IT Security News
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IoT Botnets Fuels DDoS Attacks – Are You Prepared?
The increased proliferation of IoT devices paved the way for the rise of IoT botnets that amplifies DDoS attacks today. This is a dangerous warning that the possibility of a sophisticated DDoS attack and a prolonged service outage will prevent businesses from growing.
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Why Physical Security Maintenance Should Never Be an Afterthought
SecuriThings' CEO Roy Dagan tackles the sometimes overlooked security step of physical security maintenance and breaks down why it is important.
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Massive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’
U.S. state and federal investigators are being inundated with reports from people who’ve lost hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in connection with a complex investment scam known as “pig butchering,” wherein people are lured by flirtatious strangers online into investing in cryptocurrency trading platforms that eventually seize any funds when victims try to cash out.
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Hackers for Hire: Adversaries Employ ‘Cyber Mercenaries’
Also known as the Atlantis Cyber-Army, the emerging organization has an enigmatic leader and a core set of admins that offer a range of services, including exclusive data leaks, DDoS and RDP.
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Conti’s Reign of Chaos: Costa Rica in the Crosshairs
Aamir Lakhani, with FortiGuard Labs, answers the question; Why is the Conti ransomware gang targeting people and businesses in Costa Rica?
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Magecart Serves Up Card Skimmers on Restaurant-Ordering Systems
300 restaurants and at least 50,000 payment cards compromised by two separate campaigns against MenuDrive, Harbortouch and InTouchPOS services.
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Authentication Risks Discovered in Okta Platform
Four newly discovered attack paths could lead to PII exposure, account takeover, even organizational data destruction.
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FBI Warns Fake Crypto Apps are Bilking Investors of Millions
Threat actors offer victims what appear to be investment services from legitimate companies to lure them into downloading malicious apps aimed at defrauding them.
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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’
For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route malicious traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. The proxy service says its network is made up entirely of users who voluntarily install the proxy software. But new research shows 911 has a long history of purchasing installations via shady “pay-per-install” affiliate marketing schemes, some of which 911 operated on its own.
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Google Boots Multiple Malware-laced Android Apps from Marketplace
Google removed eight Android apps, with 3M cumulative downloads, from its marketplace for being infected with a Joker spyware variant.
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