How Safe is Venmo Money Transfer?
It wasn’t long ago that peers and colleagues completed personal transactions through the physical exchange of cash. This changed at the start of the digital age as fewer people carried cash in their...
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Cybersecurity Q&A Roundup with ThreatAdvice
We recently interviewed two of our cybersecurity experts, Brandon Jarrett and Start Largin, to get some answers about the state of cybersecurity for banks. Hope you enjoy this Q + A session!
North Korean Hackers Exploit Chrome Zero-Day Weeks Before Patch
North Korean state hackers have exploited a zero-day, remote code execution vulnerability in Google Chrome web browser for more than a month before a patch became available, in attacks targeting news...
Custom macOS Malware of Chinese Hackers ‘Storm Cloud’ Exposed
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown macOS malware variant called GIMMICK, which is believed to be a custom tool used by a Chinese espionage threat actor known as 'Storm Cloud.’The...
VMware Issues Patches for Critical Flaws Affecting Carbon Black App Control
On Wednesday, the cloud computing company VMware released software updates to patch two critical security vulnerabilities affecting its Carbon Black App Control platform. The vulnerabilities, if...
EU and US Agencies Warn that Russia Could Attack Satellite Communications Networks
“This week the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a Safety Information Bulletin to warn of intermittent Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) outages near Ukraine conflict...
AvosLocker Ransomware Targets US Critical Infrastructure | ThreatAdvice
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns of AvosLocker ransomware being used in attacks targeting multiple US critical infrastructure sectors.
Russia-linked Threats Actors Exploited Default MFA Protocol & PrintNightmare Bug to Compromise NGO Cloud
Summary:“The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that Russia-linked threat actors have gained access to a non-governmental...
Dozens of Ransomware Variants Used In 722 Attacks Over 3 Months
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The ransomware space was very active in the last quarter of 2021, with threat analysts observing 722 distinct attacks deploying 34 different variants.This massive amount of activity creates...
Phishing Attacks Continue to Dominate, Here’s Why
F-Secure recently conducted a phishing simulation attack in collaboration with 4 multi-national organizations. The simulated phishing attacks that targeted 82,402 workers revealed key insights into...
SEC Proposes Rules on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure by Public Companies
The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed amendments to its rules to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident...
US Treasury: Russia May Bypass Sanctions Using Ransomware Payments
The Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) warned U.S. financial institutions this week to keep an eye out for attempts to evade sanctions and US-imposed restrictions...