Hackers Breach Third Party Site to Tweet Political Messages
Hundreds, or possibly thousands of Twitter accounts were hacked and used to send political messages that appeared to support...
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Dridex Banking Trojan Uses Weapon of Mass Destruction to Thwart Security and Steal From You
Our old pal, the Dridex banking trojan is back and is new and improved and now considered one of the most dangerous of its type...
Weather System Moving in That Bleeds Your Data from the Cloud and Shows it to Strangers
If you aren’t getting enough weather at the moment, how about a cloudbleed? Not really a weather term, but it’s referencing an...
Watch Out For This Pay Raise Scam!
In a latest scam, university staff members are targeted with an email message from HR informing them that they will be offered a...
Analytics Cup Winners Help Companies Predict the Cost of a Data Breach
Each semester, Professor Ronald Klimberg of St. Joseph's University holds a competition for his Advanced Analytics students. The...
Just 'Like' Emily and Facebook CEO Will Save Her
Lately one desperate plea for help is being seen on Facebook. All it takes for you to "like" and share a photo and...
Fake Social Media Pages Increased 1100% in Two Year Period
Cybercriminals often use social media to scam users. They set up realistic looking, but phony pages that mimic actual brands. The...
Android Adobe Flash Player Does Not Exist; So Stop Installing It
Adobe stopped developing Flash Player for Android five years ago. Yet, some people are still falling for tricks that use it as a...
Breach Disclosure Laws May Benefit FIs With Respect to Customer Loyalty
It seems that data breach disclosure requirements are not necessarily bad if you’re a financial institution (FI). A Carnegie...
Confide App Used by White House Staffers Caused Loss of Confidence
It was recently discovered that White House aides were using a chat application to "securely leak" information going on inside...
Realistic Gmail Login Page Used in Clever Phishing Scam
Hitting the news this week is a story about a Gmail scam that was actually seen by Wordfence and reported on about two months...
New Type of Phishing Attachment Proves No Attachments are Sacred
Customers of several large banking organizations and two payment processing sites are being used in a clever scam that requests...