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Cybercriminals are Abusing Facebook Ads in a Large-Scale Phishing Scam
A recent large-scale campaign exploiting Facebook ads was spotted by analysts from security company ThreatNix. Security actors use…
Cybersecurity Assessment Solutions Provider Outpost24 Announced Raised SEK 200 Million
On Monday, cybersecurity Assessment solutions provider Outpost24 announced that it had raised SEK 200 million (approximately EUR 19…
What Makes Ransomware Attacks Successful
Ransomware is one of, if not, the most rampant and feared cyberattacks of this generation. What is scarier…
Security Researchers Says US Voter Database Has Been Circulated on Hacker Forums
Security experts report that a collection of data on nearly the entire US voting community has been spread…
Last Year, Australians Reported 25,000 Phishing Scams
During 2019, Australians reported 167,797 scams to a Scamwatch regulated by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).…
GoDaddy Reports Data Breach on SSH Accounts Used in its Hosting Environment
GoDaddy reported to Californian authorities on Tuesday [PDF] an October breach of data indicating that an unauthorized person…
Sophos Releases Emergency Patch for XG enterprise firewall product to Fix SQL Injection
Sophos releases an emergency patch to repair the widely exploited SQL injection bug affecting its XG Firewall software.…
83 Coronavirus-Related Cyber Criminal Phishing and Scam Websites have been Taken Down
Just one day after the National Cyber Security Center launches Suspicious email monitoring services, 83 cybercriminal websites have…
Google Sees More than 18 Million Malware and Phishing Emails Related to COVID-19 Daily
In the past week, Google detected more than 18 million COVID-19 malware and phishing emails sent daily. The…
Phishing Scam Impersonates President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in Email
Phishing scammers have started to spread malware or ransom scams to President Trump and vice president Mike Pence.…
