This month, Cyjax CISO, Ian Thornton-Trump, and Head of Editorial, Tristan de Souza, break out of the normal routine and give over the whole of the podcast to one topic – the 2020 US presidential election. What are the threats to the election (apart from Donald Trump himself)? Which countries have sought to disrupt the …
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Executive Summary This week government departments and industry bodies continued to warn about the ZeroLogon vulnerability (CVE-2020-1472). In the US, federal departments were given until 21 September to apply patches. Servers that could not be secured were taken offline and removed from government networks. Three days later, Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) warned attackers were actively leveraging Windows Server ZeroLogon exploits. …
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COVID-19 Cybersecurity Update Citizens Advice in the UK has warned users not to fall for a new scam campaign that is sending fake messages purportedly from the UK government. The messages can come in the form of calls, text messages, or emails in relation to the new NHS test and trace service. Citizens Advice has …
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COVID-19 Cybersecurity Update A recent interview with a member of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revealed that state-sponsored groups have focused on exploiting COVID-19 fears to deliver malware and steal data. Before the lockdown, aviation was the main priority for CISA, but healthcare and the supply chain for food are now facing …
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COVID-19 Cybersecurity Update The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned users about scam coronavirus (COVID-19) contact tracing texts. There has been an increasing number of SMiShing messages asking users to click a malicious link. The FTC claims that clicking the link will download software onto the device, enabling scammers access to personal and financial …
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COVID-19 cybersecurity update In the face of the continuing coronavirus pandemic, individual cybercriminals and groups have re-geared their operations to use coronavirus lures. Recent research revealed a 148 per cent month-on-month increase in ransomware attacks from February to March, alongside a spike in attacks on financial institutions. Over a dozen state-sponsored threat groups have been …
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COVID-19 Cybersecurity Update COVID-19 continues to dominate the cybersecurity landscape with several national security bodies releasing warnings about scams and malicious operations using the pandemic as a lure. US-CERT, CISA, and the UK NCSC issued a joint security advisory outlining an increase in COVID-19-related themes in SMiShing, phishing for credential theft, and malware delivery. The …
The global coronavirus pandemic has spread rapidly, triggering a deluge of disinformation and misinformation. It is worth defining the two terms before progressing because they are often confused and conflated. Disinformation refers to content that is intentionally false and designed to cause harm. Misinformation is inaccurate or misleading content shared by someone that believes it …
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Check out the podcast on our YouTube channel – here. Coronavirus and social media Since our last podcast – in which we discussed the spread of false information regarding the outbreak, various malware’s use of the virus as a lure in its campaigns, and the disruption to global travel – coronavirus has spread to 118 …
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Check out the podcast on our YouTube channel – here. Iran Iran dominated the headlines at the beginning of January after a US drone strike killed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani. In the immediate aftermath of the strike, the media, numerous cybersecurity vendors, and even various governments warned of swift retaliation from Iran: World War …
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