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Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 21:24:19 +0000
CAKETAP is a new rootkit that can run on ATM switch servers—and its not alone in its ATM attacks.
The post A new rootkit comes to an ATM near you appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 20:47:17 +0000
We look at multiple reports of Facebook users being locked out of accounts and devices because of a security mail they thought might be fake.
The post Facebook users wary of security mail find themselves locked out of accounts appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:27:50 +0000
Lapsus$ leaking Microsoft source code would be bad enough. Breaching Okta could be much, much worse.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:33:35 +0000
Pavel Vrublevsky, founder of the Russian payment technology firm ChronoPay and the antagonist in my 2014 book “Spam Nation,” was arrested in Moscow this month and charged with fraud. Russian authorities allege Vrublevsky operated several fraudulent SMS-based payment schemes, and facilitated money laundering for Hydra, the largest Russian darknet market. But according to information obtained by KrebsOnSecurity, it is equally likely Vrublevsky was arrested thanks to his propensity for carefully documenting the links between Russia’s state security services and the cybercriminal underground.
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Credit to Author: Chester Wisniewski| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:44:34 +0000
The U.S. President releases a statement that Russia’s cyber focus may be shifting towards cyber-offensive action against Western organizations and infrastructure
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Credit to Author: Editorial Team| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:09:35 +0000
Lapsus$ group claim they hacked Okta, a provider of authentication systems. We explain the possible consequences and how to protect your company.
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Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 08:04:00 -0700
Each time we experience an Apple iCloud, Spotify, Slack, Verizon, Google, Peloton, or any other form of server-based outage, we’re reminded that everyone should have multiple layers of backup to maintain data and work to ensure key services still work when servers go down.
Credit to Author: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 03:00:00 -0700
One of the dirty little secrets of many businesses, perhaps even most, is that far more of them than ever admit to it have been hacked. Still others end up paying ransomware, but they’ve never revealed this deep, dark secret. After all, who wants to admit to the world — and their customers — that they’ve been caught with their security pants down.
Well, things are about to change. In the recently signed $1.5 trillion government funding bill were new cybersecurity laws requiring companies to quickly report data breaches and ransomware payments.