Month: October 2020
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Live Webinar | New Account Fraud: The Role of Digital Behavior in Detection
From credit cards and mule accounts to a wide range of lending products, cybercriminals are sparing no effort to turn a profit by …
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WordPress Patches 3-Year-Old High-Severity RCE Bug
WordPress released a 5.5.2 update to its ubiquitous web publishing software platform. The update patches a high-severity bug, which could …
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Predictions 2021: Privacy becomes an imperative in a year of transition
Next year — 2021 — will be a year of transition. As communities, consumers, and businesses leave the pandemic behind, they will embrace a …
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Firestarter Android Malware Abuses Google Firebase Cloud Messaging
An APT group is starting fires with a new Android malware loader, which uses a legitimate Google messaging service to bypass detection. The …
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Vastaamo psychotherapy data breach sees the most vulnerable victims extorted
“Hell is too nice a place for these people.” Never have we seen outrage about a cybercrime at such a level. The outrage is aimed at …
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Wisc. GOP’s $2.3M MAGA Hat Debacle Showcases Fraud Concerns
The Wisconsin Republican party’s war chest is lighter by $2.3 million after scammers posing as MAGA-hat vendors were able to spoof …
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New Wroba Campaign Is Latest Sign of Growing Mobile Threats
A new malware campaign targeting smartphone users in the US is the latest sign that mobile devices are becoming the next big target for …
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Why Securing Secrets in Cloud and Container Environments Is Important – and How to Do It
Key-based “secrets” are required to authorize access and communications across all cloud applications and services, including login …
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Google discloses Windows zero-day exploited in the wild
Security researchers from Google have disclosed today a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows operating system that is currently under …
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The Russians are at it again: Zebrocy backdoor malware is evolving, Uncle Sam warns close to eve of presidential election
The US government, in full pre-presidential election high alert, has issued a warning about an evolved strain of backdoor malware from a …
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Wroba Mobile Banking Trojan Spreads to the U.S. via Texts
The Wroba mobile banking trojan has made a major pivot, targeting people in the U.S. for the first …
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Halloween News Wrap: The Election, Hospital Deaths and Other Scary Cyberattack Stories
Threatpost breaks down the scariest stories of the week ended Oct. 30 haunting the security industry — including bugs that just won’t …
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