Humans **ARE** The Weak Link in Security North Korean hackers are tricking their victims into downloading a supposed patch for Zoom by convincing them that they have a meeting with an important venture capitalist and the reason you can’t hear him is a Zoom bug that they have a fix for. Of course, the fix […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Prez Eases Attacks On Moscow to Cozy Up to Putin As the president tries to get Putin to the negotiating table by continuing to make concessions to him, the Pentagon has told the NSA to stop offensive cyberattacks against Russia. This is the exact opposite of what he said he would do during the campaign. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Amazon Delays Office 365 Rollout Due to Security Concerns Depending on whether you are an optimistic or pessimist, you can assume what Amazon’s intentions are. Likely this is about trying to convince potential customers that Amazon is secure and Microsoft is not. While there is probably some truth to that, I think there is more […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]North Koreans Attacking Crypto With Social Engineering Because … that is where the money is. The FBI says they are using highly tailored, difficult to detect social engineering campaigns. In spite of the so-called technical expertise of these targeted companies these attacks are effective. Credit: The Record August Ransomware Attack Causes Stoli Vodka to File […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Now North Korea Using Fake IT Workers to Extort Employers Scams evolve. Now that the scam concept is public, North Korea is pivoting. They are extorting the companies that hire these North Koreans as IT employees after the employees steal corporate secrets. Read the details here. SURPRISE! (Not) – OpenAI Confirms Attackers use ChatGPT to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]White House Preps New Cyber Rules for Healthcare After ChangeHealth Breach Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber says that after a decade of pleading with hospitals to protect your data, they are getting ready to roll out regulations. The hospitals say don’t penalize us by making us protect your data; why do we […]
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