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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:02:14 +0000

A roundup of the latest cybersecurity news for the week of August 26-September 1 including xHelper Trojan, Nextdoor app, clickjacking problem, investing cybersecurity, and iPhone malware

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A week in security

Tags: asruex blockchain clickjacking coinmining emotet iPhone nextdoor retadup trickbot vpn xHelper

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September 3, 2019 admin

TrickBot adds new trick to its arsenal: tampering with trusted texts

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 15:26:01 +0000

TrickBot’s latest feature allows it to tamper with the web sessions of users from Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint mobile carriers.

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Trojans

Tags: 2fa account takeover fraud ATO Authy C&C Dell Secureworks dynamic webinject dyreza emotet Eternal Romance EternalBlue EternalChampion Gold Blackburn Google Authenticator hasherezade point-of-sale port-out fraud POS SIM hijacking SIM swapping Sprint T-Mobile thetrick trickbot trickloader trickster Trojan.TrickBot two-factor authentication Verizon Wireless

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September 3, 2019 admin

New social engineering toolkit draws inspiration from previous web campaigns

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 15:15:33 +0000

We discovered a web social engineering toolkit that allows crooks to create fake update notification campaigns on both desktop and mobile in up to 30 different languages.

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Tags: Domen eitest FakeUpdates hoeflertext NetSupport rat SocGholish Social Engineering

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August 30, 2019 admin

Unprecedented new iPhone malware discovered

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 17:40:24 +0000

Google announced late last night that hacked websites have been used to drop iPhone malware on unsuspecting users over a two-year period. Thomas Reed investigates.

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Tags: Apple iOS ios infection ios malware iPhone iphone malware mac malware infection trident zero day zero-day vulnerability

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August 30, 2019 admin

Everything you need to know about the Heartbleed vulnerability

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 16:16:00 +0000

The Heartbleed vulnerability was discovered and fixed in 2014, yet today—five years later—there are still unpatched systems.

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Exploits and vulnerabilities

Tags: cryptography EKs exploit kits exploits heartbeat extension heartbleed heartbleed vulnerability IT IT teams open source OpenSSL SSL TSL

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August 28, 2019 admin

Making the case: How to get the board to invest in higher education cybersecurity

Credit to Author: Joan Goodchild| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:31:00 +0000

CISOs working in institutions of higher learning have their own considerations when communicating with the board about risk management. One of the top security officials at Boston College offers his takeaway on what it takes to get board buy-in on campus.

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Business

Tags: boston college c-level CIO CISO CISOs enterprise higher education higher education cybersecurity higher education security investment in cybersecurity non-profit zero trust security model

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August 27, 2019 admin

Study explores clickjacking problem across top Alexa-ranked websites

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 17:36:52 +0000

We look at recent research exploring the threat of clickjacking, along with other solutions considered by site owners and analysts for protecting users against these online attacks.

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