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WhatsApp Pink is malware spreading through group chats

☠️ Unusual baiting technique: WhatsApp users sent links masked as an official update, that claim turning the app's theme to pink. If installed, the malicious WhatsApp pink app takes full control of the targeted device. #cybersecurity

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21.4.2021

COVID-19-themed cyberattack detections continue to surge

Observations from McAfee report (Q4/2020): 📈 114% increase in COVID-19-themed attacks 📈 69% increase in #ransomware attacks 📈 100% increase in cyber incidents targeting the technology sector #cybersecurity

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21.4.2021

Fake Microsoft Store, Spotify Sites Being Used to Spread Infostealing Malware

Malicious advertising campaign ongoing. When ad is clicked, user is taken to fake MS Store / Spotify page that auto-downloads advertised app. .zip will actually contain #malware to steal card info and passwords from browsers. #cybersecurity

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21.4.2021

Most users don’t know the capabilities and risks of QR codes

As QR codes rise in popularity, they'll get more leveraged in cyber crime. Some challenges: ⚠️ 37% knew QR code can download an app ⚠️ 22% knew QR code can share location ⚠️ Identifying a malicious QR code harder than URL #cybersecurity

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21.4.2021

FBI nuked web shells from hacked Exchange Servers without telling owners

As guidance and do-it-yourself tools had already been utilized, FBI got a search warrant and went in to clean still-compromised MS Exchange servers themselves - ending up successfully uninstalling hundreds of web shells. #cybersecurity

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14.4.2021

61 percent of employees fail basic cybersecurity quiz

Study tested cybersec habits of 1,200 workers. Other findings: ⚠️ 17% of information services workers passed, compared to 57% of healthcare ⚠️ employees aged 18-24 performed worst ⚠️ 60% of who failed feel safe from threats #cybersecurity

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14.4.2021

Average convicted British computer criminal is young, male, not highly skilled, researcher finds

Research from Royal Holloway says the average convicted Computer Misuse Act criminal is: 👨‍💻 male, 29 years 📉 semi- or low-skilled 👤 working alone 🗃️ no knowledge of his or her victim #cybersecurity

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14.4.2021

Food Shortages at Dutch Supermarkets After Ransomware Outage

#Ransomware attack on a major supplier forced the IT to pull the plug on data systems and resulted as empty shelves on the stores of Netherlands’ largest supermarket chain. #cybersecurity

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14.4.2021

7 new social engineering tactics threat actors are using now

Social engineering is nothing new, but cyber criminals constantly develop new methods to watch out for, e.g.: 🌐 Typosquatting or lookalike domains 🎙️ Deepfake recordings 🔗 Malicious QR codes #cybersecurity

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14.4.2021