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Cybersecurity Updates For The Week 32 of 2020

The world is facing an endless wave of cyberattacks, and nothing seems like a healthy security habit today. However, a close examination of the recent cyber attacks enables an individual or organization to access the probable cyber threats and make their security investments and phishing protection plan accordingly. Here are last week’s cyber-attacks across the globe

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Cybersecurity Updates For The Week 31 of 2020

Cyberattacks are unavoidable till cyber adversaries continue to exist. Hence ensuring phishing attack prevention is a strenuous task. However, awareness about the recent cyber threats can help organizations handle their security concerns better. With this interest, we bring you the top security news updates from the previous week:

 

MyCastingFile Leaves Database With 1GB Data Unprotected Online

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Cybersecurity Updates For The Week 29 of 2020

Ensuring phishing protection is an important security measure. But that cannot be guaranteed without a minute study of the recent trends of cyberattacks. Here are the latest updates from the world of digital security for this past week:

 

Ransomware Hits Cooke County Sheriff’s Office

In a recent attack, the adversaries have encrypted and stolen the confidential files of the Sheriff’s Office for Cooke County, Texas. Although the Sheriff’s Office hasn’t disclosed anything about the ransom’s data theft or nature, it is speculated that the attack was from the REvil ransomware group.

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Cybersecurity Updates For The Week 28 of 2020

Anti-phishing protection has become a primary concern for all organizations working online. Every individual uses the internet, and hence vulnerability to cybercrime is the same for all. However, proper knowledge of the kinds of attacks happening around can help bring significant progress to an individual or organization’s digital security. Here are this week’s top cybersecurity headlines

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Cybersecurity Updates For The Week 26 of 2020

To protect yourself from phishing implies having a good knowledge of the kind of attacks launched by adversaries daily. Here’s the list of the top cyberspace news from the past week to help you enhance your phishing prevention measures

 

Anonymous Hacks Atlanta Police Dept Website

The Anonymous hacker group, which announced its comeback after the cruel killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, has now taken upon its shoulders for bringing down the Atlanta police department website. They confessed this via a tweet where they condemned the Atlanta police department for the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks.

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Cybersecurity Updates For The Week 25 of 2020

Cybersecurity is one of the most lucrative industries for both cyber experts and adversaries, often more so for the latter. Phishing prevention tips and practice become most effective when learned and applied with a similar attack in mind. Hence, we bring these top headlines from the cyber world:

 

300,000 Nintendo Accounts Compromised

The Japanese video game company Nintendo had notified on 24th April 2020 of a data breach that compromised about 160,000 of its user accounts. But in a recent post, the company revealed that over 140,000 more accounts had been exploited, comprising the total number of compromised accounts to 300,000. 

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Cybersecurity Updates For The Week 24 of 2020

The cyberspace withstands serious threats every instant. These cyber-attacks are manageable with the right phishing prevention measures. However, along with an appropriate anti-phishing service, one must also have a profound knowledge of recent cyberattacks to have a better idea about what really is going on out there. Therefore we bring you the latest security headlines as nothing can be as informative as firsthand accounts of cyber attack survivors.

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Cybersecurity Updates For The Week 23 of 2020

Govements across the world have declared cybersecurity to be a necessity and not an option. Phishing prevention is no longer a choice; it’s a need, and the following news headlines show exactly why protection against phishing is vital for an organization:

 

Hackers Leak 2.9 Crore Indian Records

Security firm Cyble recently reported that hackers have put up the details of 2.9 crore Indian job-seekers on the dark market for free. These records include the email addresses, phone numbers, home addresses, qualification and work experience of victims apart from several other details.

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Cybersecurity Updates For The Week 22 of 2020

Ensuring protection against phishing becomes strenuous when over a billion phishing attacks get launched every year. The following headlines from cybersecurity indicate that preparedness alone can ensure phishing protection to a significant extent.

 

Easyjet Customers To Stay On Guard

In a recent hack, the British airline EasyJet had the email addresses and travel details of 9 million customers compromised. 2,208 customers among them had their credit card details stolen as well. While it’s evident that the 9 million customers are on the radar of attackers, EasyJet is trying its best to adopt phishing prevention best practices.

