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For credentials, these are the new Seven Commandments for zero trust

15 Mar, 2023 Credentials, email, Malware, Phishing, Ransomware, Security, Security News, Zero Trust 0 Comments

Image: weerapat1003/Adobe Stock Credential security company Beyond Identity has launched the Zero Trust Authentication initiative for organizations to hack-proof user credentials, with backing from major firms. Zero trust is a framework that secures infrastructure and data, in part by eliminating arbitrary perimeter and demanding authentication from all users and endpoints . . . Read more

Sextortionist Campaign Targets iOS, Android Users with New Spyware

16 Dec, 2020 Android, Apple, Blackmail, email, google, Goontact, iOS, iPhone, KakaoTalk, Malware, Mobile Security, mobile threats, Privacy, Security News, sextortionist, Spyware, telegram, threat actors 0 Comments

Goontact lures users of illicit sites through Telegram and other secure messaging apps and steals their information for future fraudulent use. New spyware is targeting iOS and Android frequenters of adult mobile sites by posing as a secure messaging application in yet another twist on sextortionist scams. The spyware, dubbed . . . Read more

SideWinder APT Targets Nepal, Afghanistan in Wide-Ranging Spy Campaign

09 Dec, 2020 advanced persistent threat, Afghanistan, apt, Backdoor, CVE-2017-11882, CVE-2019-2215, Cyberattacks, email, Email credentials, espionage, everest, Malware, mediatek-su, Mobile Security, Nepal, Phishing, Privacy, Security News, sidewinder, Trend Micro, Vulnerabilities, Web Security 0 Comments

Convincing email-credentials phishing, emailed backdoors and mobile apps are all part of the groups latest effort against military and government targets. The SideWinder advanced persistent threat (APT) group has mounted a fresh phishing and malware initiative, using recent territory disputes between China, India, Nepal and Pakistan as lures. The goal . . . Read more

Microsoft: Most-Imitated Brand for Phishing Emails

19 Oct, 2020 amazon, brand impersonation, brand phishing, Check Point, COVID-19, email, Microsoft, Mobile Security, Most Recent ThreatLists, Pandemic, Phishing, remote working, Security News, the report, third quarter, Web Security 0 Comments

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PoetRAT Resurfaces in Attacks in Azerbaijan Amid Escalating Conflict

07 Oct, 2020 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cisco Talos, conflict, Dostoevsky, email, espionage, Government, macros, malicious documents, Malware, Malware analysis, microsoft word, nation state, PoetRAT, public sector, Security News, spearphishing, Spyware, The Brothers Karamazov, threat actors, war, Web Security 0 Comments

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Chinese APT Debuts Sepulcher Malware in Spear-Phishing Attacks

02 Sep, 2020 Chinese APT, dissidents, email, european officials, exilerat, Government, malicious attachment, malicious email, Malware, Phishing, Proofpoint, remote access Trojan, Security News, Sepulcher, Spear Phishing, TA413, Tibet, Vulnerabilities, Web Security 0 Comments

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OilRig APT Drills into Malware Innovation with Unique Backdoor

23 Jul, 2020 apt, apt34, Backdoor, c2 channel, email, helix kitten, Irán, Malware, OilRig, Palo Alto, rdat, Security News, steganography, Unit 42 0 Comments

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