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Tentacles of ‘0ktapus’ Threat Group Victimize 130 Firms

Over 130 companies tangled in sprawling phishing campaign that spoofed a multi-factor authentication system. Targeted attacks on Twilio and Cloudflare employees are tied to a massive phishing campaign ...
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Phishing Attacks Skyrocket with Microsoft and Facebook as Most Abused Brands

Instances of phishing attacks leveraging the Microsoft brand increased 266 percent in Q1 compared to the year prior. The bloom is back on phishing attacks with criminals doubling down on fake messages ...
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Watering Hole Attacks Push ScanBox Keylogger

Researchers uncover a watering hole attack likely carried out by APT TA423, which attempts to plant the ScanBox JavaScript-based reconnaissance tool. A China-based threat actor has ramped up efforts ...
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Cybercriminals Are Selling Access to Chinese Surveillance Cameras

Tens of thousands of cameras have failed to patch a critical, 11-month-old CVE, leaving thousands of organizations exposed. New research indicates that over 80,000 Hikvision surveillance cameras in ...
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Fake Reservation Links Prey on Weary Travelers

Fake travel reservations are exacting more pain from the travel weary, already dealing with the misery of canceled flights and overbooked hotels. A longtime threat group identified as TA558 has ramped ...
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Twitter Whistleblower Complaint: The TL;DR Version

Twitter is blasted for security and privacy lapses by the company’s former head of security who alleges the social media giant’s actions amount to a national security risk. A recently surfaced 84-page ...
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Microsoft Patches ‘Dogwalk’ Zero-Day and 17 Critical Flaws

August Patch Tuesday tackles 121 CVEs, 17 critical bugs and one zero-day bug exploited in the wild. Microsoft is urging users to patch a zero-day vulnerability dubbed Dogwalk that is actively being ...
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Portugal Media Giant Impresa Crippled by Ransomware Attack

The websites of the company and the Expresso newspaper, as well as all of its SIC TV channels remained offline Tuesday after the New Year’s weekend attack. Media giant Impresa, which owns the largest ...
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Critical ManageEngine Desktop Server Bug Opens Orgs to Malware

Zoho’s comprehensive endpoint-management platform suffers from an authentication-bypass bug (CVE-2021-44757) that could lead to remote code execution. A critical security vulnerability in the Zoho ...
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Microsoft Faces Wormable, Critical RCE Bug & 6 Zero-Days

The large January 2022 Patch Tuesday update covers nine critical CVEs, including a self-propagator with a 9.8 CVSS score. Microsoft has addressed a total of 97 security vulnerabilities in its January ...
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Researchers Bypass Apple FaceID Using Biometrics ‘Achilles Heel’

Researchers were able to bypass Apple’s FaceID using a pair of glasses with tape on the lenses. LAS VEGAS – Vulnerabilities have been uncovered in the authentication process of biometrics technology ...
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Low-Detection Phishing Kits Increasingly Bypass MFA

A growing class of phishing kits – transparent reverse proxy kits – are being used to get past multi-factor authentication using MiTM tactics. More and more phishing kits are focusing on bypassing ...