Security News

COVID-19 impact on SecOps: Increased threats, greater investments in automation
2021-02-09 04:30

Siemplify released a research that studies how the sudden shift to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic has affected SecOps analysts' ability to perform their jobs and the impact on overall security postures. The overall cybersecurity posture has remained strong due to greater investments in security automation technologies and reliance on managed security service providers, potentially paving the way for many security operations centers to become permanently remote, a Siemplify survey reveals.

Identity Theft Spikes Due to COVID-19 Relief
2021-02-02 14:00

Cases of identity theft in the United States doubled in 2020, mainly due to cybercriminals taking advantage of people affected economically by COVID-19 who filed to receive government benefits. This is according to the Federal Trade Commission, which received about 1.4 million reports of identity theft last year, according to a blog post published Monday, when the commission kicked off its annual "Identity Theft Awareness Week.".

Dutch Insider Attack on COVID-19 Data
2021-01-27 14:59

Dutch police have arrested two individuals on Friday for allegedly selling data from the Dutch health ministry's COVID-19 systems on the criminal underground. According to Verlaan, the two suspects worked in DDG call centers, where they had access to official Dutch government COVID-19 systems and databases.

The impact of COVID-19 on how CISOs make buying decisions
2021-01-26 06:00

To get a sense of the real impact of the pandemic on cyber security, we conducted a wide-ranging survey with UK IT decision makers on their expectations and priorities for the next 12 months. More than half of the CISOs and other IT security decision makers responding to our research indicated that EDR was a purchasing priority.

Beware of this active UK NHS COVID-19 vaccination phishing attack
2021-01-25 23:27

A very active phishing campaign is underway pretending to be from the UK's National Health Service, alerting recipients that they are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The phishing email, shown below, asks the recipient if they want to accept or decline the invitation to schedule their COVID-19 vaccination.

Beware of active UK NHS COVID-19 vaccination phishing campaign
2021-01-25 23:27

A very active phishing campaign is underway pretending to be from the UK's National Health Service, alerting recipients that they are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The phishing email, shown below, asks the recipient if they want to accept or decline the invitation to schedule their COVID-19 vaccination.

How scammers are exploiting COVID-19 vaccines
2021-01-21 14:00

The rollout of vaccines for the coronavirus has been a much-needed piece of good news following the devastating effects of the pandemic in 2020. A report published Thursday by fraud prevention company Bolster looks at the latest ways in which bad actors are capitalizing on the new vaccines.

New AI software can turn regular security cameras into COVID-19 policy enforcement points
2021-01-19 15:30

Peachtree Corners, GA, a city northeast of Atlanta known for its pioneering use of smart city technology, is adding a new tool to its lineup: Artificial intelligence-powered software that gives security cameras the ability to tell if people are violating COVID-19 regulations. The software, created by UK-based CCTV tech company Cawamo, can be used on any security camera, meaning there's no need to buy new hardware in order to use it.

Hackers Leak Stolen Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Data
2021-01-13 17:15

The EMA is an agency of the European Union in charge of the evaluation and supervision of medicinal products in the E.U, similar to the FDA in the U.S. In December, the agency disclosed that threat actors broke into its server and accessed documentation about the vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech. Specifically accessed were some documents relating to the regulatory submission for the companies' COVID-19 vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, which was stored on the EMA server, a Pfizer spokesperson confirmed to Threatpost.

Hackers Publish COVID-19 Vaccine Data Stolen From EU Medicines Agency
2021-01-13 14:29

Hackers have started leaking documents related to COVID-19 medicine and vaccines that were stolen from the European Medicines Agency in early December 2020. While EMA did not provide information on the affected third-parties, Pfizer and BioNTech at the time published a joint statement to reveal that the incident resulted in hackers accessing "Some documents relating to the regulatory submission for Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine candidate, BNT162b2."