Black Friday and retail season – watch out for PayPal “money request” scams
Don’t let a keen eye for bargains lead you into risky online behaviour…
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- November 17, 2022
- November 17, 2022
Chinese Hackers Using 42,000 Imposter Domains in Massive Phishing Attack Campaign
A China-based financially motivated group is leveraging the trust associated with popular international brands to orchestrate a large-scale phishing campaign dating back as far as 2019. The threat actor, dubbed Fangxiao by Cyjax, is said to have registered over 42,000 imposter domains, with initial activity observed in 2017. “It targets businesses in multiple verticals including retail, […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsFailures in Twitter’s Two-Factor Authentication System
Twitter is having intermittent problems with its two-factor authentication system: Not all users are having problems receiving SMS authentication codes, and those who rely on an authenticator app or physical authentication token to secure their Twitter account may not have reason to test the mechanism. But users have been self-reporting issues on Twitter since the […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsPCI Council Launches Flexible Mobile Payments Standard
Announcement recognizes growing volume of smartphone payments
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsMore Than Half of Black Friday Spam Emails Are Scams
New research analyzes email scam techniques in the build-up to this year’s Black Friday
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- November 17, 2022
User-Specific Security Group for Remote Access
ACM.114 Create a security group with a specific user’s IP address This is a continuation of my series on Automating Cybersecurity Metrics. In the last post I explained how failure to report errors causes systems and software to break. Why You Should Not Swallow Errors Now we’re going to move on to deploying a user-specific VM on AWS. […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsSmashing Security podcast #298: Housing market scams, Twitter 2FA, and the fesshole
Elon Musk is still causing chaos at Twitter (and it’s beginning to impact users), are scammers selling your house without your permission, and Google gets stung with a record-breaking fine. All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsGet elite identity theft protection from a top-rated provider
Prevent cybercriminals from stealing your identity by acting on this great deal for IDX, which will monitor the Dark Web, your social media accounts and more for suspicious activity and help you recover your identity, if needed. The post Get elite identity theft protection from a top-rated provider appeared first on TechRepublic.
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsUN’s International Day of Tolerance is a good reminder that workforce diversity should be 365-day goal
Since 1996, United Nations members have commemorated Nov. 16 as International Day of Tolerance. As a word, tolerance can mean different things to different people and cultures. The UN defines tolerance as: “respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world’s cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human.” I define […]
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