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04 April 2023
Microsoft has announced plans to automatically block embedded files with "dangerous extensions" in OneNote following reports that the note-taking service is being increasingly abused for malware delivery.
Up until now, users were shown a dialog warning them that opening such attachments could harm their computer and data, but it was possible to dismiss the prompt and open the files.
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03 April 2023
The adversary behind the supply chain attack targeting 3CX deployed a second-stage implant specifically singling out a small number of cryptocurrency companies.
Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, which has been internally tracking the versatile backdoor under the name Gopuram since 2020, said it observed an increase in the number of infections in March 2023 coinciding with the 3CX breach.
03 April 2023
By Dr. Ken Knapton, CIO Progrexion. Credit card fraud continues to be a significant concern for both consumers and businesses. Not only can it result in significant financial losses, but it can also damage the reputation and trust of companies affected by credit card fraud. In a Forbes Advisor poll, 33% of small business owners […]
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03 April 2023
With digitized systems, secure authentication has become a priority. Research found that insecure authentication is a primary cause of data breaches.
03 April 2023
Security leaders were surveyed on the use of personal devices for work-related tasks, balancing corporate security and employee privacy.
03 April 2023
John Clifton Davies, a 60-year-old con man from the United Kingdom who fled the country in 2015 before being sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud, has enjoyed a successful life abroad swindling technology startups by pretending to be a billionaire investor. Davies' newest invention appears to be "CodesToYou," which purports to be a "full cycle software development company" based in the U.K.
03 April 2023
An update released to the “My services” dashboard on March 20 resulted in the data breach, Service NSW chief executive officer Greg Wells said in an email to affected customers shared with AAP on Monday.
03 April 2023
A recent report by Women in CyberSecurity
on the state of inclusion of women in cybersecurity shows 68% cite leadership as a source of exclusion.
03 April 2023
Just like other Office applications, OneNote has been abused for malware delivery, especially since OneNote documents allow attackers to attach files that would be executed with few warnings to the user.
03 April 2023
Business process outsourcing giant Capita claimed today that a “cyber incident” it experienced on Friday has been largely contained, with services in the process of being restored.
03 April 2023
By Anas Baig, product manager and cyber security expert with Securiti. Doing business in the public sphere leaves entities open to malicious attacks. A study conducted by the Ponemon Institute highlights how almost 70% of organizations have been affected by malicious attacks at least once. Many of those companies suffered more than one incident. Ransomware […]
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03 April 2023
In a recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Lumen Technologies, Inc. reported it was the victim of two ransomware attacks.
03 April 2023
Much of the data in the cloud is unstructured and highly vulnerable to cyber threats. Unstructured data can include anything from emails and FedEx receipts to sensor data and social media feeds.
03 April 2023
The new ransomware strain was first reported by a victim on the BleepingComputer forums on March 28, 2023, with Zscaler's ThreatLabz soon after sharing information on Twitter.
03 April 2023
The Bank of England has issued a stern warning to banks, insurers, and market infrastructure companies to take immediate steps to bolster their defenses against a potential major cyberattack.
03 April 2023
While Western Digital did not reveal the exact services that are impacted, the My Cloud status page shows that cloud, proxy, web, authentication, emails, and push notification services are down.
03 April 2023
"E-commerce giant Pinduoduo has taken violations of privacy and data security to the next level," CNN reported, citing multiple cybersecurity experts from Asia, Europe, and the United States.
03 April 2023
The most noteworthy capabilities of OpcJacker include keylogging, taking screenshots, stealing sensitive data from browsers, loading additional modules, and replacing cryptocurrency addresses in the clipboard for hijacking purposes.
03 April 2023
News of a raid on FlyHosting first surfaced Thursday in a Telegram chat channel that is frequented by people interested or involved in the DDoS-for-hire industry, where a user by the name Dstatcc broke the news to Fly Hosting customers.
03 April 2023
Data storage devices maker Western Digital on Monday disclosed a "network security incident" that involved unauthorized access to its systems.
The breach is said to have occurred on March 26, 2023, enabling an unnamed third party to gain access to a "number of the company's systems."
Following the discovery of the hack, Western Digital said it has initiated incident response efforts and enlisted