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Study: Increase in Phishing Attacks on State & Local Governments

Lyndsey Creamer

August 19, 2019 0 Comments

The cybersecurity threat to state and local governments has never been greater, with a “fivefold increase in phishing attacks in the last three years,” said Doug Robinson, executive director of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO). “In today’s environment, th...

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Russian hackers are infiltrating companies via the office printer

Lyndsey Creamer

August 06, 2019 0 Comments

A group of hackers linked to Russian spy agencies are using “internet of things” devices like internet-connected phones and printers to break into corporate networks, Microsoft announced on Monday. Fancy Bear never hibernates: The Russian hackers, who go by names like Strontium, Fancy Bear, and ...

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A hacker stole the personal data of 100M Capital One customers

Lyndsey Creamer

July 30, 2019 0 Comments

The alleged hacker behind one of the biggest ever cyberattacks on a bank then boasted about what she’d done on Twitter and Slack, according to the FBI. The news: The personal data of 100 million Americans and six million Canadians Capital One customers was stolen, the financial services firm re...

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Zoom flaw allowed websites to turn on webcams without permission

Lyndsey Creamer

July 10, 2019 0 Comments

Video conferencing giant Zoom has published a patch for its Mac client removing a rogue web server from users’ computers that allowed any website to join a video call without permission. News of the vulnerability first emerged Monday after software engineer and security researcher Jonathan Lei...

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Cyberattacks by email impersonators are on the rise

Lyndsey Creamer

June 28, 2019 0 Comments

Dive Brief: Six in 10 IT professionals say the number of impersonators trying to scam their companies via email rose in the last 12 months, according to a survey of 1,000 IT decision-makers from email security company Mimecast. That number grew by more than half, up from 40% in last year’s rep...

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Hackers can bypass two-factor authentication with new scam

Lyndsey Creamer

June 05, 2019 0 Comments

Two-factor authentication, the added security step that requires people enter a code sent to their phone or email, has traditionally worked to keep usernames and passwords safe from phishing attacks. However, security experts have demonstrated an automated phishing attack that can cut through that ...

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Baltimore ransomware nightmare could last weeks more

Lyndsey Creamer

May 22, 2019 0 Comments

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Two years after WannaCry, a million computers remain at risk

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May 15, 2019 0 Comments

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How Google, Apple, Facebook & Microsoft are doing privacy

Lyndsey Creamer

May 13, 2019 0 Comments

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MDS Blog: Forget Your Passwords, Folks!

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May 07, 2019 0 Comments

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Study: Increase in Phishing Attacks on State & Local Governments

Russian hackers are infiltrating companies via the office printer

A hacker stole the personal data of 100M Capital One customers

Zoom flaw allowed websites to turn on webcams without permission

Cyberattacks by email impersonators are on the rise

Hackers can bypass two-factor authentication with new scam

Baltimore ransomware nightmare could last weeks more

Two years after WannaCry, a million computers remain at risk

How Google, Apple, Facebook & Microsoft are doing privacy

MDS Blog: Forget Your Passwords, Folks!

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