The Best VPNs (2020): ExpressVPN, TunnelBear, Mullvad
Credit to Author: Scott Gilbertson| Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 14:00:00 +0000
A VPN won’t solve all of your privacy problems, but it can help make you a less tempting target for hackers.
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The Best VPNs (2020): ExpressVPN, TunnelBear, Mullvad
Credit to Author: Scott Gilbertson| Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 14:00:00 +0000
A VPN won’t solve all of your privacy problems, but it can help make you a less tempting target for hackers.
Read moreCVE-2020-0796 – A “wormable” Remote Code Execution vulnerability in SMB v3
Credit to Author: Quickheal| Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 03:08:36 +0000
Since last two days, the Internet is rife with news around a critical remote code execution vulnerability in SMBv3.1.1 compression mechanism. Today, on 12th March 2020 Microsoft has released an emergency out-of-band patch to address this vulnerability. As per Microsoft release information, it’s a remote code execution vulnerability in the…
Read moreCan playing video games on the PC cause cyberattacks?
Credit to Author: Quickheal| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:00:37 +0000
The video gaming industry has become the foremost entertainment medium worldwide as evidenced by its valuation. The market is estimated to reach an estimated $179.1 billion by 2024, growing at a CAGR of 6.4% from 2019 to 2024. And yet, perhaps because of its denotation as an ‘entertainment’ medium, the…
Read moreCoronavirus Widens the Money Mule Pool
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 22:11:46 +0000
With many people being laid off or working from home thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic, cybercrooks are almost certain to have more than their usual share of recruitable “money mules” — people who get roped into money laundering schemes under the pretense of a work-at-home job offer. Here’s the story of one upstart mule factory that spoofs a major nonprofit and tells new employees they’ll be collecting and transmitting donations for an international “Coronavirus Relief Fund.”
Read moreThe Web’s Bot Containment Unit Needs Your Help
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 12:55:01 +0000
Anyone who’s seen the 1984 hit movie Ghostbusters likely recalls the pivotal scene where a government bureaucrat orders the shutdown of the ghost containment unit, effectively unleashing a pent-up phantom menace on New York City. Now, something similar is in danger of happening in cyberspace: Shadowserver.org, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization that works to help Internet service providers (ISPs) identify and quarantine malware infections and botnets, has lost its longtime primary source of funding.
Read moreLive Coronavirus Map Used to Spread Malware
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 15:53:26 +0000
Cybercriminals constantly latch on to news items that captivate the public’s attention, but usually they do so by sensationalizing the topic or spreading misinformation about it. Recently, however, cybercrooks have started disseminating real-time, accurate information about global infection rates tied to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic in a bid to infect computers with malicious software.
Read moreCrafty Web Skimming Domain Spoofs “https”
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 00:28:57 +0000
Earlier today, KrebsOnSecurity alerted the 10th largest food distributor in the United States that one of its Web sites had been hacked and retrofitted with code that steals credit card and login data. While such Web site card skimming attacks are not new, this intrusion leveraged a sneaky new domain that hides quite easily in a hacked site’s source code: “http[.]ps” (the actual malicious domain does not include the brackets, which are there to keep readers from being able to click on it).
Read moreMicrosoft Patch Tuesday, March 2020 Edition
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 23:44:29 +0000
Microsoft Corp. today released updates to plug more than 100 security holes in its various Windows operating systems and associated software. If you (ab)use Windows, please take a moment to read this post, backup your system(s), and patch your PCs.
Read moreFBI Arrests Alleged Owner of Deer.io, a Top Broker of Stolen Accounts
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 14:17:42 +0000
FBI officials last week arrested a Russian computer security researcher on suspicion of operating deer.io, a vast marketplace for buying and selling stolen account credentials for thousands of popular online services and stores. Kirill V. Firsov was arrested Mar. 7 after arriving at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport, according to court documents unsealed Monday. Prosecutors with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California allege Firsov was the administrator of deer.io, an online platform that hosted more than 24,000 shops for selling stolen and/or hacked usernames and passwords for a variety of top online destinations.
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