A new worm phishing campaign discovered by cybersecurity architect and bug bounty hunter Craig Hays has gained widespread attention as a new method of password theft. Hays outlined the phishing …
Experts Warn of $15m Global BEC Campaign
A new widespread Business Email Compromise (BEC) campaign has already stolen over $15 million from roughly 150 organizations, according to cybersecurity professionals. The campaign was first …
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Zerologon Attacks Against Microsoft DCs Snowball in a Week
Last week, the first active exploits of the Microsoft Zerologon vulnerability (CVE-2020-1472) were flagged. Now, just over a week later, threat actors are leveraging the bug to attempt to take over …
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Swatch Group Hit by Likely Ransomware Attack
Swatch Group, the world's leading watchmaker, announced yesterday that it had been the victim of a suspected ransomware attack over the weekend in which its IT systems were taken offline. Swatch …
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U.K., Canada Impose Sanctions on Belarusian President Lukashenko
Canada and the UK have imposed sanctions on authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko and the senior figures of his administration following concerning behavior over election integrity in Belarus. …
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China Greenlights Another Covid-19 Vaccine for Human Testing
AstraZeneca, a Chinese drugmaker on the frontlines of the COVID-19 vaccine development, has been collaborating with PLC to produce a vaccine for the infectious disease, which has now killed over one …
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Singapore touts blockchain use in COVID-19 data management
Singapore has allegedly developed a blockchain-powered Digital Health Passport through its government-owned investment firm SGInnovate and Singapore-based startup Accredify. The technology offers a …
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Former Amazon Employee Charged with $1.4m Insider Trading Scheme
On Monday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged a former Amazon finance manager and two family members with inside trading after an investigation concluded the former employee …
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Las Vegas Students’ Personal Data Leaked, Post-Ransomware Attack
A researcher reportedly found an open data cache exposing personally identifiable information for thousands of Las Vegas students that was released after the Clark County School district refused to …
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4.83 million DDoS attacks took place in the first half of 2020, a 15% increase
Cybersecurity firm Netscout revealed in a recent report that DDoS attacks soared in the first half of 2020, with attackers honing in on healthcare, e-commerce, and educational services all linked to …