Dexter Shin McAfee’s Mobile Research Team has identified new malware on the Google Play Store. Most of them are disguising themselves as cleaner apps that delete junk files or help optimize their batteries for device management. However, this malware hides and continuously show advertisements to victims. In addition, they run malicious…
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Breach Exposes Users of Microleaves Proxy Service
PRIVACY PRIVACY Microleaves, a ten-year-old proxy service that lets customers route their web traffic through millions of Microsoft Windows computers, recently fixed a vulnerability in their website that exposed their entire user database. Microleaves claims its proxy software is installed with user consent, but data exposed in the breach shows the service has a lengthy…
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Spanish Police Arrest Alleged Radioactive Monitoring Hackers
PRIVACY PRIVACY The two individuals are former workers for a third-party contractor responsible for maintaining the system, said Spanish police Read More