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Proofpoint Exposes Sophisticated Social Engineering Attack on Recruiters That Infects Their Computers With Malware

By Cedric Pernet December 12, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] Recruiters and anyone else involved in hiring processes should be knowledgeable about this social engineering attack threat. A new report from U.S.-based cybersecurity company Proofpoint exposes a new attack…

Thousands of victims hit in attack on chocolate maker Hershey

By Team TeachToday December 5, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] The Hershey Company suffered a major data breach in which people’s payment data and personally identifiable information (PII) were both taken. The famous chocolate maker has filed a notification with…

Leading CISO Wants Proactive Security to Avoid Future Attack ‘Surprises’

By Ben Abbott October 18, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] The complexity and change experienced by organisations as they grow is one reason we are seeing similar cyber security risks to a decade ago, says Rapid7’s CISO Jaya Baloo.…

Sneak attack from feline friend wipes US government server with cat-astrophic impact — human technician cat-egorically denies involvement

By Team TeachToday October 11, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] Working from home has its perils, but spare a thought for a technician at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri, whose cat allegedly deleted an entire…

New EvilProxy Phishing Attack Uses Indeed.com Redirector to Target US Executives

By Cedric Pernet October 7, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] Microsoft, the Dark Web and the name John Malkovich all factor into this EvilProxy phishing attack. The good news is there are steps IT can take to mitigate this…

Royal Family website targeted in apparent Russian cyber attack

By benedict.collins@futurenet.com (Benedict Collins) October 2, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] The UK Royal family website was taken down for an hour and a half by an apparent DDoS attack.Russian hacker group ‘KillNet’ have claimed responsibility for the attack on…

Video Encoding Library Leaves Chrome, Firefox and More Open to Zero-Day Attack

By Megan Crouse September 29, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] Google and Mozilla have patched the zero-day vulnerability, which originates in the libvpx library. Image: profit_image/Adobe Stock Google and Mozilla have patched a zero-day exploit in Chrome and Firefox,…

About 2000 Citrix NetScalers Were Compromised in Massive Attack Campaigns

By Cedric Pernet August 18, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] About 2,000 Citrix NetScalers were compromised in automated massive attack campaigns. Find out more about the threat actors and how to protect from them. Image: CROCOTHERY/Adobe Stock Threat actors…

Massive EvilProxy Phishing Attack Campaign Bypasses 2FA, Targets Top-Level Executives

By Cedric Pernet August 14, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] This attack sent approximately 120,000 phishing emails to organizations worldwide with the goal to steal Microsoft 365 credentials. Image: ronstik/Adobe Stock New research from Proofpoint exposes a new massive…

Anonymous Sudan’s Attack of European Investment Bank

By Karl Greenberg June 26, 2023Tech NewsNo Comments

[ad_1] Image: Adobe Stock/Sandsun Last week, Anonymous Sudan, identified by Flashpoint and others as a Russia-aligned threat actor spoofing an Islamicist hacktivist group, attacked another western financial institution. This time,…