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Threats And Attacks

On Apr 16, 2020
@unix_root shared
U.S. Govt is now offering rewards of up to $5 MILLION to anyone who can share information on the past or ongoing #hacking operations conducted by North Korean hackers. Details: https://t.co/h8Z2HSneqi #infosec #cybersecurity
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U.S. Offers Rewards up to $5 Million for Information on North Korean Hackers

U.S. Offers Rewards up to $5 Million for Information on North Korean Hackers

The United States released an advisory offering a reward of up to $5 million to anyone who can share information about hacking operations and cyber attacks conducted by North Korea.

On Apr 14, 2020
@EduardKovacs shared
RT @SecurityWeek: Three Tips to Help CISOs Close the IT-OT Security Gap - https://t.co/76hUmJwjTB
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Three Tips to Help CISOs Close the IT-OT Security Gap

Three Tips to Help CISOs Close the IT-OT Security Gap

Suggestions and examples of how to secure your OT network without trying to repurpose your IT playbook and eliminate complexity in the process.

On Apr 16, 2020
@dinodaizovi shared
RT @JennaMC_Laugh: Recently retired General Counsel of the NSA wrote on the factors American society needs to consider before adopting a broad contact tracing surveillance regime. He also doesn't think NSA should be or wants to be in charge: https://t.co/mOMUH9G7Y8 https://t.co/QJCahT210v
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Public Surveillance to Keep Us Healthy and Protect Our Privacy

Public Surveillance to Keep Us Healthy and Protect Our Privacy

If the Black Death in 1348 and the Spanish Flu in 1918 accelerated existing but nascent societal trends, what developments will the Covid-19 pandemic jump-start? While some developments ...

On Apr 16, 2020
@TheHackersNews shared
Google says during the last week it: ✅ detected more than 240 million #COVID19 related spam messages daily and, ✅ blocked over 18 million #coronavirus phishing + malware emails daily, Read more: https://t.co/ymmlaEZEwL #phishing #cybersecurity #technology https://t.co/uQAPMXHM9O
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Protecting businesses against cyber threats during COVID-19 and beyond

Protecting businesses against cyber threats during COVID-19 and beyond

COVID-19-related phishing and malware threats and steps to effectively deal with them

On Apr 11, 2020
@securityaffairs shared
@ilario82 @CossuHelga @viperaviola @Luke_like @LucaSambucci @PGRotondo @spromano @_antoniopirozzi @zlab_team @GabryPorro @Angelo_Mincuzzi @arturodicorinto Hackers accessed staff mailboxes at Italian bank Monte dei Paschi https://t.co/pro6X7kYJ7 #securityaffairs #hacking
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Hackers accessed staff mailboxes at Italian bank Monte dei Paschi

Hackers accessed staff mailboxes at Italian bank Monte dei Paschi

Monte dei Paschi, one of the biggest Italian banks, suffered a cyber attack, hackers accessed the mailboxes of some employees and sent emails to clients. Italian state-owned bank Monte dei ...

On Apr 10, 2020
@teamcymru shared
#Hackers struggle morally and economically over #Coronavirus https://t.co/ERPq2BAR9k https://t.co/EjbAFRyG7a
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Hackers struggle morally and economically over Coronavirus

Hackers struggle morally and economically over Coronavirus

With the Coronavirus pandemic in full swing, threat actors are torn about how they should operate during the pandemic, and like everyone else, are also seeing a downturn in the underground ...

On Apr 12, 2020
@helpnetsecurity shared
Week in review: TLS 1.3, full-time bug hunting, vulnerable MS Exchange servers abound - https://t.co/SeW8D3JxPA https://t.co/EG6dxUpKNw
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Week in review: TLS 1.3, full-time bug hunting, vulnerable MS Exchange servers abound

Week in review: TLS 1.3, full-time bug hunting, vulnerable MS Exchange servers abound

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, articles and podcasts: TLS 1.3: Slow adoption of stronger web encryption is empowering

On Apr 14, 2020
@Treadstone71LLC shared
Cyber warfare may be imminent, but defender power is on the rise - https://t.co/hANl9EDZLb #cybersecurity
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Cyber warfare may be imminent, but defender power is on the rise

Cyber warfare may be imminent, but defender power is on the rise

2020 started off ominously with geopolitical tension between the US and Iran. This set in motion, again, the prospect that Iran would respond to this tension with a series of cyber strikes. ...