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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CSO Magazine

MARCH 29, 2023

APT43 specializes in credential harvesting and social engineering with a focus on foreign policy and nuclear security issues, topics that align with North Korea’s strategic nuclear goals.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2021

Over the past year, the Cybereason Nocturnus Team has observed various trends among cyber criminals and nation-state groups leveraging various global events such as COVID-19 and other topical themes and trending issues as phishing content to lure their victims into installing their malware of choice.

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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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Troy Hunt

JUNE 11, 2020

The IoT topic got some good engagement as did the fact that we "magically" dropped over a hundred active cases of COVID-19 in Australia today (sounds like the gov just reclassifying what's still considered to be an active case).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 24, 2021

We have several predictions and topics of concern for the cybersecurity industry in the coming year, from overarching fundamentals to those that will be of more concern to entry-level professionals and small and medium-sized businesses. We suggest that all cybersecurity professionals be informed on these topics as they evolve.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 12, 2020

Cybercriminals constantly latch on to news items that captivate the public’s attention, but usually they do so by sensationalizing the topic or spreading misinformation about it. A recent snapshot of the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus data map, available at coronavirus.jhu.edu.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Note: This isn’t my usual essay topic. The source of our current acedia is not the literal loss of a future; even the most pessimistic scenarios surrounding COVID-19 have our species surviving. COVID-19 has erased many of the spatial and temporal horizons we rely on, even if we don’t notice them very often.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 4, 2021

With the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, making its way around the world, threat actors are using this opportunity to try and make a quick buck. Omicron phishing emails: just the latest Covid-19 aligned attack. SecureWorld News started tracking Covid-19 related cyberattacks at the beginning of the pandemic.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2020

The increasing number of news articles circulating on the internet in the wake of COVID-19 has resulted in the rise of Phishing attacks which feed on people’s fears. COVID-19 phishing emails have been said to make up an approximate of 15% of all spam mails to offices during the last week of March. Conclusion.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2020

Nearly 25,000 email credentials allegedly from NIH, WHO, Gates Foundation and other organizations involved in the containment of COVID-19 pandemic are dumped online. The news is disconcerting for many reasons, primarily because organizations engaged in the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic are once again under attack19.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 19, 2021

tag=Email Security'>Email Security</a> Depending on where you are in the world, it is now approximately one year since the COVID-19 pandemic meant that many employees had to start working from home suddenly. As with many elements of life, COVID-19 served to accelerate trends that were already taking place.

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Hot for Security

APRIL 5, 2021

Cybersecurity can often seem like a topic for the business sector. Aligned efforts to capitalize on COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic provided lucrative ground for every ‘school’ of cybercrime, especially in the first half of the year. But regular consumers are equally affected by cybercrime, directly or indirectly.

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Joseph Steinberg

MARCH 15, 2021

Recently, I participated in a (virtual) discussion about the security of home networks – an important topic as hundreds of millions of people around the world continue to work remotely due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 15, 2021

Cyber Crooks seem to be exploiting network vulnerabilities created by the new trend of remote working during the COVID 19 crisis and this has made them gain numerous sums of amount. The post Ransomware and Cyber Attacks were hot topics at G7 Summit appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 30, 2020

So here you have it: our list of our favorite articles from this strange year—on the topics of software licensing, digital transformation and more. Of course, there was a large focus this year on how Covid-19 impacted the world in many ways, including in the workforce. Healthcare’s connectivity cure?

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In our exclusive Behind the Scenes interview series, we take a deeper look at a topic that is relevant to the information security community. SecureWorld] When it comes to threat intel, you have been talking about threats from COVID-19, Remcos, Nemty, and Avaddon. Shields] We did some recent research on that very topic.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 13, 2021

P atient identification challenges caused by COVID-19 . Several COVID 19 vaccines require two dosages in order to achieve the desired immunity. ? One of the greatest issues with pati ent identification in the COVID-19 era is our reliance on touch-based solutions as a means of identifying who we are.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Topics include: BEC fraud, CEO fraud, hackers, cybercriminals, and money mules. Tracking COVID-19 Cyber Threats. Details: How threat actors are using COVID-19 to attack. Featured interview: Ohad Zaidenberg, leader of the COVID-19 CTI League. You know, we're being all digital.

