FIN7, a financially motivated Russian hacking group, has set up a fake company to lure unwitting IT specialists into supporting its continued expansion into ransomware, security researchers have found. According to researchers at Recorded Future’s Gemini Advisory unit, FIN7 — known for hacking into point-of-sale registers and stealing over $1 billion from millions of credit cards…
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Don’t Open Any Unknown Excel Attachments – They May Be Phishing Scams
A new Excel document has been circulating various finance companies as an attachment containing phishing malware. Cyber security firm ET Labs has recently detected a new type of phishing scam. In conjunction with fellow cyber security firm Morphisec, they uncovered that the scam uses an Excel spreadsheet to run programs that can harm the user’s…
Password Theft Is Now at an All-Time High
Are Your Accounts Secure? Within the past six months, there has been a massive influx in password theft attacks. A recent cyber security report has shown a massive spike in cyber crime and attempted password theft over the past six months. The COVID-19 pandemic has lead to a larger risk of cyber crime due to…
Microsoft Is Shutting Down LinkedIn for China
The company will replace it with a job listing app — called InJobs — that will not offer the social media features. Microsoft is officially pulling the plug on LinkedIn for China, as the company aims to meet “great compliance requirements” in the East Asian country with a new job listing app. Western social media…
U.S. pursues a unique solution to fight hackers. It revolves around esports.
As the United States seeks to shore up its defenses against cyberattacks, the government is seeking to harness the skills of some of the country’s most promising young minds using a model that mirrors competitive video gaming, also known as esports. U.S. Cyber Games, a project founded in April and funded by theNational Institute of…
Study: Remote Work Leads to Increased Cybersecurity Risk
A new study find business owners are having trouble mitigating the cybersecurity risk of employees working from home. While many employees love it, the shift to remote work has become a bit of problem for business owners, as one study found that working from home comes with some serious cybersecurity concerns. The pandemic has made…
Hackers are waging a guerrilla war on tech companies, revealing secrets and raising fears of collateral damage
A resurgence of ‘hacktivism’ has sought to portray cyberattacks as a moral crusade, but everyday users can also end up having their private information exposed A chain of recent, devastating hacks is exposing some of the Internet’s most fiercely guarded secrets, stepping up a guerrilla struggle between tech firms and anonymous hackers and raising fears…
1Password’s new feature lets you safely share passwords using just a link
Image Credits: 1Password Password sharing in the workplace and at home is a common practice, but doing so securely can be tricky. 1Password aims to address that with its new feature that gives you a way to share log-in credentials in a secure way even with people who don’t have an account with the service….
iOS Features Offer ‘False Sense of Privacy,’ Says Former Apple Engineer
A new study shows that Apple’s App Tracking Transparency features won’t stop apps from tracking your activity. Over the last three or four years, Apple has leaned into data transparency, building more and more features to give users control over their own privacy settings with each new iOS release. But do those features usher in…
12 Cyber Security Measures That Every Small Business Must Take
A rise in hybrid working has made businesses more vulnerable than ever to cyber crime. We show how to protect your company. Cyber security has been important to businesses since the internet existed. But as more and more workers shift to hybrid or fully remote work, the need for protecting your data and cloud-based systems…