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Microsoft ‘most imitated’ brand by cyber hackers
Cyber criminals have switched focus to Microsoft as the go-to brand for phishing attacks during Covid-19, capitalising on a spike in remote working.
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Mercenary 'hacker-for-hire' group CostaRicto hits businesses all over the world
This hacker-for-hire advanced persistent threat group uses its own custom malware and takes great effort to hide its activity.
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The CISO’s newest responsibility: Building trust
Leading CISOs have already embraced the concept of trust as a deliverable and indeed are making it the central theme of their entire security function.
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Financial crime group FIN11 pivots to ransomware and stolen data extortion
FIN11, believed to be Russian-based, follows a trend of cyber criminal groups expanding their operations beyond financial crime.
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How SilentFade group steals millions from Facebook ad spend accounts
SilentFade steals credentials and ad spend account information and sells the information to other bad actors.
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ACSC clocked nearly 60,000 cyber crime reports in FY20
The Australian Cyber Security Centre received 59,806 cyber crime reports, averaging 164 reports each day, or one report every 10 minutes, during the 12 months between July 2019 and June this year.
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Australia to embed intelligence officers within some private companies
Australia will embed intelligence officers in some private companies as Canberra seeks to strengthen its defences after a spate of attacks on critical infrastructure.
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After a decade, Qbot Trojan malware gains new, dangerous tricks
The Qbot Trojan has been plaguing businesses for over a decade and the cyber criminals behind it are still coming up with new tricks.
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Data#3 hit by network cyber security incident
Publicly-listed IT provider Data#3 has been hit by what it calls a "cyber security network incident," involving an overseas third party.
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Microsoft Office the most targeted platform to carry out attacks
The number of attacks carried out using the popular suite has increased in the past two years as browsers become harder targets.
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Social engineering hacks weaken cyber security during the pandemic
Cyber security inevitably suffers when scares infect the populace. Covid-19 appears to be the most acute global crisis since the Second World War.
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Cisco and Palo Alto appliances impacted by Kerberos authentication bypass
Cisco and Palo Alto Networks have fixed similar high-risk authentication bypass vulnerabilities in their network security devices.
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Attacks against internet-exposed RDP servers surging during Covid-19 pandemic
The rush to enable employees to work from home in response to Covid-19 resulted in more than 1.5 million new RDP servers being exposed to the internet.
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Cisco issues 17 security Unified Computing System warnings
Cisco has posted a package of 17 critical security warnings about authentication vulnerabilities in its Unified Computing System.
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