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Attackers Demand $2.5 Million Ransom After Coordinated Ransomware Attacks on Texas Government Entities

securityforumadmin August 23, 2019 0

Two of the impacted municipalities, the City of Borger, and the City of Keene, have publicly disclosed that they’ve been impacted by the coordinated ransomware attack. Keene Mayor Gary Heinrich said that the threat actor infiltrated into the city’s IT software, which is managed by a managed

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New phishing scam asks users to confirm unsubscribe request

securityforumadmin August 7, 2019 0

The scam emails have subject lines similar to “Confirm your unsubscribe request” or “Client #980920318 To_STOP_Receiving These Emails From Us Hit reply And Let Us Know”. This scam aims to harvest active email addresses that can be used for various other scam campaigns. Researchers have observed a long-running phishing scam campaign that pretends to be […]

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Windows 7 and Office 2010 Support Ending Soon: Security Suites Continue to Provide Protection!

securityforumadmin March 16, 2019 0

January 14, 2020 is the day: Microsoft will retire Windows 7 and Office 2010 without fail. That is also the day when extended support will end. At least for consumer users, it will be the end of the road. Corporate users can still buy a reprieve. Windows 7 support to end soonJanuary 2020 will see […]

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Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure a Big Target for Cryptomining Attacks

securityforumadmin March 15, 2019 0

Despite the declining values of cryptocurrencies, criminals continue to hammer away at container management platforms, cloud APIs, and control panels. The cloud-based infrastructures that enterprise organizations are increasingly using to run their business applications have become a major target for illicit cryptomining operations. According to new research from AT&T

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4G and 5G protocols prone to privacy attacks, new study reveals

securityforumadmin February 28, 2019 0

The issue existed in the cellular paging (broadcast) protocol in the latest generation of mobile communications. An exploit called ToRPEDO was revealed by the researchers to target 4G and 5G-enabled devices. A new research study has uncovered serious privacy risks associated with 4G as well as the latest 5G protocols. The researchers discovered that attackers […]

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Publish Date February 19, 2019 Reitspoof mysterious multistage malware makes its rounds

securityforumadmin February 20, 2019 0

A multi-staged malware dropping multiple payloads is infecting its victims without a clear purpose and has shown a significant uptick in activity since January 2019. Dubbed Reitspoof, the malware has bot capabilities although Avast researchers believe it was primarily designed as a dropper, according to a Feb. 16 blog post. The malware’s developers used several valid

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Woman loses nearly $18,000 in computer virus scam

securityforumadmin February 12, 2019 0

A woman is out nearly $18,000 after trying to fix what looked like a computer virus warning from Microsoft. The Grand Island Police Department said the 74-year-old victim thought she was paying Microsoft to fix the problem after receiving a pop-up on her computer. She said she handed over $17,849 in the form of Google […]

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McAfee Advises Consumers that Weak Passwords, Phishing Scams and Malicious Apps Continue to Be a Threat

securityforumadmin February 8, 2019 0

On International Data Privacy Day, McAfee Reminds Consumers What Steps to Take to Protect Themselves SANTA CLARA, Calif., January 27, 2019 – SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–On Data Privacy Day, McAfee warns consumers that cybercriminals are continuing to access personal information through weak passwords, phishing emails, connected things, malicious

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Antivirus headaches that compromise browser security

securityforumadmin February 5, 2019 0

If the goal is revenue, enterprises need to care about browser security MIAMI — Google is one company that lives and dies in the web, so for many reasons, they need to care — a lot — about browser security. That was the focus of engineering lead for Chrome Security at Google, Justin Schuh’s keynote […]

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Kaspersky Helped NSA Catch Spyware Leaker (Report)

securityforumadmin February 4, 2019 0

Here’s an ironic twist: Kaspersky Lab, the antivirus firm banned from U.S. government computersover suspected Russian intelligence ties, helped the National Security Agency catch a contractor accused of leaking U.S. secrets, a new report says. Writing for Politico, veteran cybersecurity report Kim Zetter says sources told her that Kaspersky researchers in 2016 gave