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Cybersecurity Updates For The Week 21 of 2020

Every second, 44 cyber attacks are being launched across the world. This terrorizing threat concerns all internet users, and hence keeping abreast of the latest happenings in cybersecurity is imperative for phishing prevention. Following are the top headlines from the past week

 

Ransomware Hits Magellan Health Inc.

The Fortune 500 Company Magellan Health Inc. detected a ransomware attack on one of its servers recently that compromised personal details of employees. The compromised data includes names, employee IDs, addresses, and W-2 or 1099 tax form details.

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Cybersecurity Updates For The Week 20 of 2020

Ensuring protection against phishing is the greatest challenge to digital security. The attacks only seem to be rising, and the following headlines are a hint to the unavoidable need for stringent security measures in organizations:

 

HSA Removes Fake COVID Care Products

E-commerce websites in Singapore have been listing bizarre products on platforms such as Lazada, Carousell, Shopee, and Facebook. These products include test kits, herbs, traditional medicines, health supplements and hand sanitizers. Over 1,700 such products with misleading claims have been identified in the last three months. To enhance anti-phishing protection, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) is strictly monitoring local e-commerce platforms. The HSA has sent out over 1,600 warning letters to the sellers of fake Covid19 products.

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Cybersecurity Updates For The Week 19 of 2020

Ensuring protection from phishing attacks has become the most significant cybersecurity challenge in the twenty-first century. The ratio of attacks and preventive measures never seems to reach equilibrium. Hence, keeping abreast of the latest cyber news plays a vital role in the war against adversaries. The following headlines from the cyber world echo of the rising importance of investments in cybersecurity

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Cybersecurity Updates For The Week 18 of 2020

Phishing prevention cannot be assured with a single security measure, especially in recent times, when hundreds of cyberattacks take place every day. The following headlines from the past week in cybersecurity prove precisely why you need to strengthen your organization’s anti-phishing solutions

 

NCSC Develops Email Reporting Service

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre launched a Cyber Aware Campaign called Suspicious Email Reporting Service on 22nd April, in which over 5,000 suspect emails were reported within a day. 

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Cybersecurity Updates For The Week 17 of 2020

Here are the most recent developments in phishing prevention across the globe. The attacks from the past week shall perhaps enable you to rectify all loose ends in your online networks.

 

Hacker Impersonates White House Home Page

In another COVID 19 cyber attack, the adversaries have sent out emails to American citizens from a “Valentina Robinson” impersonating the White House. The email comes with grammatical and spelling errors (“carantine” for quarantine and “pamdemic” for pandemic) and instructs users to download an attached document containing new guidelines related to the epidemic.

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Cybersecurity Updates For The Week 16 of 2020

Yet another week has gone by with cyberattacks causing the world much trouble. Following are some of the most recent security news updates

 

Email.it Customer Data Selling Online

The Email.it datacenter underwent a cyberattack two years back the repercussions of which have surfaced recently. The hackers had demanded a ransom, which the company refused to pay. They took a more reasonable way and adopted phishing prevention measures. Email.it also informed the Italian Postal Police (CNAIPIC) about the breach. But now, the hackers are selling data belonging to over 600,000 Email.it users on the dark web.

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Cybersecurity Updates For The Week 15 of 2020

Cybersecurity in these tough times is essential to ensure phishing prevention and to keep the money in your bank accounts safe to survive the global economic fall that’s ahead of us. The following headlines from the past week in cybersecurity shall help you strengthen your security measures:

 

FIN7’s Gift Card Trap

The FBI has recently found the threat actor group FIN7 guilty of luring victims with fake gift cards to steal their personal information. This time, they are sending out emails informing victims that the retail chain ‘Best Buy’ is extending a $50 gift card to its loyal customers. To increase credibility, they also included a USB drive claiming to list the items purchasable through the gift card.

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Cybersecurity Updates For The Week 13 of 2020

It is of utmost importance for you to stay abreast of the latest hacking plots if you want to keep your devices safe from the latest attacks happening around the world. The following headlines serve this purpose of providing phishing prevention tips:

 

Nefilim Ransomware Proves A Threat

Newly discovered ransomware Nefilim that uses a combination of AES-128 and RSA-2048 algorithms is causing much havoc by threatening to release stolen data. Spreading through exposed remote Desktop Services, Nefilim removes the Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) component and depends on emails for payments rather than a Tor payment site.

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