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  • "Beware of Fake COVID-19-Themed Emails From President Trump"
    President Trump is supposed to have a final decision about whether the quarantine will be over by Easter, however malware peddlers have decided that the quarantine will be prolonged until August.  Researchers at Inky, have discovered two phishing…
  • "MIT Develops Privacy-Preserving COVID-19 Contact Tracing Inspired by Apple’s 'Find My' Feature"
    Contact tracing apps are being developed and used in some parts of the world to help stop the spread of COVID-19. A contact tracing app alerts a user when one of the people that they have shared space with is later diagnosed with COVID-19. As contact…
  • "Box Will Now Do Its Own Malware Scans on Your Files"
    The California-based cloud service provider, Box, recently announced the implementation of new anti-malware software to its current security product. Box works with more than 60 percent of Fortune 500 companies and is known for offering file-sharing and…
  • "A Cheap 3D Printer Can Trick Smartphone Fingerprint Locks"
    A new study conducted by researchers at Cisco Talos draws further attention to the possibility of defeating fingerprint scanners in smartphones and laptops. The researchers used an inexpensive ultraviolet 3D printer and fabric glue to replicate…
  • "APT Attacks Targeting Linux, Windows and Android Remained Undetected for Nearly a Decade"
    Researchers from BlackBerry have discovered 5 related APT groups, who have systematically targeted Windows systems, Linux servers, and mobile devices running Android.  These 5 APT groups have been working together, undetected for almost a decade.…
  • "New, Rapidly Evolving IoT Botnet Dark Nexus Targets Wide Variety of Devices"
    Security researchers at Bitdefender, have been following a bot called Dark Nexus since December.  It is currently at version 4.  In the three months that it was researched, the researchers observed over 30 iterations to the bot. The developer…
  • "Microsoft: How One Emotet Infection Took out This Organization's Entire Network"
    An entire business network was taken down by the infamous Emotet banking Trojan. Microsoft released details of the incident, which revealed that the attack was launched when an employee opened a phishing email containing the Emotet Trojan. It was…
  • "More Attackers Have Begun Using Zero-Day Exploits"
    Research conducted by FireEye revealed that cyberattackers exploited more zero-day vulnerabilities in 2019 than in previous years. While sophisticated advanced persistent threat groups made up a large portion of zero-day attacks, other groups were…
  • "WhatsApp Introduces New Limit on Message Forwards to Fight Spread of Misinformation"
    WhatsApp has been used by many adversaries to spread misinformation.  WhatsApp imposed a rule last year that limited the users from forwarding a message to more than five users at once.  This rule reduced the volume of message forwards globally…
  • "Zoom: Every Security Issue Uncovered in the Video Chat App"
    Social distancing orders to help fight the COVID-19 outbreak has forced millions of people to work from home, causing a significant surge in the use of the video-conferencing platform Zoom. The increased use of this platform has drawn further attention…
  • "Threat Group Lures Victims with Teddy Bears"
    The financially-motivated hacking group, FIN7, also known as the Navigator Group and the Carbanak Group, is performing a new physical phishing campaign involving the use of gift cards, teddy bears, and the U.S. Postal Service. Following the discovery of…
  • "Small Business Owners Applying For COVID-19 Relief May Have Had PII Exposed, Agency Says"
    Individuals who filled out the application to receive an Economic Injury Disaster Loan may have had personal identifiable information exposed to other applicants on the loan application website.  Once this was discovered, the impacted portion…