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QuickBooks Vishing Scam Targets Small Businesses

Cybercriminals are posing as Intuit's popular accounting software package QuickBooks to target Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 small business users in a voice-phishing scam. The campaign sends a false invoice...

Hybrid-Work Reality Drives Hardware-based Security Strategies

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New remote business reality pushes security teams to retool to protect expanding attack surface. Remote workforce, hybrid-cloud and Zero-Trust trends are pushing security teams to focus on hardware-assisted...

‘Nobody is holding them back’ — North Korean cyber-attack threat rises

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North Korea-backed cyberattacks on cryptocurrency and tech firms will only become more sophisticated over time as the country battles prolonged economic sanctions and resource shortages. Former CIA analyst Soo Kim...

More than $4.7M stolen in Uniswap fake token phishing attack

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A sophisticated phishing campaign targeting liquidity providers (LPs) of the Uniswap v3 protocol has seen attackers make off with at least $4.7 million worth of Ether (ETH). However, the...
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‘Luna Moth’ Group Ransoms Data Without the Ransomware

A little social engineering and commercially available remote administration tools (RATs) and other software are all the new Luna Moth ransom group has needed to infiltrate victims' systems and...
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Fake Google Software Updates Spread New Ransomware

Threat actors are increasingly using fake Microsoft and Google software updates to try to sneak malware on target systems. The latest example is "HavanaCrypt," a new ransomware tool that researchers...

U.S. Healthcare Orgs Targeted with Maui Ransomware

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State-sponsored actors are deploying the unique malware–which targets specific files and leaves no ransomware note–in ongoing attacks. Several federal agencies are warning healthcare organizations that they are under threat of...

Understanding your API attack surface: How to get started

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We live in a world of cloud computing, mobile devices and microservices. Nearly every application we interact with is powered by APIs, often many, especially when dealing with the...

North Korean APT targets US healthcare sector with Maui ransomware

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CISA warns of an unusual ransomware. State-sponsored North Korean threat actors have been targeting the US Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector for the past year using the Maui...
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Microsoft Reverses Course on Blocking Office Macros by Default

Updated 5:19 p.m. EDT to include Microsoft's clarification that the change is temporary.  Several security experts expressed disappointment this week at Microsoft's quiet reversal Wednesday of a decision it had...