Phorpiex Botnet Shifts Gears From Ransomware to Sextortion
A decade-old botnet is using infected computers to send out sextortion emails, in a wide-scale campaign with the potential to reach millions of
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Hacking Back? BriansClub Dark Web Attack a Boon for Banks
The theft of 26 million card records from an underground site offers valuable intel for banks.
Source: Threat Post – Web Security
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Trump Campaign Website Left Open to Email Server Hijack
A misconfigured website development tool exposed hundreds of email servers to takeover, including President Donald Trump’s official campaign website.
Source: Threat Post
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Cisco Aironet Access Points Plagued By Critical, High-Severity Flaws
Cisco has issued patches for critical and high-severity vulnerabilities in its Aironet access point devices.
Source: Threat Post – Web Security –
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Silent Librarian Retools Phishing Emails to Hook Student Credentials
Silent Librarian cyberattackers are switching up tactics in a phishing scheme bent on stealing student credentials.
Source: Threat Post – Web Security
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Cybercrime Tool Prices Bump Up in Dark Web Markets
A report reveals data, services and toolkits available for cybercriminals are becoming more expensive and sophisticated.
Source: Threat Post – Web Security
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Unencrypted Mobile Traffic on Tor Network Leaks PII
Researchers create digital dossiers of mobile users scraped from Tor network traffic.
Source: Threat Post – Web Security – Unencrypted Mobile Traffic
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Fake iOS Jailbreak Site Lures in Apple Users
A fake website purports to enable iPhone users to download an iOS jailbreak – but ultimately prompts them to download a gaming app
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A Deepfake Deep Dive into the Murky World of Digital Imitation
Deepfake technology is becoming easier to create – and that’s opening the door for a new wave of malicious threats, from revenge porn
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Apple Shares Some Browsing History with Chinese Company
The company acknowledged it’s using ‘safe browsing’ technology from Tencent, which has ties to the Chinese government.
Source: Threat Post – Web
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