7 Ways Hackers and Scammers Are Exploiting Coronavirus Panic
In our previous stories, you might have already read about various campaigns warning how threat actors are capitalizing on the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in an attempt…
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Google and Apple Plan to Turn Phones into COVID-19 Contact-Tracking Devices
Tech giants Apple and Google have joined forces to develop an interoperable contract-tracing tool that will help individuals determine if they have come in contact with someone infected with COVID-19.…
Hackers Used Local News Sites to Install Spyware On iPhones
A newly discovered watering-hole campaign is targeting Apple iPhone users in Hong Kong by using malicious website links as a lure to install spyware on the…
WARNING: Hackers Install Secret Backdoor on Thousands of Microsoft SQL Servers
Cybersecurity researchers today uncovered a sustained malicious campaign dating back to May 2018 that targets Windows machines running MS-SQL servers to deploy backdoors and other kinds…
How Just Visiting A Site Could Have Hacked Your iPhone or MacBook Camera
If you use Apple iPhone or MacBook, here we have a piece of alarming news for you. Turns out merely visiting a website — not just…
Secure Remote Working During COVID-19 — Checklist for CISOs
Coronavirus crisis introduces a heavy burden on the CISOs with the collective impact of a mass transition to working remotely coupled with a surge of cyberattacks…
Cisco Warns of High-Severity SD-WAN Flaws
The high-severity flaws exist in the products using SD-WAN software earlier than Release 19.2.2. Cisco Systems has fixed three high-severity vulnerabilities in its software-defined networking for…
Coronavirus Poll Results: Cyberattacks Ramp Up, WFH Prep Uneven
A poll of Threatpost readers shows that security preparedness is uneven as organizations make an unprecedented transition to remote working. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to…
Two Zoom Zero-Day Flaws Uncovered
The zero-day Zoom flaws could give local, unprivileged attackers root privileges, and allow them to access victims’ microphone and camera. Two zero-day flaws have been uncovered…
Impact of Coronavirus Outbreak on Early Stage Venture Investment in Cybersecurity
The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak will likely have an impact on early-stage venture investment in cybersecurity, but investors and industry professionals are optimistic. Last week, Washington, D.C.-based…
FBI Issues Alert on Phishing Email Scams Related to COVID-19
Attackers are using an HHS.gov open redirect to push Raccoon information-stealing malware on to victims’ systems. The IC3 has asked people to be cautious of emails…
Next-Gen Ransomware Packs a ‘Human’ Punch, Microsoft Warns
Ryuk, DoppelPaymer, Parinacota and other ransomware groups are getting more sophisticated, Microsoft warns. Researchers are warning that “human operated” ransomware campaigns are growing more sophisticated, adopting…