As the pandemic continues around the world, malware authors have hijacked its importance and use it to their advantage. Covid-19 and its various references have been showing up more frequently in phishing lures, masquerading as phony apps, and in many …
Cybersecurity researchers in Germany published findings this week that mailto links can be abused to covertly steal local files from victims and email them to the attacker. “Mailto” links use a special protocol that opens up a new email “compose” windo…
As more online learning is happening thanks to virtual classrooms, the potential for data breaches and malware spread increases. That is because these remote connections and user data collected could be compromised by hackers.
Capitalizing on the new Instagram short-form video platform Reels, which launched on August 5th, scammers immediately began profiting from the sale of phony views and likes. According to a Business Insider report, one seller made enough in five days to…
Twelve Tuesdays from today, the US national elections will take place, and infosec professionals are doing their best to adapt to changing circumstances brought on by both the pandemic and the tense cyber-politics surrounding them.
The United States National Security Agency (NSA) issued an advisory this week on the dangers of location data exposure, providing various ways users can mitigate the risk. While the guidance in the document is intended for Department of Defense (DoD) e…
Late last month, security researchers discovered a major vulnerability in the software that controls how PCs boot their operating systems. This is one of those issues that sounds scarier than it is. Fixing it will be a major process, especially for Lin…
Nearly two weeks after getting shut down by a ransomware attack, navigation and fitness giant Garmin’s systems are getting back to normal. As of late last week, users’ dashboards and workout data were up and running. Functionality for other services li…
IBM published its annual study on data breaches, which looks at causes, costs of damages, and trends on a global scale. This year’s report found that data breaches cost the victimized organization an average of $3.86M in damages. Healthcare was found t…
This week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) indicted two Chinese nationals on charges that include the theft of American trade secrets and a recent targeting of COVID-19 research centers. The DoJ claims that the suspects acted sometimes for their o…