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Hackers using hidden mobile apps and unique distribution methods to target consumers

Issued by: Help Net Security

Hackers are using hidden mobile apps, third-party login and counterfeit gaming videos to target consumers, according to McAfee. Last year, hackers targeted consumers with a wide variety of methods, from backdoors to mining cryptocurrencies. Hackers have expanded the ways of hiding their attacks, making them increasingly difficult to identify and remove, which makes it seem…

Network Security

In 2019, a total of 7,098 reported breaches exposed 15.1 billion records

Issued by: Help Net Security

In 2019 the total number of records exposed increased by 284% compared to 2018, according to Risk Based Security. 2019 saw an increase in reported breaches In total, there were over 15.1 billion records exposed shattering industry projections. There were 7,098 breaches reported in 2019, a 1% increase on 2018, though the gap is anticipated…

Malware & Threats

Hacking and malware cause 75% of all data breaches in the financial services industry

Issued by: Help Net Security

Only 6% of all breaches in 2019 were suffered by financial services firms, according to Bitglass. However, these breaches compromised significantly more records than those that occurred in other industries. Leaked records and data breaches in the financial services industry In total, more than 60% of all leaked records in 2019 were exposed by financial…

Network Security

Global threat groups pose new political and economic dangers

Issued by: CSO

While widely known advanced persistent threat (APT) groups emanating from Russia and China grab most of the spotlight, an array of other nation-state and adjacent threat actors are increasingly launching cyberattacks around the globe. At this year’s Cyberwarcon conference, nearly 20 of the world’s top cybersecurity researchers presented their thoughts on these less visible and…

Network Security

200 million-record breach: Why collecting too much data raises risk

Issued by: CSO

If you don’t collect it, no one can steal it. Sometimes the best way to secure customer data is not to collect it in the first place. While it can be tempting to “collect it all” just in case, most enterprises need far less data on their users to market to them effectively. Reducing the…

Network Security

Microsoft Launches New Solutions to Protect Elections From Hacking

Issued by: Security Week

The new solutions include ElectionGuard, a free open-source software development kit (SDK) developed in collaboration with Galois, and Microsoft 365 for Campaigns, a new service that brings high-end security capabilities to political campaigns. The new service, Microsoft says, can keep political campaigns safe from phishing attacks, provides easy to deploy advanced security features, and comes…

Vulnerabilities

High-Tech Cars & Cyber Security: Separating Fact from Fiction

Issued by: Symantec Blog

Imagine this scenario: As you you’re driving down the highway at 65 miles an hour, a hacker gains control of your car, then sends you into incoming traffic. Here’s the good news: It’s very unlikely that will ever happen to you personally. Here’s the bad news: It could still happen, and, if it happens, attackers…

Vulnerabilities

Tens of Vulnerabilities Found in Pentagon Travel Management System

Issued by: Security Week

HackerOne announced on Wednesday the results of “Hack the DTS,” the fifth bug bounty program run by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). The DTS (Defense Travel System) is a fully integrated and automated travel management system created specially for the DOD. The platform is said to be accessed by roughly 100,000 unique users every…

Vulnerabilities

Alexa, stop eavesdropping and sending recorded conversations to other people!

Issued by: CSO

Amazon confirmed that a couple’s Echo recorded their private conversation and sent it to another person – all without their knowledge or verbal consent. In this case, Alexa’s eavesdropping was not a hack pulled off security researchers; it was an “unlikely” chain of events which ended up as a privacy fiasco for a Portland couple. The couple…

Malware & Threats

Over a Million Dasan Routers Vulnerable to Remote Hacking

Issued by: Security Week

Researchers have disclosed the details of two unpatched vulnerabilities that expose more than one million home routers made by South Korea-based Dasan Networks to remote hacker attacks. In a blog post published on Monday, vpnMentor revealed that many Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network (GPON) routers, which are used to provide fiber-optic Internet, are affected by critical…