Security News > 2020

Preying on public fears, the ongoing coronavirus outbreak is proving to be a goldmine of opportunity for attackers to stage a variety of malware attacks, phishing campaigns, and create scam sites and malicious tracker apps. Now in a fresh twist, third-party Android app developers too have begun to take advantage of the situation to use coronavirus-related keywords in their app names, descriptions, or in the package names so as to drop malware, perpetrate financial theft and rank higher in Google Play Store searches related to the topic.

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InterVision, a leading IT strategic service provider and Premier Consulting Partner in the Amazon Web Services Partner Network, has officially announced AWS Managed Services by InterVision to help enterprise IT teams accelerate cloud adoption, lower operational costs, and mitigate security and compliance risk. Built on the foundational infrastructure, tools, and automation of AWS Managed Services, this service is designed to provide enhanced operational standards driven by AWS best practices.

Gigamon, the company providing network visibility and analytics on all information-in-motion, announced that Andrew R. Harding has joined the company as its first ever Chief Product Officer. An expert in delivering visionary strategies and game-changing products, Harding will help Gigamon continue its strong growth trajectory, demonstrated in 2019, which ended with the strongest fourth quarter in company history.

Here are steps hospital IT admins can take to prevent ransomware and safeguard patient data. Health agencies, and medical facilities can be particularly exposed to ransomware as they hold sensitive research information and patient data that they can't afford to lose.

A critical flaw in a web server for the CODESYS automation software for engineering control systems could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to crash a server or execute code. In this case, the bug exists in the CODESYS web server, which is used to display CODESYS system visualization screens in a web browser.

Proton Technologies, the company behind the privacy-focused ProtonMail and ProtonVPN services, this week disclosed the existence of a vulnerability in Apple's iOS mobile operating system that prevents VPN applications from encrypting all traffic. When a VPN is used, the device's operating system should close all existing internet connections and reestablish them through a VPN tunnel to protect the user's data and privacy.

On Wednesday, AMD confirmed intellectual property related to its graphics processors was stolen last year, though insisted the leaked files will not damage its business nor compromise product security. Two days ago, AMD issued two Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown notices to GitHub, directing the Microsoft-owned code storage biz to remove five repositories - an original repo and four copies - that contained confidential internal hardware source code for its Navi family of GPUs.

There has been a steady increase in the number of coronavirus COVID-19-related email attacks since January, according to security firm Barracuda Networks, but researchers have observed a recent spike in this type of attack, up a whopping 667% since the end of February. "The attacks use common phishing tactics that are seen regularly; however, a growing number of campaigns are using the coronavirus as a lure to try to trick distracted users to capitalize on the fear and uncertainty of their intended victims," the company said.

The spread of the coronavirus has forced more people to work from home to avoid close contact with others. SEE: How to work from home: IT pro's guidebook to telecommuting and remote work.