Month: April 2024
MPs aren’t just getting excited about an upcoming election, but also the fruity WhatsApp messages they’re receiving, can we trust AI with our health, and who on earth is pretending to be a producer for the Drew Barrymore TV show? All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing…
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Written by Matt Mills, President, SailPoint From smartphones to video game consoles, people love to throw around the term “next generation.” But what does it actually mean? Well, when the term is applied to a piece of technology, it usually means something that fundamentally changes the way we think about and use that technology. Blackberry…
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Collectively, these recommendations offer a roadmap for, if not averting similar cloud disasters in the future, then at least positioning CSPs and their customers to deal with these kinds of incidents in a better posture. Although each recommendation is heavily substantive and valuable, experts raise some of the more significant recommendations that CSPs should consider…
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The latest email campaign detected by Proofpoint used an invoice-related lure written in German that was crafted to appear as if sent by Metro, a large German retailer. Dozens of organizations from various industries in Germany were targeted. The rogue emails contained a password-protected ZIP archive with the password provided in the email message. Inside,…
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The data showed a glass ceiling effect, with almost half (48%) of women experiencing issues related to career growth, such as getting passed over for promotion, significantly more than the 26% of men who reported similar problems. Women typically hit a glass ceiling blocking them from further promotion 6-10 years into their careers. Respect The…
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On April 9, Twitter/X began automatically modifying links that mention “twitter.com” to redirect to “x.com” instead. But over the past 48 hours, dozens of new domain names have been registered that demonstrate how this change could be used to craft convincing phishing links — such as fedetwitter[.]com, which is currently rendered as fedex.com in tweets.…
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Apr 10, 2024NewsroomMobile Security / Spyware An active Android malware campaign dubbed eXotic Visit has been primarily targeting users in South Asia, particularly those in India and Pakistan, with malware distributed via dedicated websites and Google Play Store. Slovak cybersecurity firm said the activity, ongoing since November 2021, is not linked to any known threat…
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Apr 10, 2024NewsroomCyber Crime / Malvertising Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Raspberry Robin campaign wave that propagates the malware through malicious Windows Script Files (WSFs) since March 2024. “Historically, Raspberry Robin was known to spread through removable media like USB drives, but over time its distributors have experimented with other initial infection vectors,” HP…
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Apr 10, 2024NewsroomSoftware Security / Supply Chain Attack Threat actors are now taking advantage of GitHub’s search functionality to trick unsuspecting users looking for popular repositories into downloading spurious counterparts that serve malware. The latest assault on the open-source software supply chain involves concealing malicious code within Microsoft Visual Code project files that’s designed to…
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Additionally, Gathid promises a seamless integration with an organization’s various systems. “Gathid offers a streamlined, easy-to-deploy solution that receives and models data from digital, operational technology (OT), and physical access control systems (PACS)_ without requiring admin rights or complex bi-directional integration,” the company said. The solution is designed to bridge the accessibility gap in identity…
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