Cyber-attack

GitHub Users Conned for Credentials Through Phishing Messages

  Insights Desk   Apr 23, 2020

Tricked and targeted by a Sawfish phishing campaign, GitHub users are conned to steal their GitHub login credentials and time-based one-time password or TOTP codes. GitHub SIRT mentioned in a blog ...

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Google Reported 18 Million Coronavirus Phishing Emails in Gmail

  Insights Desk   Apr 21, 2020

Google announced in a blog post on Thursday (April 16, 2020) that it has successfully blocked 18 million malicious coronavirus-related emails from reaching Gmail users last week. The email scam is the...

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One More COVID-19 Research Firm Victim to a Ransomware Attack

  Insights Desk   Apr 13, 2020

Highlights: Threat actors attack 10x Genomics, a biotech research firm, amid its tireless efforts on COVID-19 treatments. 10x Genomics isolated the source and returned to business immediately....

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Phishing Remains Hackers’ Favorite Choice: Cybersecurity Report

  Insights Desk   Apr 02, 2020

Most organizations face attacks from hackers trying to disrupt operations or holding networks to ransom. The attacks through phishing and fraudulent emails aren’t uncommon either. The favorite choic...

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Microsoft Unveils New Windows Vulnerability That’s Being Actively Exploited

  Insights Desk   Mar 25, 2020

Highlights: The attacks have been in control so far Microsoft might release a patch via the Update Tuesday tradition As of now, the company advises disabling the Preview Pane and Details Pa...

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What are Leaders Doing to Combat Security Threats?

  Insights Desk   Feb 13, 2020

At Amazon AWS re:Invent 2019, I met a business leader who was facing data security issues with endpoint devices. We exchanged our mail IDs, and within a week, we had outsourced our security resources ...

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Researchers Highlight Cyber Risks Associated with Micromobile Vehicles

  Insights Desk   Jan 31, 2020

Highlights A few e-scooter models were observed communicating with the rider’s smartphone device via a Bluetooth Low Energy channel. In addition to this, it is suspected that threat actors c...

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Hackers easily target Arabic Speaking Countries with Malicious Microsoft Office Documents

  Insights Desk   Jan 30, 2020

A self-made RAT has been created by cybercriminals that use several cloud providers and are currently targeting nations like KSA (Kingdom Saudi Arabia), Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Algeria. Se...

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US Business Shuts Down Post a Ransomware Attack

  Insights Desk   Jan 13, 2020

A fundraising company based out of Sherwood Arkansas has been forced to shut down post a crippling cyberattack that took place in October last year. According to local reports, The Heritage Company...

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Email Fraud Affects 50,000 Patients in Minnesota Hospital

  Insights Desk   Jan 13, 2020

Alomere Health operator based out of Minnesota this month started to inform patients of a data breach that affected a precise number of 49,351 individuals post a threat actor managed to gain fraudulen...

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