Dozens of universities are being hit with a coordinated cyber-attack that uses news of the Omicron variant as a lure to steal login credentials. Evidence of...
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nakedsecurity – “Back to basics” as courier scammers skip fake fees and missed deliveries
We’ve been warning about fake courier scams on Naked Security for many years, even before the coronavirus pandemic increased our collective reliance on home deliveries. These...
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thehackernews – New Stealthier ZLoader Variant Spreading Via Fake TeamViewer Download Ads
Users searching for TeamViewer remote desktop software on search engines like Google are being redirected to malicious links that drop ZLoader malware onto their systems while simultaneously embracing...
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welivesecurity – BladeHawk group: Android espionage against Kurdish ethnic group
ESET researchers have investigated a targeted mobile espionage campaign against the Kurdish ethnic group, and that has been active since at least March 2020. ESET researchers...
welivesecurity – ProtonMail forced to log user’s IP address after an order from Swiss authorities
ProtonMail a Swiss-based secure email provider has been at the center of some controversy after it was forced to share the IP address of one of...
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thehackernews – Hackers Leak VPN Account Passwords From 87,000 Fortinet FortiGate Devices
Network security solutions provider Fortinet confirmed that a malicious actor had unauthorizedly disclosed VPN login names and passwords associated with 87,000 FortiGate SSL-VPN devices. “These credentials...
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thehackernews – Cybercriminals Abusing Internet-Sharing Services to Monetize Malware Campaigns
Threat actors are capitalizing on the growing popularity of proxyware platforms like Honeygain and Nanowire to monetize their own malware campaigns, once again illustrating how attackers...
The Register – China arrests over 1000 for using cryptocurrency to help launder proceeds of phone scams
As local search engines stop providing results on crypto-keywords China’s crackdown on cryptocurrencies has reached a new crescendo, with the nation’s Ministry of Public Security on...
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The Hacker News – 7-Year-Old Polkit Flaw Lets Unprivileged Linux Users Gain Root Access
7-Year-Old Polkit Flaw Lets Unprivileged Linux Users Gain Root Access A seven-year-old privilege escalation vulnerability discovered in the polkit system service could be exploited by a...
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The Hacker News – Hackers Can Exploit Samsung Pre-Installed Apps to Spy On Users
Hackers Can Exploit Samsung Pre-Installed Apps to Spy On Users Multiple critical security flaws have been disclosed in Samsung’s pre-installed Android apps, which, if successfully exploited,...
welivesecurity – 5 common scams targeting teens – and how to stay safe
From knock-off designer products to too-good-to-be-true job offers, here are five common schemes fraudsters use to trick teenagers out of their money and sensitive data Amer...
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The Hacker News – 120 Compromised Ad Servers Target Millions of Internet Users
An ongoing malvertising campaign tracked as “Tag Barnakle” has been behind the breach of more than 120 ad servers over the past year to sneakily inject...