Phishing

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Dark Reading

Would-be cryptocurrency investors are being targeted in a scam that has already stolen more than $42.7 million from 244 victims, according to the latest private industry notification from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. According to the FBI, scammers have used phishing attacks to convince victims to download fake mobile cryptocurrency investment apps impersonating legitimate investment…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Help Net Security

Sometimes phishers are just after your username and password, but other times they are after every scrap of sensitive information they can extract from you. To do that, they use tools like the phishing kit recently analyzed by Akamai researchers. By misusing the PayPal logo and general design, the phishing kit leads users through a…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Dark Reading

Cyberattackers are hiding behind the QuickBooks brand to disguise their malicious activity, researchers are warning. The effort is a “double-spear” approach that packs a one-two punch: Stealing phone numbers and making off with cash via bogus credit-card payments. The popular accounting software allows customers to sign up for cloud accounts, from which they can send…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

Meant to provide significantly reduced power consumption and costs at communication ranges similar to those provided by Bluetooth, BLE is used for a broad range of applications in sectors such as automotive, healthcare, security, home entertainment, and more. BLE proximity authentication is typically to unlock or keep unlocked products such as cars, smart locks, access…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Help Net Security

In this video for Help Net Security, Maor Hizkiev, Senior Director Software Engineering at Datto, talks about a recently analyzed community phishing campaign revolving around Nvidia. This phishing campaign started back in 2020, when Nvidia released their 30 series of graphic cards, which are heavily used by cryptominers. Datto started monitoring this phishing campaign on…

Network Security

Issued by: Security Week

The Austin, Texas-based Rumble on Monday announced it had banked a new $15 million in Series A financing from Decibel Partners and a laundry-list of boldface cybersecurity practitioners. Rumble, created by HD Moore (of Metasploit fame), sells technology to help defenders monitor exposed attack surfaces. The company said the new money will help accelerate go-to-market…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

Because of the vulnerability – which was addressed in November 2021 – an attacker only needed stolen credentials to access an organization’s Box account and steal sensitive data, provided that the account has SMS-based MFA enabled (which has long been proven insecure). Box, which claims that close to 100,000 companies use its platform, allows users…

Software Security

Issued by: Security Week

“[The] community is defined by those who show up and do the work. Companies that build open source into their products rarely participate in their continued maintenance,” the ASF said in a position paper published ahead of a high-level White House meeting on open-source software security. “Only a tiny percentage of downstream companies (reusing the…