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  • "LinkedIn Users Targeted by Spear-Phishing Campaign"

    Security researchers from eSentire Threat Response Unit (TRU) are warning LinkedIn users to beware of unsolicited job offers after revealing a new spear-phishing campaign designed to install Trojan malware on their devices.  When a victim opens the…

  • "GitHub Investigating Crypto-Mining Campaign Abusing Its Server Infrastructure"

    GitHub is investigating a series of attacks against its cloud infrastructure that allowed cybercriminals to use the company's servers to perform illicit operations for mining cryptocurrency. The attacks, which have been occurring since the fall of 2020,…

  • "Emerging Hacking Tool 'EtterSilent' Mimics DocuSign, Researchers Find"

    Security researchers at the threat intelligence company Intel 471 published a blog post discussing a malicious document builder known as EtterSilent that is growing in popularity among cybercriminals. Two versions of the maldoc builder have been seen…

  • "FBI: APTs Actively Exploiting Fortinet VPN Security Holes"

    The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are warning that advanced persistent threat (APT) nation-state actors are actively exploiting known security vulnerabilities in the Fortinet FortiOS cybersecurity operating system,…

  • "VMware Patches 2 Flaws in vRealize Operations"

    VMware recently patched two critical vulnerabilities in its vRealize Operations (vROps) discovered by Egor Dimitrenko of Positive Technologies. The vROps product offers self-driving IT operations management for private, hybrid, and multi-cloud…

  • "Engineering Oversight” Costs ForceDAO $367k"

    Hackers were able to steal cryptocurrency worth $367k from a new decentralized finance (DeFi) aggregator within hours of its launch.  ForceDAO was launched on the morning of April 3. Its operators discovered that the platform was being exploited…

  • "North Korean Hackers Are Now Using a Fake Security Company to Target Researchers"

    According to researchers at Google LLC's Threat Analysis Group (TAG), the same North Korea-backed hackers discovered to have been targeting security researchers earlier this year are now using a fake security company called SecuriElite to continue their…

  • "Facebook Data for Over 500M Users Reportedly Leaks Online"

    Personal information belonging to more than 500 million users from 106 countries has leaked online. The leaked data set includes names, birth dates, and phone numbers. Alon Gal, the CTO of cybercrime intelligence firm Hudson Rock, first discovered the…

  • "As Online Fraud Rises, 72% of Retail Brands Expect to Grow Fraud Teams"

    Researchers during a new study discovered that retailers around the world are increasing their fraud teams and budgets because of a significant rise in all types of online fraud during the pandemic.  Most (72%) of retail brands worldwide expect to…

  • "A New Stanford Initiative Aims to Ensure 5G Networks Are Reliable and Secure"

    A team of researchers at the Stanford University School of Engineering will demonstrate how an arrangement of computer-controlled drones can be managed with precision even if the 5G network that controls it is being hit with a cyberattack. The success or…

  • "CMMC Under Internal Review at DoD for 'Potential Improvements'"

    The Pentagon is conducting an internal review of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program to explore potential improvements for the program's implementation. The goal of the Department of Defense's (DoD) CMMC program is to ensure…

  • "Financial Sector Remains Most Targeted by Threat Actors: IBM"

    IBM Security researchers in a new study discovered that organizations in the financial and insurance sectors were the most targeted by threat actors in 2020.  Manufacturing and energy became the second and third most targeted industries last year…