SecureBlitz

MARCH 13, 2024

In this post, we will show you the impact of COVID-19 on live-streaming services. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted various industries, and the live-streaming services sector is no exception.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2020

In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a boon to cybercriminals: With unprecedented numbers of people working from home and anxious for news about the virus outbreak, it’s hard to imagine a more target-rich environment for phishers, scammers and malware purveyors. There are a ton of reshipment tricks out there.”

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 24, 2020

This is all a prelude to saying that I have been paying a lot of attention to the COVID-related risks of flying. We know a lot more about how COVID-19 spreads than we did in March. It doesn't help that I get a -1 on my COVID saving throw for type A blood , and another -1 for male pattern baldness.

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Joseph Steinberg

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

People living in many different areas of the USA are reporting receiving to their homes in recent days unexpected shipments of COVID-19 protection supplies – such as packs of surgical masks and face shields – products that they never ordered.

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Recent phishing emails claim to offer a COVID-19 grant application from the SBA but are actually looking to capture banking details and other confidential data, says Inky. The post Credential phishing attacks continue to exploit COVID-19 to target businesses appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 7, 2020

I wrote about the increased risks of working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. From an agency memo : A new wave of cyber-attacks is targeting Federal Agency Personnel, required to telework from home, during the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Three weeks ago (could it possibly be that long already?),

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 2, 2024

A study issued last August by Gartner analysts Satarupa Patnaik and Franz Hinner drills down on how legacy endpoint protections are falling short in the post-Covid, GenAI operating environment. We now know what the post Coivd 19/Gen AI threat threat landscape looks like, folks.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 23, 2021

Cyber criminals are taking advantage of the global crisis coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) to attempt cyber scams! The Wave of Coronavirus Cyber Scams While the world is busy fighting with the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), cyber attackers are misusing this global crisis for their malicious use.

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Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 26, 2022

Scammers are taking advantage of the focus on COVID-19 testing and the need for at-home test kits, says Barracuda Networks.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

As Covid-19 rise across the country, public health officials are starting to ramp up contact tracing efforts. . Misconceptions about Covid-19 tracking have yielded fertile ground for scammers, who have used phone calls, text messages, and even malicious apps to collect sensitive personal information and spread malware. .

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 15, 2020

Whether it’s helping hospitals avoid becoming the next ransomware victim or kneecapping new COVID-19-themed scam websites, these nascent partnerships may well end up saving lives. But can this unprecedented level of collaboration survive the pandemic? “I’ve never seen this volume of phishing,” Rogers told Reuters. .

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 30, 2020

I think the effects of COVID-19 will be more drastic than the effects of the terrorist attacks of 9/11: not only with respect to surveillance, but across many aspects of our society. Yet ratcheting up surveillance to combat the pandemic now could permanently open the doors to more invasive forms of snooping later.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 24, 2020

OneZero is tracking thirty countries around the world who are implementing surveillance programs in the wake of COVID-19: The most common form of surveillance implemented to battle the pandemic is the use of smartphone location data, which can track population-level movement down to enforcing individual quarantines.

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The State of Security

JUNE 23, 2022

The UK's National Health Service has warned the public about a spate of fake messages, sent out as SMS text messages, fraudulently telling recipients that they have been exposed to the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 13, 2020

Google and Apple have announced a joint project to create a privacy-preserving COVID-19 contact tracing app. Covid-19 is a notifiable disease so a doctor who diagnoses you must inform the public health authorities, and if they have the bandwidth they call you and ask who you've been in contact with.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 16, 2020

This one isn't even related to contact tracing: On March 17, 2020, the federal government relaxed a number of telehealth-related regulatory requirements due to COVID-19.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2020

This post includes the details of the COVID-19 themed attacks launched from December 6 – December 19, 2020. December 6 – Drug dealers are selling Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines on the darkweb. December 18 – Hackers target COVID-19 vaccine supply chain and sell the vaccine in Darkweb.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Threat actors have started to exploit the interest in the Omicron COVID-19 variant and are using it as a lure in phishing campaigns. Crooks have already started exploiting the interest in the Omicron COVID-19 variant and are using it as a lure in phishing attacks. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Omicron COVID-19).

