Threats and Breaches

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Brazil

Brazil Govt’s Huge Leak: Health Data of 243M

Brazil’s Ministry of Health is under fire again for another massive leak of personal information ...
Security Boulevard

Aircraft maker Embraer admits hackers breached its systems and stole data

Embraer, a Brazilian manufacturer of aircraft, has disclosed that hackers managed to breach its computer systems, and steal data. Although Embraer may not be a household name, it is the world’s third-largest ...

How to Protect Your Business From Multi-Platform Malware Systems

The Lazarus Group (also known as Guardians of Peace or Whois) is a notorious cybercrime gang made up of unknown individuals. According to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations, the group ...

Impressive iPhone Exploit

This is a scarily impressive vulnerability: Earlier this year, Apple patched one of the most breathtaking iPhone vulnerabilities ever: a memory corruption bug in the iOS kernel that gave attackers remote access ...
Account Hijacking Site OGUsers Hacked, Again

Account Hijacking Site OGUsers Hacked, Again

For at least the third time in its existence, OGUsers -- a forum overrun with people looking to buy, sell and trade access to compromised social media accounts -- has been hacked ...
web

Web App Security: Don’t Let the Code Injection Grinch Steal Holiday Joy

This holiday season more and more e-commerce site operators will be deploying web app security solutions such as content security policies (CSPs) to protect themselves and their users against cyberattacks, including cross-site ...
Security Boulevard

There’s a RAT in my code: new npm malware with Bladabindi trojan spotted

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, Sonatype discovered new malware within the npm registry. This time, the typosquatting packages identified by us are laced with a popular Remote Access Trojan (RAT) ...

Insider Threats: Risk Assessment Considerations for Remote Work

The outbreak of COVID-19 has led many businesses to transition a large number of employees to remote work. The shift could end up becoming a long-term trend; it’s expected to continue after ...
Your Amazon Account is Locked

Cyber Thieves are Shopping for You Online

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For those of us who partake in holiday shopping, we will be making our purchases... The post Cyber Thieves are Shopping for You Online appeared first on Gurucul ...
90% of Companies Faced Increased Cyberattacks During COVID-19

90% of Companies Faced Increased Cyberattacks During COVID-19

A recent global study by Tanium of 1,000 CXOs reported on the effects of COVID-19 on enterprise and government organizations. 90 percent of those surveyed said they experienced an increase in cyberattacks ...