Florida Man Accused of Hacking Disney World Menus, Changing Font to Wingdings
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: Cops take down a notorious infostealer, Strava leaks world leaders’ locations, and a hacking scandal is causing chaos in Italy.
Read moreBooking.com Phishers May Leave You With Reservations
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 21:12:38 +0000
A number of cybercriminal innovations are making it easier for scammers to cash in on your upcoming travel plans. This story examines a recent spear-phishing campaign that ensued when a California hotel had its booking.com credentials stolen. We’ll also explore an array of cybercrime services aimed at phishers who target hotels that rely on the world’s most visited travel website.
Read more1,000+ web shops infected by “Phish ‘n Ships” criminals who create fake product listings for in-demand products
Fraudsters running the Phish ‘n Ships campaign infected legitimate website and used SEO poisoning to redirect shoppers to their fake web shops
Read moreZero-Click Flaw Exposes Potentially Millions of Popular Storage Devices to Attack
Credit to Author: Kim Zetter| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000
A vulnerability categorized as “critical” in a photo app installed by default on Synology network-attached storage devices could give attackers the ability to steal data and worse.
Read moreChinese threat actor Storm-0940 uses credentials from password spray attacks from a covert network
Credit to Author: Microsoft Threat Intelligence| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0000
Since August 2023, Microsoft has observed intrusion activity targeting and successfully stealing credentials from multiple Microsoft customers that is enabled by highly evasive password spray attacks. Microsoft has linked the source of these password spray attacks to a network of compromised devices we track as CovertNetwork-1658, also known as xlogin and Quad7 (7777). Microsoft is […]
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Read moreMicrosoft now a Leader in three major analyst reports for SIEM
Credit to Author: Rob Lefferts| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0000
Microsoft is positioned in the Leaders Category in the 2024 IDC MarketScape for worldwide SIEM for Enterprise—making it the third major analyst report in SIEM to name Microsoft as a Leader.
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Read more7 cybersecurity trends and tips for small and medium businesses to stay protected
Credit to Author: Scott Woodgate| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000
The challenges that small and midsize businesses (SMBs) face when it comes to security continue to increase as it becomes more difficult to keep up with sophisticated cyberthreats with limited resources or security expertise. Research conducted highlights the top seven SMB cybersecurity trends and steps that can be taken to stay protected.
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Read moreMicrosoft Ignite: Sessions and demos to improve your security strategy
Credit to Author: Dasha Zenkovich| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000
Join us at Microsoft Ignite 2024 for sessions, keynotes, and networking aimed at giving you tools and strategies to put security first in your organization.
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Read moreAI Pulse: Election Deepfakes, Disasters, Scams & more
Credit to Author: AI Team| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000
In the final weeks before November’s U.S. election, cybersecurity experts were calling October 2024 the “month of mischief”—a magnet for bad actors looking to disrupt the democratic process through AI-generated misinformation. This issue of AI Pulse looks at what can be done about deepfakes and other AI scams, and why defense-in-depth is the only way to go.
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