On January 3, 2020, Iran’s Qassem Suleimani, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force (IRCG-QF) was killed by a US drone strike. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei declared that “harsh …
Burner phones are an eavesdropping risk for international travelers
In order to limit the risk of exposing sensitive business data while abroad, international business travelers can use of burner phones with a minimal data footprint. However, Michael Campbell of …
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Widely Known Flaw in Pulse Secure VPN Being Used in Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware actors are actively exploiting a critical flaw in the Pulse Secure VPN service, a security researcher recently discovered. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-1150, enables attackers to establish …
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Magecart Hits Parents and Students via Blue Bear Attack
In October of last year, Magecart actors breached Blue Bear Software, a major e-commerce platform for educational institutions, the vendor's parent company Active Networks has announced. Magecart …
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Microsoft: RDP brute-force attacks last 2-3 days on average
A recent study by Microsoft provides insights into brute-force attacks targeting Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) implementations in enterprise environments. Over the last few years, RDP brute-forcing …
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DeathRansom Campaign Linked to Malware Cornucopia
Researchers with FortiGuard have linked DeathRansom malware to a number of info-stealing campaigns, all of which seem to be the work of a Russian-speaking resident of Italy who uses the moniker …
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Bronze President Spies on Asia
New research by Secureworks sheds light on the activity of Bronze President, a cyber espionage group believed to operate out of China. The group uses a combination of custom and publicly available …
First Suleimani Attack By ‘Iranian’ Hackers Hits U.S., Exposing ‘Noisy’ New Threat
Over the weekend, threat actors defaced the website of the US Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), in what could be the first Iranian state-sponsored cyberattack in retaliation for the US drone …
DHS: Iran maintains a robust cyber program and can execute cyber-attacks against the US
The US Department of Home Security (DHS) on Saturday issued a rare National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) alert warning about possible Iranian terror and cyber campaigns in retaliation for the US …
Travelex Site Still Down After New Year’s Eve Attack
On New Year’s Eve, global currency exchange giant Travelex experienced a "software virus" infection that “compromised some of its services”, as a result of which the company's websites have been …
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