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Social isolation is a risk factor for scam loss

The coronavirus crisis is forcing people to distance themselves from others, work remotely, and spend time indoors and online. While social distancing is a good health practice to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, it may be helping scammers. Research from the Better Business Bureau (BBB), the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, and the Stanford Center on Longevity found that people are more likely to lose money to a scam when they are socially or physically … More → The post Social isolation is a risk factor for scam loss appeared first on Help Net Security.

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15.5.2020

Phishing

But Their Emails: Many 2020 Campaigns Still Risk Phishing Attacks

Phishing is still a vector to attack presidential campaigns. Many 2020 campaigns still aren’t using best practice by implementing a proper DMARC policy.The post But Their Emails: Many 2020 Campaigns Still Risk Phishing Attacks appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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15.5.2020

Phishing

FBI Warns of Rise in Social Security Scams Spoofing Its Phone Number

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Tuesday has issued a warning about a spike in its phone number being used for Social Security fraud. [...]

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15.5.2020

Phishing

UK: Concerns after patient information stolen from doctor’s car

Maia Snow reports: Concerns have been expressed after documents containing patient information was stolen from a...

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15.5.2020

Employee Negligence

Nemty Ransomware Punishes Victims by Posting Their Stolen Data

The Nemty Ransomware is the latest cybercrime operation to create a data leak site to punish victims who refuse to pay ransoms. [...]

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15.5.2020

Ransomware

Protecting Remote Workers From Cyber Threats

If you’re reading this from your home while working remotely during the COVID-19 crisis, you’re in good company. A recent study by Global Workplace Analytics showed that even before the coronavirus forced us all into working from home, remote work had grown by 173% over the last 15 years, with nearly 5 million telecommuters in.. The post Protecting Remote Workers From Cyber Threats appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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15.5.2020

Employee Negligence

Hackers switched from direct theft of money to gaining control over the infrastructure of companies

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15.5.2020

Phishing

Shadow IT accounts with weak passwords endanger organizations

63% of enterprise professionals have created at least one account without their IT department being aware of it, and two-thirds of those have created two or more, the results of a recent 1Password survey have revealed. Even more worryingly, only 2.6% of these 63% use a unique password when they create a new shadow IT account at work and just 13% use a password generator – the rest re-use a memorable password or use a … More → The post Shadow IT accounts with weak passwords endanger organizations appeared first on Help Net Security.

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15.5.2020

Outdated Access Rights

Microsoft Teams goes down as Europe starts working from home

As millions of people across Europe choose to work remotely rather than head into the office in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, a widely-used communication and collaboration tool has gone down.

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15.5.2020

Denial-of-Service Attacks