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 23, 2021

With most of the world still not vaccinated against COVID-19, criminals are hawking fake vaccine documents, says Check Point Research.

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 9, 2022

The post Your COVID-19 digital passport might be a security risk appeared first on TechRepublic. Experts and Symantec have found evidence that popular vaccine passport apps hand over personal information with zero encryption, along with other risky behaviors.

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Adam Levin

JULY 23, 2020

Justice Department has accused two Chinese hackers of conducting a massive campaign of intellectual property theft, including Covid-19 vaccine research. The post US Indicts Hackers For Theft of Technology, Covid-19 Research appeared first on Adam Levin.

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Graham Cluley

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

million accounts, suspended 11,230 accounts, and removed over 97,674 pieces of misleading content related to COVID-19 worldwide. As an update on the company’s COVID-19 misinformation report webpage notes: Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 31, 2022

The number of COVID-19 test-related phishing scams increased by 521% between October 2021 and January 2022, according to a report published by Barracuda Networks, a provider of security and data protection platforms.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2021

Experts from threat intelligence firm Cyble have found documents relating to Covid-19 vaccine of European Medicines Agency in the Darkweb. Security experts from threat intelligence firm Cyble have found several documents relating to the Covid-19 vaccine allegedly stolen from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) leaked in the Darkweb.

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Jane Frankland

JULY 13, 2020

COVID-19 has spread around the world at lightning speed since it emerged at the tail end of 2019 in Wuhan, China. I firmly believe that as long as we work together with care, consideration, and compassion, the faster we’ll rise from COVID-19. COVID-19 is a wakeup call and opportunity — it’s a time to heal and amend.

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Quick Heal Antivirus

MAY 7, 2021

Have you received an SMS with a link that says, “Register for vaccine using COVID-19 app”? Hackers target users with fake COVID-19 vaccine registration app appeared first on Quick Heal Blog | Latest computer security news, tips, and advice. Well, beware! The post Beware!

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Reddy’s, the Indian contractor for Russia’s “Sputinik V” COVID-19 vaccine was hit with a cyber-attack that forced the company to close its plants. Indian COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories was hit with a cyber attack that forced it to shut down its plants in Brazil, India, Russia, the U.K.,

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 23, 2022

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has warned the public about a spate of fake messages, sent out as SMS text messages, fraudulently telling recipients that they have been exposed to the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The post NHS warns of scam COVID-19 text messages appeared first on The State of Security.

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Threatpost

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Reddy's, the contractor for Russia’s “Sputinik V” COVID-19 vaccine and a major generics producer, has had to close plants and isolate its data centers.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The post Fight Back Against COVID-19 Cyberfraud appeared first on Security Boulevard. But you can’t necessarily trust that the voice on the other end of the line is actually your coworker. Voice phishing, or “vishing,” attacks have skyrocketed during the pandemic, according to a joint report from the FBI and the Cybersecurity.

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Bleeping Computer

AUGUST 3, 2021

The Lazio region in Italy has suffered a RansomEXX ransomware attack that has disabled the region's IT systems, including the COVID-19 vaccination registration portal. [.].

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We Live Security

JANUARY 13, 2021

The documents related to COVID-19 vaccine and medications were stolen from the EU's medicines agency last month. The post Hackers leak stolen COVID‑19 vaccine documents appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2020

COVID-19 disinformation and misinformation campaigns continue to proliferate around the world, with potentially harmful consequences for society. During a COVID-19 crisis, while most of the people have to maintain social distancing and work from home, threat cyber are attempting to conduct disinformation and misinformation campaigns.

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 13, 2022

COVID-19-themed phishing campaigns are not unheard of in the U.S., The post New COVID-19 Phishing Campaign Uses Google Forms appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. Small Business Administration (SBA) and rely on Google Forms to host phishing pages that steal the personal details of business owners.

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Tech Republic Security

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

From fake coronavirus 'cures' to counterfeit travel documents and scam calling services, COVID-19 continues to offer plenty of monetization opportunities for cyber criminals, say researchers from Trustwave.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 18, 2022

The post Workers Go Back to the Office: Cybersecurity After COVID-19 appeared first on Security Boulevard. In the same report, 52% of workers are in the process of switching to a hybrid or a full-time remote job in 2022. This dichotomy.

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