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"Hackers Are Taking Over Twitter Accounts to Advertise Face Masks"Many Twitter accounts were recently hacked to advertise a website, called "Masks 2 U", claiming to sell face masks, toilet paper, respirators, and thermometers, further highlighting the different ways in which hackers and scammers are leveraging the… -
"Online Credit Card Skimmers Are Thriving During the Pandemic"The coronavirus outbreak has caused a surge in online shopping, and digital skimmers will take advantage of it. According to researchers at RiskIQ, web-based card-skimming attacks increased by 20% in March. Web skimming refers to the injection of… -
"Zoom Phishers Register 2000 Domains in a Month"Researchers from BrandShield have found 2000 new phishing domains that have been set up over the past month, because of the surging demand for Zoom so that employees can work from home. Since the beginning of the year, 3300 new domains have been…
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"FBI Warns of Ongoing Kwampirs Attacks Targeting Global Industries"The FBI warns of a malware campaign targeting healthcare organizations and other organizations across industries, including engineering, energy, and finance. A Remote Access Trojan (RAT) known as Kwampirs has been used in attacks against major… -
"Researchers Develop Faster Way to Replace Bad Data With Accurate Information"Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Army Research Office developed a new model to show how old or inaccurate information is disseminated in online social networks and the Internet of Things (IoT). The circulation of competing… -
"The SOC Emergency Room Faces Malware Pandemic"Security professionals can learn from countries that have responded rapidly and firmly to the spread of COVID-19 to develop new ways to protect their organizations from hacking. As the coronavirus pandemic continues, security operation center (SOC) and… -
"Millions of Guests Impacted in Marriott Data Breach, Again"Marriott hotels, for the second time in two years, has suffered a significant data breach. This current breach affects approximately 5.2 million of their guests. The attack was carried out by adversaries through a third-party software that…
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"21% of SMBs Do Not Have a Data Backup or Disaster Recovery Solution in Place"A survey conducted by Infrascale to which more than 500 C-level executives responded, reveals that 21% of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) do not have solutions in place to protect the data they store and handle. Cyberattacks remain a significant…
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"Preventing Quantum Cyberattacks"Cryptographic security is essential across many realms in which sensitive data is exchanged, including defense, healthcare, social networking, and banking, as cyberattacks continue to grow in frequency and sophistication. Scientists working with the…
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"Backdoor Secrets Leave Mobile Apps Vulnerable to Hacking"Cybersecurity researchers at Ohio State University found that a significant number of mobile apps have hidden behaviors that leave them vulnerable to hacking. The research team assessed 150,000 apps, 100,000 of which are the top apps downloaded from the… -
"Facebook, YouTube Warn Of More Mistakes As Machines Replace Moderators"Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter have sent most of their tech workers to work from home, as the coronavirus spreads. Since most workers are working from home, this means that social media companies are relying more heavily on automated systems to… -