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Cybercriminals May Be Targeting Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, FBI Warns

Threat Actors Will Target Any Opening of Any Entity That Has A Direct Connection to Some Aspect of the Summer Olympics.

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MosaicLoader Malware Uses SEO Poisoning to Infect Software Pirates' Systems

This New Malware Evades Detection by Hiding in Windows Defender Exclusions.

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Pegasus Spyware Targets Phones of Journalists, Activists, and Politicians

A List of Up To 50,000 Phone Numbers of People Believed to Be of Interest to Clients of Israeli Company NSO, Leaked to Major News Outlets.

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IoT Malware Infections Increased by 700% Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Most of the Risky IoT Traffic Came from Manufacturing and Retail Devices, Including 3D Printers, Barcode Readers, and Payment Terminal Devices.

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New Joker Malware Variant Targets Android Apps

Security Researchers Revealed That the Joker Mobile Trojan Is Back on Google Play, with New Approaches to Skirt Past Google’s App-Vetting Process.

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Australians Have Lost AU$7.2 Million to Remote Access Scams So Far This Year

This Is an Increase of 184% Compared to the Same Period Last Year.

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Cyberattack Hits Iran's Transport Ministry

Over the Years, Iran Has Claimed It’s Been the Target of Repeated Cyberattacks, Many of Which It Blamed on Israel and the U.S.

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Researchers Disclose Coursera API Vulnerabilities

API Access Control Issues Are Reportedly One of the Biggest Security Problems Facing APIs.

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Oil & Gas Sector Targeted by Global Spear-Phishing Campaign

The Same Threat Actors Are Also Targeting IT Organizations, Manufacturing and Media Sectors Around the World.

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British Airways Settles 2018 Data Breach Lawsuit

Law Firm PGMBM Said Those Affected by the Leak Will Receive A Confidential Settlement Following Mediation with the Airline.

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WSSC Water Hit with Ransomware Attack

The U.S. Water Company Is Currently Investigating A Ransomware Attack That Affected Non-Essential Business Systems in May.

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Malicious Google Play Apps Steal Facebook Users’ Logins and Passwords

The Company Removed Nine Android Apps Installed Over 5,856,010 Times After They Were Caught Stealing Users’ Facebook Login Credentials.

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UNC1151 Threat Actors Breach Polish MPs' Email Accounts

Polish Counter-Intelligence Revealed Additional Details of One of the Biggest Cyberattacks Targeting the Country in Recent Years.

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Hackers Are Targeting LinkedIn’s 1.2B Data-Scrape Victims

The Database of Over 80,000 U.S. Business Owners on LinkedIn Has Been Posted on A Hacker Forum.

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IndigoZebra APT Campaign Continues to Target Central Asia

The Afghan, Kyrgyz and Uzbek Governments Are All Thought to Have Been Targeted by the Same Cyber-Espionage Campaign.

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Hades Ransomware Gang Claims More Victims

The Ransomware Group, Which Mainly Targets Billion-Dollar Companies, Has Claimed to Have Hit At Least Seven Victims Since Its Discovery in December 2020.

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SolarWinds Attack Cost Impacted Companies an Average of $12 Million

A New Survey Points Out That the Incident Also Motivated More Information Sharing Within the Industry and Improved Supply Chain Security.

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Microsoft Successfully Hit by A Dependency Hijacking Attack Again

Cybercriminals Are Using This Technique to Target Prominent Companies with Malicious Code.

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Microsoft Edge Vulnerability Could’ve Allowed Hackers to Steal Files

The CVE-2021-34506 Vulnerability Was Patched by the Tech Giant on June 24th As Part of Its Chromium Project Security Updates.

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Hive Ransomware Gang Targets Software Provider Altus Group

The Exfiltrated Files Published on HiveLeaks Include Business Data and Documents, Argus Certificates, and Development Files.

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Binance Helps Take Down Multiple Clop Ransomware Gang Members

The World-Class Blockchain Company Has Helped Law Enforcement in Their Effort to Identify and Ultimately Arrest Clop Ransomware Group Members.

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Heimdal™ Security Discovers New Cryptocurrency Scam Campaign

Our Algorithms and Analysts have Investigated and Found New Infected Domains from the Same Campaign.

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​Ever101 Ransomware Payment Traced to A Sensual Massage Website

The Threat Actors Used the Tip Jar Feature to Launder the Ransom by Making It Look Like A Tip to A Masseuse.

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Opera VPN, VyprVPN Classified as Threats and Banned in Russia

Last Week, Russia’s Telecommunications Watchdog, Roskomnadzor, Banned the Use of the Two VPN Services, Classifying Them as Threats.

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Vigilante Malware Rejects Software Pirates and Blocks Them

Between October 2020 – January 2021, Numerous Software Downloads Blocked Users from Visiting Websites That Host Pirated Versions of Video Games.

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Scammers Are Mailing Fake Ledger Devices to Steal Cryptocurrency

The Company Warns Users to Not Connect the Device to the Computer and Never Share the Recovery Phrase with Anyone.

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What Is an MDM App and How Can You Use It to Secure Your Devices?

How to Choose the Right MDM App. Benefits of Using an MDM App.

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McDonald’s Suffers Security Breach

The Hackers Stole Sensitive Data from the Company’s Systems in Markets Including the U.S., South Korea, and Taiwan.

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Ransomware Attack Hits Foodservice Distributor Edward Don

The Attack Forced the Company to Shut Down Some of Its Operations to Prevent the Infection’s Spread.

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Hackers Are Tampering with Pre-Installed Apps to Spy on Samsung Users

The Threat Actors Can Watch Users, and Even Take Complete Control of the Entire System.