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Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 15:00:27 +0000
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| This post looks at a recent SMS phishing scam for the RBC bank and a tool the attackers may have used to bulk send fraudulent SMS messages. Categories: Tags: Bank of MontrealBMOphishingRBCRoyal BankSendroidsms |
The post SMS phishing for the masses appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
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Credit to Author: Darlene Gannon| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 08:25:06 -0700
Fortinet spoke with Fabric-Ready Partner, Versa Networks to learn what’s top of mind for its customers, the key IT challenges they are facing and how Versa Networks’ approach to integrated security is helping drive business and customer success.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Eva Chen| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 14:00:46 +0000
As I entered CeBIT 2017 on Monday, a nostalgic wave hit me. I was reminded of my first trip to this conference 27 years ago, shortly after we founded Trend Micro. Walking in that day, floppy disks and computer in hand, I was eager to learn and ready to grow in this industry. My excitement…
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 14:00:39 +0000
According to Google’s own stats, only half of Android devices received a security update any time in 2016. The post Good News: Android’s Huge Security Problem Is Getting Less Huge appeared first on WIRED.
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Credit to Author: Darlene Storm| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 06:25:00 -0700
Tavis Ormandy, a security researcher on Google’s Project Zero team, warned of flaws in LastPass browser extensions, vulnerabilities which – if a person surfed to a malicious site – would allow the malicious site to steal passwords from the password manager.
LastPass said it patched the vulnerability in its Chrome extension and said it is working on a fix for the flaw in its Firefox add-on.
Ormandy originally said the LastPass bug affected 4.1.42 Chrome and Firefox browser extensions. He developed a working exploit for a Windows box running the LastPass Chrome extension, but said it “could be made to work on other platforms.” He sent the details to LastPass before adding:
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In the latest episode of Security Sessions, CSO Editor-in-Chief Joan Goodchild sits down with Jeff Fagnan from Accomplice, a venture capital and private equity firm in Cambridge, Mass. The two discuss the current state of VC funding in security companies and where the money is going (and not going), and why CSOs should "follow the money."
Credit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:42:55 +0000
Cybercrime is a business. Professional criminals refine their processes, measure performance, and regularly evaluate the return on their investments. Every move is strategic. We see this time and time again with ransomware campaigns and throughout the underground. Which is why the latest report from Joseph Cox at Motherboard is mind boggling. Joseph brings us the…
Credit to Author: Rainer Bock| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:00:59 +0000
What is the Antarctic Biennale, and what does Kaspersky Lab have to do with it?
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