New FBI alert warns of cybercriminals targeting mobile banking apps during the Coronavirus pandemic which has witnessed a 50% rise in adoption of online banking.
Cyber Security
Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.
So how does an organization mitigate an entire world full of continual cyber attacks? Just as buildings have a number of necessary elements of physical security: access control, cameras, alarms and so on; there are similar key elements of cyber security that are absolutely vital for just about any modern business.
It starts with identifying and closing the most common doors that attackers use. For example, phishing attacks on employees are far and away the most common initial point of entry. The breach of even a low-level employee account can quickly turn into an escalation in access privileges and the ability to reach sensitive information. This is also true of smart devices, which are generally more poorly secured than computers and phones.
Having hundreds or more enterprise data sources to monitor a company’s security is overwhelming and unmanageable for SecOps, what they really need is a “small data” movement.
Israel and Iran may be in a hidden cyber war with both countries attacking each other’s critical infrastructure, causing physical disruptions to the civilian population.
Nation state hackers have been launching phishing attacks against the Biden and Trump presidential campaigns, raising fresh alarm about their cybersecurity preparedness.
Users are still not trusting secure authentication methods like biometric recognition despite their fear of increasing cyber threats during COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.
Consumer watchdog Which? has sounded the alarm over certain brands of wireless cameras manufactured by Chinese firm HiChip that allow hackers to access people’s home networks.
Voicemail Phishing Attacks Threatens 100,000 Inboxes, Leaving Remote Workers Particularly Vulnerable
100,000 inboxes of remote workers have recently fallen victim to voicemail phishing attacks that could successfully bypass secure email gateways and DMARC authentication protocol.
Cyber criminals behind REvil ransomware are auctioning off stolen data to the highest bidder, hinting at changing tactics and possibly the economic impact of COVID-19 on cybersecurity.
Billions of devices may be affected by a UPnP vulnerability that allows hackers to conduct a DDoS attack and perform data exfiltration on the local network.
More than two dozen open source projects hosted on GitHub repositories had fallen victim to new malware ‘Octopus Scanner’ that allows cyber criminals to gain control over the code.










