Written by Tonya Riley Dec 16, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP Meta removed seven “surveillance-for-hire” organizations that used Facebook to target at least 50,000 individuals across 100 countries for surveillance operations, some…
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CISA, White House urge organizations to get ready for holiday cyberattacks
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the White House have released warnings to companies and organizations across the country, urging them to be on alert for cyberattacks ahead of…
60% of UK Workers Have Been Victim of a Cyber-Attack, Yet Awareness Remains Low
60% of UK Workers Have Been Victim of a Cyber-Attack, Yet Awareness Remains Low There is a “dangerous” lack of awareness among UK workers towards cybersecurity, leaving businesses at risk…
What is SASE?
Cybersecurity frameworks and models are incredibly important and provide a consistent set of guidance, principles, and standards that security leaders can follow, use to build their roadmaps, and base their…
The Log4j Vulnerability Is Now Used by State-Backed Hackers
The vulnerability, officially tagged as CVE-2021-44228 and called Log4Shell or LogJam, is an unauthenticated RCE vulnerability that allows total system takeover on systems running Log4j 2.0-beta9 through 2.14.1. What Happened? Nation-state hackers…
State-sponsored Threat Actors Steal Airline Data Using the Slack API
Reports show that a recently found backdoor dubbed ‘Aclip’ that exploits the Slack API for covert communications is being used by an alleged Iranian state-sponsored cybercriminal. The malicious actor began…
Cobalt Strike Is Being Installed by Emotet for Faster Attacks
Emotet belongs to the malware strain known as banking Trojans, and it primarily spreads through malspam. The messages used by Emotet often contain familiar branding, mimicking the email format of well-known…
Experts: All Breach Victims Should Freeze Credit
Experts: All Breach Victims Should Freeze Credit Only 3% of victims have frozen their credit after receiving a breach notice, despite it being the most effective way to prevent fraudsters…