Credit to Author: Chester Wisniewski| Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 04:04:23 +0000
A review of 15 years of activity designed to distract, confuse, deny, destablize, and divide
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Credit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000
Malicious actors take advantage of people’s reliance on web servers to perform attacks like remote code execution, access control bypass, denial of service, or even cyberjacking the victim servers to mine cryptocurrencies.
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Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 20:32:29 +0000
Sophos ZTNA provides a number of advantages over remote-access VPN – enabling remote workers to access the applications they need with much stronger security, all while making management a lot easier and providing a smoother end-user experience. Better security Sophos ZTNA provides better security for four reasons: Sophos ZTNA removes the need for vulnerable old […]
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In this three-part blog entry, our team explored SMS PVA, a service built on top of a global bot network that compromises smartphone cybersecurity as we know it.
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 17:50:33 +0000
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said Monday that taxpayers are no longer required to provide facial scans to create an account online at irs.gov. In lieu of providing biometric data, taxpayers can now opt for a live video interview with ID.me, the privately-held Virginia company that runs the agency’s identity proofing system. The IRS also said any biometric data already shared with ID.me would be permanently deleted over the next few weeks, and any biometric data provided for new signups will be destroyed after an account is created.
Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 18:31:51 +0000
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| Researchers found a new banking Trojan called Xenomorph that has been downloaded over 50,000 times from the Google Play Store Categories: Android Tags: accessibility Servicesalienbanking TrojanoverlaysPlay StoreXenomorph |
The post Xenomorph banking Trojan downloaded over 50,000 times from Play Store appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read moreCredit to Author: Emma Jones| Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000
On January 26, 2022, the White House announced it’s Federal Zero Trust strategy. The security announcement is a key milestone for all those that understand the importance of a Zero Trust model and are working hard to achieve it.
The post The federal Zero Trust strategy and Microsoft’s deployment guidance for all appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.
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Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 17:26:37 +0000
A straight-talking bug report written in plain English by an actual expert – there’s a teachable moment in this cybersecurity story!
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 16:18:57 +0000
Missouri Governor Mike Parson made headlines last year when he vowed to criminally prosecute a journalist for reporting a security flaw in a state website that exposed personal information of more than 100,000 teachers. But Missouri prosecutors now say they… Read More »
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Credit to Author: Editor| Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 14:00:39 +0000
The working landscape has changed, almost beyond recognition. Working remotely is now commonplace, and data commonly resides in the public cloud and within software-as-a-service applications. The traditional perimeter security model is obsolete and it’s time for a change. Enter zero-trust network access as a new cybersecurity philosophy that removes implied trust and instead allows only […]
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