Cyber Security Newsfeeds from around the world
Awareness is key, as Cybersecurity Awareness Month is all about, but maybe we need to bring a lot more awareness to the problems behind phishing.http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/data-security/phishing-emails-responsible-for-almost-all-successful-cyberattacks.html
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EFF published the report on “Phish For The Future,” an advanced persistent spearphishing campaign targeting Freedom Activists. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) confirmed that a sophisticated spear-phishing campaign targeted the employees of Internet freedom NGOs “Free Press” and “Fight for….
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Cited as one of the largest incidents of its kind in history, the recent Equifax data breach underscores that every business and individual is vulnerable to theft of sensitive information by unscrupulous hackers. In less than a week following its… By: Wilson Elser
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news.gcu.edu – David Hernandez, a volunteer with the Arizona Cyber Warfare Range – Metro Phoenix, scans over code at the GCU-based facility, which will make its debut Oct. 7 with a soft opening and open house. The … Tweeted by @CyberExaminer https://twitter.
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More than half of U.S. businesses have experienced a cyber attack in the past year, according to a survey of executives released by Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co.http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20170928/NEWS06/912316166/Over-half-of-US-businesses-have-been-hacked-Hartford-Steam-Boiler-survey
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There are some movies you can watch over and over again. For me, it’s “Catch Me If You Can,” Steven Spielberg’s 2002 crime film based on the life of con artist, Frank Abagnale. Abagnale, portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio, poses as a variety of professions (a pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer) as he forges….http://www.viruss.eu/virus-news/catch-phish-if-you-can/
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prophecynewswatch.com – A report by internet security experts, Symantec, says that a hacking group called Dragonfly 2.0 has gained access to 20 power company networks. The American power grid has been hacked, but for some r… Tweeted by @sheryltfree https://twitter.http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=1629
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fakenewsmatters.org – As Corinne Weaver at NewsBusters noted on Tuesday, an alliance of far-leftists and Never-Trumpers has formed a group called the “Committee to Investigate Russia.” In a video posted on Monday, octogen… Tweeted by @newsfakenews https://twitter.
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We’ve uncovered the notorious EITest campaign delivering a JavaScript (JS) cryptocurrency miner (detected by Trend Micro as HKTL_COINMINE) using tech support scams as a social engineering lure. These are fraud activities impersonating legitimate technical support services, conning unwitting victims….http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/eitest-campaign-uses-tech-support-scams-deliver-coinhives-monero-miner/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20Anti-MalwareBlog%20%28Trendlabs%20Security%20Intelligence%20Blog%29
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Several of these hackers are engineering or computer science students or young professionals with day jobs, confident that the encrypted world they operate in won’t give them away.http://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/digital-security/indias-darknet-hackers-mint-bitcoins-from-illegal-assignments/60788683?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=ETRSS
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