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Hackers Use Malicious PDFs, pose as USPS in Mobile Phishing Scam

Security Boulevard

Postal Service, in phishing campaign targeting mobile device users in hope that victims will divulge credentials and personal information, Zimperium researchers say. The post Hackers Use Malicious PDFs, pose as USPS in Mobile Phishing Scam appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Tim Hortons Privacy Investigation, Social Engineering Kill-Chain, Hospitals Sending Facebook Your Data

Security Boulevard

The Tim Hortons mobile app created a “a mass invasion of Canadians’ privacy” by conducting continuous location tracking without user consent even when the app was closed, what is a social engineering kill-chain and how can this help understand and prevent attacks, and new research shows 33 out of the top 100 hospitals in America […].

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Sprint Exposed Customer Support Site to Web

Krebs on Security

leaked internal customer support data to the Internet, mobile provider Sprint has addressed a mix-up in which posts to a private customer support community were exposed to the Web. A message Microsoft sent to customers affected by their recent leak of customer support data. Fresh on the heels of a disclosure that Microsoft Corp.

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SIM Swappers Try Bribing T-Mobile and Verizon Staff $300

Security Boulevard

The post SIM Swappers Try Bribing T-Mobile and Verizon Staff $300 appeared first on Security Boulevard. Not OK: SMS 2FA — Widespread spam targets carrier employees, as scrotes try harder to evade two-factor authentication.

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DuckDuckGo Browser Allows Microsoft Trackers, Stolen Verizon Employee Database, Attacking Powered Off iPhones

Security Boulevard

The DuckDuckGo mobile browser allows Microsoft trackers due to an agreement in their syndicated search content contract, a database of contact details for hundreds of Verizon employees was compromised after an employee was social engineered to give the attacker remote access to their corporate computer, and details about new research that shows that (..)

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26 Cyber Security Stats Every User Should Be Aware Of in 2024

Security Affairs

Privacy Compliance: By 2024, 40% of privacy tools will rely on AI, highlighting its expanding role in ensuring data privacy and meeting regulations. Generative AI Impact : Generative AI will have a big role in cyber security, especially in areas like email protection and fighting social engineering attacks.

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GUEST ESSAY: A call to decentralize social identities — to curtail social media privacy abuses

The Last Watchdog

For instance, to hack decentralized end-to-end encrypted data, a hacker must compromise multiple nodes on the storage network to gain access to the data. These steps are incredibly labor-intensive and extremely difficult and at great cost. Web2 to Web3 Notably, Web2 and Web3’s current landscape has stark fundamental differences.

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