SMS About Bank Fraud as a Pretext for Voice Phishing
Most of us have probably heard the term “smishing” — which is a portmanteau for traditional ph ishing scams sent through SMS text messages. Smishi... Read more
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, November 2021 Edition
Microsoft Corp. today released updates to quash at least 55 security bugs in its Windows operating systems and other software. Two of the patches... Read more
REvil Ransom Arrest, $6M Seizure, and $10M Reward
The U.S. Department of Justice today announced the arrest of Ukrainian man accused of deploying ransomware on behalf of the REvil ransomware gang... Read more
‘Tis the Season for the Wayward Package Phish
The holiday shopping season always means big business for phishers, who tend to find increased success this time of year with a time-honored lure abo... Read more
The ‘Groove’ Ransomware Gang Was a Hoax
A number of publications in September warned about the emergence of “ Groove ,” a new ransomware group that called on competing extortion gangs to un... Read more
‘Trojan Source’ Bug Threatens the Security of All Code
Virtually all compilers — programs that transform human-readable source code into computer-executable machine code — are vulnerable to an insidious a... Read more
Zales.com Leaked Customer Data, Just Like Sister Firms Jared, Kay Jewelers Did in 2018
In December 2018, bling vendor Signet Jewelers fixed a weakness in their Kay Jewelers and Jared websites that exposed the order information for... Read more
FBI Raids Chinese Point-of-Sale Giant PAX Technology
U.S. federal investigators today raided the Florida offices of PAX Technology , a Chinese provider of point-of-sale devices used by millions of busi... Read more
Conti Ransom Gang Starts Selling Access to Victims
The Conti ransomware affiliate program appears to have altered its business plan recently. Organizations infected with Conti’s malware who refuse t... Read more
Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting Security Vulnerability
On Wednesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran a story about how its staff discovered and reported a security vulnerability in a Missouri state educ... Read more
How Coinbase Phishers Steal One-Time Passwords
A recent phishing campaign targeting Coinbase users shows thieves are getting cleverer about phishing one-time passwords (OTPs) needed to complete... Read more
Patch Tuesday, October 2021 Edition
Microsoft today issued updates to plug more than 70 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including one vulnerabili... Read more
Unified endpoint management automation software to boost endpoint security
Endpoints are constantly connected to the internet, so they offer a gateway for cyberattacks. Endpoint security is simply the process of protecting y... Read more
What Happened to Facebook, Instagram, & WhatsApp?
Facebook and its sister properties Instagram and WhatsApp are suffering from ongoing, global outages. We don’t yet know why this happened, but... Read more
Elastic Stack API Security Vulnerability Exposes Customer and System Data
The mis-implementation of Elastic Stack, a collection of open-source products that employ APIs for crucial data aggregation, search, and analytics ca... Read more
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A whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleged last week…
