December 2019 – Page 9

‘Government Imposter’ Scammers Pay $1.2 Million in FTC Settlement

A settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requires the operators of a government imposter scheme to pay $1.2 million and also comes with a ban on sending any further unsolicited direct mail to businesses across the U.S. […]

09 Dec

Cybercriminals Lend Tactics and Skills to Political Meddlers

Disinformation campaigns for political purposes are deeply rooted in cybercriminal endeavors, with threat actors relying on actions specific to financially-motivated attacks to attain their goals. […]

09 Dec

Microsoft Office 365 ATP Now Helps Analyze Phishing Attacks

Microsoft announced the rollout of the Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Campaign Views feature in public preview, a new capability designed to provide security teams with an overview of the attack flow behind phishing attacks against their organization. […]

07 Dec

Moscow Cops Sell Access to City CCTV, Facial Recognition Data

Anyone with a little money can buy access to Moscow’s surveillance system of tens of thousands of cameras along and check footage stored over the previous five days. […]

07 Dec

Clever Microsoft Phishing Scam Creates a Local Login Form

A clever phishing campaign has been spotted that bundles the scam’s landing page in the HTML attachment rather than redirecting users to another site that asks them to log in. […]

07 Dec

FBI Recommends Securing Your Smart TVs and IoT Devices

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recommends making sure that Internet of Things (IoT) devices and smart TVs in your home are properly configured to protect them and your other devices from potential attackers. […]

06 Dec

The Week in Ransomware – December 6th 2019 – ‘We have seen better days’

With this article we are bringing you the latest ransomware news that occurred over the past two weeks. The news is a still a little light due to some of us taking vacations, but we should be back up to speed next week. […]

06 Dec

Microsoft to Make Office 365 Encrypted Emails Look Less Spammy

Microsoft is currently working on enhancing the way emails sent using the Office 365 Message Encryption service are seen by mail servers so that they are less likely to be marked as spam and sent to the Trash folder. […]

06 Dec

Fake VPN Site Pushes CryptBot and Vidar Info-Stealing Trojans

A cyberthreat actor has created a web site that promotes a fake VPN program that installs the Vidar and CryptBot password-stealing trojans. These trojans will then attempt to steal saved browser credentials and other information from a victim’s computer. […]

06 Dec

NVIDIA Patches Severe Flaws in Mercedes Infotainment System Chips

NVIDIA released security updates for six high severity vulnerabilities found in the Tegra Linux Driver Package (L4T) for Jetson AGX Xavier, TK1, TX1, TX2, and Nano chips used in Mercedes-Benz’s MBUX infotainment system and Bosch self-driving computer systems. […]

Month: December 2019

‘Government Imposter’ Scammers Pay $1.2 Million in FTC Settlement

Cybercriminals Lend Tactics and Skills to Political Meddlers

Microsoft Office 365 ATP Now Helps Analyze Phishing Attacks

Moscow Cops Sell Access to City CCTV, Facial Recognition Data

Clever Microsoft Phishing Scam Creates a Local Login Form

FBI Recommends Securing Your Smart TVs and IoT Devices

The Week in Ransomware – December 6th 2019 – ‘We have seen better days’

Microsoft to Make Office 365 Encrypted Emails Look Less Spammy

Fake VPN Site Pushes CryptBot and Vidar Info-Stealing Trojans

NVIDIA Patches Severe Flaws in Mercedes Infotainment System Chips