SecureWorld News

MAY 7, 2023

They're typically carried out via email, messaging apps, and social media, and are masked as sent from trustworthy sources like banks and governmental organizations. In the recruitment world, phishing attacks trick recruiters as well as candidates into revealing sensitive information, such as their Social Security numbers and passwords.

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Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2014

A mid-year breach report from Risk Based Security and the OSF [4] cited that 59% of reported attacks were in the business sector, followed by 16.1% The majority of these attacks are due to hacking, fraud and social engineering. The Cisco 2014 Annual Security Report, Cisco, 2014 7. A diverse set of industries is targeted.

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Dataconomy

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A tailgating attack in cybersecurity is a type of social engineering attack in which an unauthorized person gains access to a secure system or facility by following closely behind an authorized person. Tailgating, specifically, is a social engineering tactic used in physical security breaches. Who is at risk of tailgating attacks?

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

of polled executives report that their organizations' accounting and financial data were targeted by cyber adversaries.” Common Types of Cyber Attacks Common techniques that criminal hackers use to penetrate systems include social engineering, password attacks, malware, and exploitation of software vulnerabilities.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

And just last week, a widely read report in ProPublica drew attention to the service’s use of human reviewers to investigate potential violations of WhatsApp’s terms of service, in part by reading the five most recent messages in any reported exchange. And those reports — and messages — are reviewed by humans. Yes, absolutely.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 11, 2023

When hackers trick people into using their fake Wi-Fi networks and power stations, they can compromise devices, install malware/spyware and steal data. Criminals can use that information to access online accounts or sell it to other bad actors."

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Dataconomy

JUNE 27, 2023

Use antivirus software Installing reputable antivirus software helps protect your system from various types of malware, including viruses, ransomware, and spyware. Malware, including viruses, ransomware, or spyware, can infiltrate devices and networks, causing significant damage. Stick to trusted and secure devices whenever possible.

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Gizmodo

JANUARY 28, 2022

The Federal Bureau of Investigation spent two years considering whether it should procure a clandestine commercial spyware tool that could reportedly hack any phone within the United States, according to an investigation by New York Times Magazine. Read more.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 18, 2022

The controversial Pegasus spyware continues to stay in the news cycle, as a new report from the Citizen Lab details how the technology was used to target pro-democracy activists in Thailand. Understandably, this led to mass protests and social media campaigns like #WhyDoWeNeedAKing and #FreeYouth. Pegasus spyware in Thailand.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Some of those who bought the spyware were allegedly able to see live locations of the devices, view the targets emails, photos, web browsing history, text messages, video calls, etc. For example, the way, mobile phone pings the local cell tower are used by the Transportation Department to report traffic conditions on major roads and highways.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

Dave Bittner: [00:02:00] The BBC's Russian-language service reported late Friday that SyTech, a Moscow-based IT firm, had been successfully hacked. The SyTech projects exposed included social media monitoring solutions and TOR deanonymization tools. Reports suggest that smishing is one possible attack vector for the spyware.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

Dave Bittner: [00:02:00] The BBC's Russian-language service reported late Friday that SyTech, a Moscow-based IT firm, had been successfully hacked. The SyTech projects exposed included social media monitoring solutions and TOR deanonymization tools. Reports suggest that smishing is one possible attack vector for the spyware.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

Dave Bittner: [00:02:00] The BBC's Russian-language service reported late Friday that SyTech, a Moscow-based IT firm, had been successfully hacked. The SyTech projects exposed included social media monitoring solutions and TOR deanonymization tools. Reports suggest that smishing is one possible attack vector for the spyware.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

At Vice , Joseph Cox, one of the best security reporters I know, reported that members of the underground hacking community are sharing screenshots suggesting someone gained access to an internal Twitter tool used for account management. A report on that subject from King’s College London came out just last week.).

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The Verge

MARCH 18, 2022

A vibe shift, she wrote, is “a relatively simple idea: In the culture, sometimes things change, and a once-dominant social wavelength starts to feel dated.”. In particular, I’ve been working on how to apply it to my chosen field: tech journalism, which is driven as much by social wavelengths as any other part of our culture.

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The Verge

JULY 21, 2020

But it’s also taking the FTC longer than expected to develop a theory of the case about Facebook, Margaret Harding McGill and Ashley Gold report at Axios. Last year, when the FTC fined Facebook $5 billion, the terms were all but dictated by Facebook, Tony Romm reported in the Washington Post. Perhaps you’ve heard of ByteDance?

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