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"Warning! Fake Zoom “HR Meeting” Emails Phish For Your Password"Adversaries are sending emails to individuals posing as an HR representative from their place of work. The email states that if the individual misses this Zoom meeting, which is happening right now, the individual will then lose their job. Once the… -
"Researchers Spot Banking Trojan Using COVID-19 Crisis to Attack Users"The banking Trojan Grandoreiro has been discovered by ESET researchers to be exploiting the COVID-19 crisis to attack users. According to ESET, the videos on fake websites claiming to provide important information about the virus are being used to mask… -
"Hackers Mount Zero-Day Attacks on Sophos Firewalls"Adversaries are targeting the Sophos XG firewall (both virtual and physical versions) using a zero-day exploit. The ultimate goal of the adversaries is to drop the Asnarok malware on vulnerable appliances. The bug in question is a pre-…
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Pub Crawl #37Pub Crawl summarizes, by hard problems, sets of publications that have been peer reviewed and presented at SoS conferences or referenced in current work. The topics are chosen for their usefulness for current researchers.
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"Mobile Phone Data Is Useful in Coronavirus Battle. But Are People Protected Enough?"Countries are using geo-location, mobile technology to trace people testing positive for COVID-19, and people possibly exposed to the disease in order to track the pandemic's spread and patterns. However, there are concerns about the risk posed… -
"A Privacy Paradox: Why Do People So Readily Give Up Information Online?"If asked, most people would likely say that they are concerned about their online privacy. However, previous studies have shown that, in reality, people often willingly disclosure their private information online. A new study conducted by a team of… -
"WHO Reports 'Dramatic' Increase in Cyberattacks"The World Health Organization (WHO), have witnessed a "dramatic" increase in the number of cyberattacks targeting them since the beginning of COVID-19. The number of hacking incidents and cyberattacks targeting WHO is now 5 times the amount the WHO saw…
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"Most IT Leaders Believe Remote Workers are a Security Risk"A new survey by researchers at Apricorn found that 57 percent of the IT leaders surveyed believe that remote workers from their organizations will expose their organizations to the threat of a data breach. 44 percent of the IT leaders stated that… -
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"Scammers Are Using Fake Coronavirus Stimulus Payment Sites to Steal Your Money"Cybercriminals are using the distribution of stimulus payments aimed at fighting the negative economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic to steal data and money. Researchers at Check Point discovered an increase in malicious stimulus-themed websites and… -
"These Anti-Quarantine Websites Are Fakes. Here's What They're Really After"The threat-intelligence company DomainTools discovered a significant number of newly registered domain names with the word "reopen" in the URL. These domain names are supposedly tied to the campaign launched against state lockdown measures enforced to…
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CoR&OnavirusCoR&Onavirus COVID-19 responses highlight issues of resiliency, policy-based governance, and human factors.