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Prepare, respond & recover: Battling complex Cybersecurity threats with fundamentals

The cybersecurity industry has seen a lot of recent trends. For example, the proliferation of multifactor authentication (MFA) to fight against credential harvesting is a common thread. Threat actors have been creating legitimate-looking phishing campaigns, which have been a big driver for this trend. Although some of the tools for MFA can be complex, proper […]

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Vultur Android Banking Trojan Reaches 100,000+ Downloads on Google Play Store

The dropper hides behind a fake utility app with limited permissions and a small footprint

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Medibank Refuses to Pay Ransom After Data Breach

Medibank believes there is a limited chance paying a ransom would return customers’ data

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Medibank refuses to pay ransom after 9.7 million health insurance customers have their data stolen

Embattled Australian health insurer Medibank says that it will not pay a ransom to cyber extortionists who stolen the personal data of almost ten million customers. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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  • November 7, 2022

Public URL scanning tools – when security leads to insecurity

Never make your users cry/By how you use an API

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  • November 7, 2022

Medibank Refuses to Pay Ransom After 9.7 Million Customers Exposed in Ransomware Hack

Australian health insurer Medibank today confirmed that personal data belonging to around 9.7 million of its current and former customers were accessed following a ransomware incident. The attack, according to the company, was detected in its IT network on October 12 in a manner that it said was “consistent with the precursors to a ransomware event,” […]

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Android RAT Group Targets Indian Defense Personnel

The app asked for several permissions, including camera, microphone, internet and storage

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  • November 7, 2022

This Hidden Facebook Tool Lets Users Remove Their Email or Phone Number Shared by Others

Facebook appears to have silently rolled out a tool that allows users to remove their contact information, such as phone numbers and email addresses, uploaded by others. The existence of the tool, which is buried inside a Help Center page about “Friending,” was first reported by Business Insider last week. It’s offered as a way for “Non-users” to “exercise their […]

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Cyber Insurance Market Stabilizing as Security Awareness Improves

The cyber insurance market is beginning to stabilize following several years of steep rate increases, according to a recent report

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