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Veracode Security

JANUARY 26, 2021

So what were the hot AppSec topics in 2020? Our new Security Labs offering was a hot topic last year. Our survey report with ESG covered some of the pain points organizations are facing regarding security training, and blogs on that topic were in our most-viewed list as well. Covid life. Developer security training.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2020

Hackers compromiseD -Link and Linksys routers and change DNS settings to redirect users to bogus sites proposing a fake COVID-19 information app from the World Health Organization. In some cases, users were infected with the Oski information-stealing malware. ” reported BleepingComputer. ” reported BleepingComputer.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The line between personal and professional use of digital tools and services, which was blurry even before the global pandemic, has now been obliterated by Covid-19. However, the sudden and drastic shift to work-from-home and schooling-from-home settings has changed the ball game. Host virtual events? Offer employee perks?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2021

The phishing emails have similar topics and pretend to come from some of the same entities – for example, the Office of the Attorney General (Fiscalia General de la Nacion) or the National Directorate of Taxes and Customs (DIAN). . The same IP address range was used for emails sent in the earlier campaign.

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Security Through Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Since the beginning of COVID-19, cybersecurity firm “DomainTools” has flagged more than 100,000 sites with COVID-19-related domains as “high risk” for fraud. And finally, be sure to check out our numerous blogs and newsletters about scams, online safety, and other topics such as these on social-engineer.org.

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Cisco Security

MAY 10, 2022

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, an important topic to me personally and my leadership ethos. By addressing this critical topic, I want people to know that they are not alone, and we are here for you. Yet, mental health has not traditionally been a popular discussion topic. Adjusting to Extraordinary Times/COVID-19 .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 9, 2021

Considering how many businesses receive documents with sensitive information, that could be a worthwhile topic to cover in future training sessions. A recent PwC survey indicated that 83% of employers and 71% of those in the United States felt working at home during COVID-19 was a successful venture.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2020

The economical disputes between Australia and China are related to multiple topics, including maritime claims and the use of technologies from Chinese state-backed companies. At least one expert told ABC there was an increased in cyber espionage activity attempting to steal material related to COVID-19.

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SC Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

Many of the attacks used impersonation methods such as homoglyphs and logo or domain impersonation, and also lures that convinced people to click on COVID-19-related topics.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

For a second consecutive year, the time for Kaspersky to make its predictions for the healthcare sector comes amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, the virus still dominates most aspects of our lives, and, of course, the pandemic remained the biggest and most-discussed topic in medicine.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2020

The paper is a consultation paper, this means that its purpose is to stimulate a discussion on the topic. Experts are observing several attacks against infrastructure in different industries, such as energy, banking and finance, that could have severe consequences. ” reads the paper.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 31, 2021

healthcare system struggles to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been fighting another major battle – ransomware. In June, the (ISC)² blog dedicated a full week to ransomware awareness (#RansomwareWeek), posting a number of blogs about the topic. As the U.S. More information about (ISC)² certifications is available here.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

So I was delighted to be invited to host the new Thales Security Sessions podcast and in my first episode I tackled some of the threats that are emerging as a result of the global Covid-19 pandemic. What are three topics that a CISO should be looking at as a priority? My guests for this episode were Todd Moore and Rick Robinson.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

This is not a new problem, but the Covid-19 pandemic has emphasized individuals' secure cyber behaviors. People have short memories, so repetition is altogether appropriate for a topic that’s so strategic to the organization. Hardening the human firewall. One-and-done won’t suffice.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

There is no escaping this topic in cybersecurity—the United States is short more than 500,000 cybersecurity professionals and more than 3.5 I was at the WiCyS Conference all week covering topics of the event. million globally. If recruiting for these roles does not start young, how will the positions be filled?

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Zoom became an essential tool for co-workers and friends alike. SecureWorld has previously covered this topic and other security concerns that came to light as the company became both a savior and a suspect in the race to remote work.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The subject of COVID-19 which dominated newsfeeds throughout the entire year was exploited by scammers in various schemes. The sale of fake COVID vaccination passes and QR codes became another source of income for cybercriminals. COVID-19 remained a relevant topic in phishing e-mails targeting the business sector.

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Webroot

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Thanks to the disruptions to “normal” work routines that COVID-19 has brought, launching a company-wide training program to teach end users how to avoid phishing scams and online risks is a big challenge. Unfortunately, COVID-19 has also brought a major acceleration in phishing activity.

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