Microsoft Flags Multi-Stage AitM Phishing and BEC Attacks Targeting Energy Firms

Microsoft has warned of a multi‑stage adversary‑in‑the‑middle AitM phishing and business email compromise BEC campaign targeting multiple organizations in the energy sector. "The campaign abused SharePoint file‑sharing services to deliver phishing payloads and relied on inbox rule creation to...

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-39250

Matrix JavaScript SDK is the Matrix Client-Server software development kit SDK for JavaScript. Prior to version 19.7.0, an attacker cooperating with a malicious homeserver could interfere with the verification flow between two users, injecting its own cross-signing user identity in place of one o...

White House Security Czar Howard Schmidt Retiring

Howard Schmidt, the top White House information security adviser, is retiring after more than two years on the job and several decades in security both in government and private industry. Schmidt is in his second stint as the White House security chief and he’s leaving at a time when cybersecurit...

White House Cyber-Security Strategy Could Guard Health Care Payments !

The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace aims to help consumers pay for services such as health care more securely and avoid identity theft. Recent guidelines issued by the White House on cyber-security could provide an impetus for secure online bill paying in health care,...

Government Details Vision of Trusted Identities

The White House has published a draft of a strategy designed to make the concept of trusted identities and authentication more of a reality in the digital world. Read the full article. eWEEK...