by Shawn | Apr 22, 2020 | Access Control, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, News, Security, Security Breach, Technology News
Google has ousted 49 Chrome browser extensions from its Web Store that masqueraded as cryptocurrency wallets but contained malicious code to siphon off sensitive information and empty the digital currencies. The 49 browser add-ons, potentially the work of Russian...
by Shawn | Apr 20, 2020 | Access Control, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, News, Security, Security Breach, Technology News
A newly discovered phishing scam attempts to hook Brits with the promise of a tax refund from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. Research published by Abnormal Security details a sophisticated fraud fest in which scammers impersonating the UK government target...
by Shawn | Apr 17, 2020 | Access Control, Cybersecurity, Security, Technology News
While there’s some debate whether Benjamin Franklin or someone else said it first, the advice remains solid for the modern cyber landscape. Yet, in today’s competitive environment, not only is planning critical — but so, too, is planning for plans to fail. Because...
by Shawn | Apr 14, 2020 | Access Control, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, News, Security, Security Breach, Technology News
You might have already read about various campaigns warning how threat actors are capitalizing on the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in an attempt to infect your computers and mobile devices with malware or scam you out of your money. Unfortunately, to some extent,...
by Shawn | Apr 10, 2020 | Access Control, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, News, Security, Security Breach, Technology News
International hotel chain Marriott today disclosed a data breach impacting nearly 5.2 million hotel guests, making it the second security incident to hit the company in recent years. “At the end of February 2020, we identified that an unexpected amount of guest...
by Shawn | Apr 8, 2020 | Access Control, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, News, Security, Security Breach, Technology News
Zoom has been there for nine years, but the immediate requirement of an easy-to-use video conferencing app during the coronavirus pandemic overnight made it one of the most favorite communication tool for millions of people around the globe. No doubt, Zoom is an...
by Shawn | Apr 6, 2020 | Access Control, Cybersecurity, News, Technology News, Websites
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 malicious but also legitimate sites unknowingly loading malicious ads as well — using Safari browser could have let remote attackers...
by Shawn | Apr 3, 2020 | Access Control, Cybersecurity, News, Security, Technology News
Employers are responding to COVID-19 by allowing, and even mandating remote working. Companies ranging from Amazon, Microsoft and Google to local design shops have asked employees to work from home. While increasingly common even before the virus, remote work brings...
by Shawn | Apr 1, 2020 | Access Control, Cybersecurity, News, Security, Technology News
Preying on public fears, the ongoing coronavirus outbreak is proving to be a goldmine of opportunity for attackers to stage a variety of malware attacks, phishing campaigns, and create scam sites and malicious tracker apps. Now in a fresh twist, third-party Android...
by Shawn | Mar 30, 2020 | Access Control, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, News, Security, Technology News
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 devices. According to research published by Trend Micro and Kaspersky, the “Operation Poisoned News”...
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