Mobile Security
Biden-Harris Campaign, Trump Operative Stone Also Target of Hackers
Hackers, possibly from Iran, sent phishing emails to the Biden-Harris campaign and Trump operative Roger Stone hoping to gain access into the systems of both presidential campaigns. It worked with Stone, who ...
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DOJ Shuts Down Another North Korean ‘Laptop Farm’
The DOJ shut down another "laptop farm" link to a North Korean fake IT worker scam that the country uses to illegally bring in money for its nuclear and ballistic weapons program ...
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Trump Campaign Hack Points to Growing U.S. Election Threats
The Trump campaign is claiming a hack is the work of Iranian operatives, adding to expanding election-interference campaigns that also include China and Russia, which the federal government calls the "predominant threat ...
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Humans are Top Factor in Cloud Security: CSA Study
A study by the CSA found that the human element continues to play a key role in the top threats facing cloud computing environments, including misconfigurations, IAM, and insecurity interfaces and APIs ...
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Student Devices Wiped — Mobile Guardian Hacked AGAIN
Richi Jennings | | Blackmail, cybersecurity education, Cybersecurity in education, DevOps Education, DevSecOps Education, MDM, Mobile Device Management (MDM), Mobile Guardian, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch, singapore
Hackers ate my homework: MDM software for schools is breached for second time this year—13,000 devices wiped in Singapore alone ...
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TikTok Abuses Kids, say DoJ and FTC
Richi Jennings | | Bytedance, children, Children and smartphones, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), china, chinese government, Coppa, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, social media, spyware, TikTok, TikTok Ban, Won’t somebody think of the children?
For You Plague: U.S. Justice Dept. and Federal Trade Commission file lawsuit, alleging TikTok broke the COPPA law, plus a previous injunction ...
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Prisoner Swap: Huge Russian Hackers Freed — Seleznev and Klyushin
Richi Jennings | | cyber attacks russia, Putin, Roman Seleznev, Russia, russia hacker, russia-based, Russian hacker, Russian hackers, Russian hacking, SB Blogwatch, Vladimir Putin, Vladislav Klyushin
Pragmatic politics: Anger as Putin gets back two notorious cybercriminals ...
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Iranian Internet Attacked by Israeli Hacktivist Group: Reports
Israeli hacktivist group WeRedEvils reportedly attacked Iran's Wi-Fi infrastructure, knocking out internet service in parts of the country amid growing tensions following Israel's assassination this week of a Hamas leader in Iran ...
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Widespread OTP-Stealing Campaign Targets Android Users
Zimperium researchers discovered a widespread and sophisticated malware campaign dubbed SMS Stealer that's being used against Android device users to steal OTPs from text messages, which can lead to account takeover and ...
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Google Using Enhanced Encryption to Protect Cookies
Google is adding greater encryption capabilities to Chrome to better protect users from information-stealing malware, a move that comes after the company's controversial decision to once again delay getting rid of third-party ...
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