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A new global report on phishing attempts shows how the workforce has responded to security threats since COVID-19, and the new vulnerabilities that have resulted from the remote work landscape. Terranova Security's new "2020 Gone Phishing Tournament," part of its Phishing Benchmark Global Report, looks at the impact of phishing attacks on the remote workforce, citing an increase in phishing simulation clicks, as well as compromised data.
More than fifty networks in the North American region suddenly burst to life after being dormant for a long period of time, Spamhaus reveals. The organization noticed last week that 52 dormant networks in the ARIN area were resurrected concurrently, and that each of them has been announced by a different autonomous system number, also inactive for a significant period of time.
More than fifty networks in the North American region suddenly burst to life after being dormant for a long period of time, Spamhaus reveals. The Geneva-based international nonprofit organization...
Dubbed Chaes, the new threat is a multi-stage piece of malware designed to harvest sensitive information such as login credentials, credit card numbers, and additional financial details. The malware has been designed to specifically target MercadoLivre's payment page MercadoPago and harvest customer financial information from it.
Despite ongoing unsubstantiated claims of fraud from the outgoing Trump administration, senior election officials charged with securing the 2020 vote on Thursday said they had done so successfully. "The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history," said the Elections Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council and the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Council Executive Committees in a joint statement, along with the US government's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and other organizations.
Menacing emails to Democratic voters, telling them to vote for Donald Trump in the upcoming US elections or else, were sent by Iran, US intelligence claimed on Wednesday night. At a press conference tonight, Uncle Sam's Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said the messages were actually sent by Iranian agents, who had obtained US voter records, including contact details, seemingly to intimidate Americans.
The front man for the notorious Dark Overlord hacker gang, which threatened to leak stolen confidential information unless paid off, has been sentenced to five years behind bars in America. Wyatt was among a crew of miscreants who since 2016 operated under the Dark Overlord brand: they would hack people and organizations, and threaten to dump their victims' private documents onto the web unless payment - typically between $75,000 and $350,000 in Bitcoin - was coughed up.
The American Payroll Association says user information was stolen after attackers managed to inject a skimmer on its website. A payroll education, publications, and training provider, APA helps professionals increase their skill, offering payroll conferences and seminars, resources, and certification.
Online shopping is the most prevalent type of scam with people losing nearly $14 million to date, according to FTC data. Americans have reported 152,129 coronavirus-related fraud cases to the Federal Trade Commission since the start of 2020, according to data analyzed by Atlas VPN. FTC data further revealed that Americans have lost more than $98 million to COVID-19 and stimulus check scams.
The majority of Americans characterized data privacy as a human right, yet most still don't take adequate security precautions with their information, a KPMG report found. KPMG's The New Imperative for Corporate Data Responsibility report, released on Wednesday, surveyed American consumers to determine their attitudes toward data privacy and what they expect from corporations.