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COVID-Themed Lures Target SCADA Sectors With Data Stealing Malware
A new malware campaign has been found using coronavirus-themed lures to strike government and energy sectors in Azerbaijan with remote access trojans RAT capable of exfiltrating sensitive documents, keystrokes, passwords, and even images from the webcam. The targeted attacks employ Microsoft Word...
Russian Hackers Went After San Francisco International Airport
Plus: Windows zero days, Covid-19 spam, and more of the week's top security news...
Attacks on Linksys Routers Trigger Mass Password Reset
UPDATE Home Linksys router users were targeted in a cyberattack that changed router settings, and redirected requests for specific webpages and domains to malicious Coronavirus-themed landing pages that were booby-trapped with malware. Researchers identified the attack last month, and earlier thi...
Hackers Update Age-Old Excel 4.0 Macro Attack
Hackers have updated the age-old Excel malware attack technique with a new passwordless twist. Researchers have identified a new method that no longer requires victims to enter a password to open a danger document, more readily exposing them to potential malware infection. Researchers from securi...
Apple and Google Respond to Covid-19 Contact Tracing Concerns
Apple and Google's Bluetooth-based system isn't perfect. But many of the biggest concerns have solutions...
Staying Healthy, Focused, and Above All Grateful During the COVID-19 Crisis
By now, we are all subject in one way or another to the far-reaching impact of COVID-19. As we see on the news each day, the numbers of those infected by this deadly coronavirus continue to grow in terrifying increments. And even for those of us without family members or friends directly impacted...
New Cyber Threat Index Shows Industries Are Under Attack in Uncertain Times
It has been more than a month since businesses around the world started to implement contingencies in response to the Coronavirus. The Cyber Threat Index Report by Imperva Research Labs tracks changes in traffic and attack trends across multiple industries and countries. This month’s edition look...
How the COVID-19 epidemic is like cybersecurity
Today, every citizen is on the front lines of the epidemic. We are flooded with information about staying safe, keeping an eye out, and left to process unfamiliar language. We are all suddenly doctors and epidemiologists analyzing information and predicting how the world is changing. With countle...
California Needlessly Reduces Privacy During COVID-19 Pandemic
This one isn't even related to contact tracing: On March 17, 2020, the federal government relaxed a number of telehealth-related regulatory requirements due to COVID-19. On April 3, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-43-20 the Order, which relaxes various telehealth...
Amid COVID-19, Global Orgs See a 148% Spike in Ransomware Attacks; Finance Industry Heavily Targeted
Cyber criminals often exploit fear and uncertainty during major world events by launching cyberattacks. These attacks are often performed with social engineering campaigns leveraging malicious emails that lure victims to install malware that steals financial data and other valuable personal...
COVID-19 Has United Cybersecurity Experts, But Will That Unity Survive the Pandemic?
The Coronavirus has prompted thousands of information security professionals to volunteer their skills in upstart collaborative efforts aimed at frustrating cybercriminals who are seeking to exploit the crisis for financial gain. Whether it's helping hospitals avoid becoming the next ransomware...
PPE, COVID-19 Medical Supplies Targeted by BEC Scams
Much has been publicized about the shortage of personal protective equipment PPE and other supplies for healthcare facilities in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the FBI is warning that threat actors are taking advantage of efforts to procure PPE and critical equipment such as...
Minimize business disruption and move forward with solid assessment guidance
COVID-19 has seized the worlds attention by disrupting the economy, the workforce, and our personal lives. While no one knows when this pandemic is going to end or its lasting impact, Coalfire is listening closely to our customers and doing everything we can to minimize disruption to their...
Watch: Flaw exploited to post fake COVID-19 clips from TikTok accounts
By Deeba Ahmed In their demonstration, researchers showed how they published fake COVID-19 videos from WHO and TikTok's official accounts. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Watch: Flaw exploited to post fake COVID-19 clips from TikTok accounts...
Lock and Code S1Ep4: coronavirus and responding to computer viruses with Akshay Bhargava
This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet. In addition, we talk to Akshay Bhargava, Chief Product Officer of Malwarebytes, about the similarities between coronavirus and computer viruses. We discuss computer virus...
Contact Tracing COVID-19 Infections via Smartphone Apps
Google and Apple have announced a joint project to create a privacy-preserving COVID-19 contact tracing app. Details, such as we have them, are here. It's similar to the app being developed at MIT, and similar to others being described and developed elsewhere. It's nice seeing the privacy...
The Building Wave of Internet Traffic
The Novel Coronavirus, and the resulting viral respiratory illness caused by it, COVID-19, is changing our world. As much as possible, people around the world are practicing social distancing. This means working remotely for a large number of people, possibly...
Google and Apple Plan to Turn Phones into COVID-19 Contact-Tracking Devices
Tech giants Apple and Google have joined forces to develop an interoperable contact-tracing tool that will help individuals determine if they have come in contact with someone infected with COVID-19. As part of this new initiative, the companies are expected to release an API that public agencies...
COVID-19 Phishing: Exploiting a Global Pandemic
It's sad to think criminals are hard at work taking advantage of the extraordinary stress the world's population is currently experiencing. But they are. New phishing scams exploiting anxiety about COVID-19 are trending upward. Akamai's Carrier Data Science and Threat Research teams analyzing...