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Voice Phishers Targeting Corporate VPNs

Krebs on Security

The COVID-19 epidemic has brought a wave of email phishing attacks that try to trick work-at-home employees into giving away credentials needed to remotely access their employers’ networks. For now at least, they appear to be focusing primarily on companies in the financial, telecommunications and social media industries.

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Octo Tempest cybercriminal group is "a growing concern"—Microsoft

Malwarebytes

Octo Tempest is believed to be a group of native English speaking cybercriminals that uses social engineering campaigns to compromise organizations all over the world. This can be done in a number of ways, but the most common ones involve social engineering attacks on the victim's carrier.

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Sprint Exposed Customer Support Site to Web

Krebs on Security

A review of the exposed support forum by this author suggests that while none of the posts exposed customer information such as payment card data, a number of them did include customer account information, such customer names, device identifiers and in some cases location information.

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Iran-linked Chafer APT group targets governments in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia

Security Affairs

The APT group targets telecommunication and travel industries in the Middle East to gather intelligence on Iran’s geopolitical interests. The Chafer APT group has distributed data stealer malware since at least mid-2014, it was focused on surveillance operations and the tracking of individuals. ” continues the report.

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Cybersecurity awareness: Train your employees and reduce cyber threats

IT Security Guru

Speaking of training and taking into account humans’ perceptions, cybersecurity awareness training is by far the best place to start. Phishing attacks can be minimized by knowing the key indicators of a phishing attempt and how to address them. The importance of cybersecurity awareness training. He is also a writer for Bora.

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Top 5 Industries Most Vulnerable to Data Breaches in 2023

Security Boulevard

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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Globant suffers network breach due to LAPSUS$ compromise

Malwarebytes

When LAPSUS first grabbed the attention of the cybersecurity community, they had already compromised companies like Impresa, the largest media conglomerate in Brazil; Claro, one of Brazil’s telecommunications operators; and Brazil’s Ministry of Health. Notably, their use of Spanish and Portuguese was akin to native speakers.

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