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Koler Ransomware Using Fake Adult-Themed Apps to Infect U.S. Android Users

Koler ransomware is masquerading as fake adult-themed apps to infect unsuspecting Android users based in the United States. An infection begins when a user visits a suspicious adult-themed website. The attack campaign says the user must download an app for a popular adult site to view their desired content. But the app is a fake. Catalin Cimpanu of...
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How a Nation Should Respond to Global Cybersecurity Threats

Today, the major threats facing every nation in the world are digital in nature. In response, most – if not all – countries implement serious measures to counter these threats and enhance the overall security of their networks. As such, securing cyberspace is a high priority today for every country’s administration, but not all of them. Some are...
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800K Virgin Media Users Told to Change Passwords over Hacking Risk

Virgin Media is advising 800,000 of its customers to change their router passwords over the fear that attackers could easily hack their devices. On 23 June 2017, consumer choice advocacy organization Which? published the results of an investigation it conducted to analyze the security of connected devices in the home. It set up wireless cameras, a...
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Australia Cyber Security Strategy: SWOT Analysis

In April 2016, the government of Australia forwarded a cyber security strategy proposal to solidify its cyber space and fend off the increasing digital threats hurled by enemy states, cybercriminal organizations, and amateur opportunists. In the digital age where cyber-attacks are increasing every year, it is imperative that we have a stringent...
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NY Supreme Court Judge Loses $1M to Email Scammers

A New York Supreme Court judge has lost more than one million dollars to scammers after responding to an email she thought she received from her attorney. On 16 June 2017, acting State Supreme Court Justice Lori Sattler, 51, contacted law enforcement about an incident that transpired earlier in the month. At the time, Justice Sattler was in the...
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Listen Up, Infosec Pros! Disengage to Engage with Your Clients

We in the infosec community have a terrible habit. We are so overwhelmed with all the “events” that we have to monitor that we forget the most important event might be standing at our desk at any time. Most folks still think of the infosec professional as the introverted “geek” who cannot look another human in the eye and is more comfortable with a...
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5 Tips to Maximize Your IT Security Training

Quality security training is a costly investment. Multiple-day training sessions are usually required for significant learning topics and are almost exclusively fee-based. And the fees are not the only investment. Key staff must be taken out of the field to attend the course, resulting in opportunity costs and lost work hours. But our adversaries...
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Starting Your Career in Cyber Security

A year ago, I wrote an article entitled Starting Your Career In Information Technology. As your career goes on, you may find yourself traveling down different routes than you originally planned. This article is a follow-up, designed to give an idea of what cyber security has become for me after I transitioned to it from networking. To begin, I was...
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Mapping the Top Five CSC to Four Cybersecurity Pillars

Foundational Controls may not sound like the sexiest subject in IT but arguably, it’s the most critical – and for good reason. Quite simply, without these fundamental controls in place and knowledge of what is on your network, your organization will find it incredibly difficult to manage a breach and effectively remediate. It’s very much the vogue...
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Korean Firm Pays $1M in Ransom after Erebus Ransomware Infection

A South Korean web hosting company has paid more than one million dollars in ransom after suffering an Erebus ransomware infection. The ransomware, which has been around since September 2016 and reemerged in February 2017, struck NAYANA on 10 June. Those responsible for the attack demanded 550 Bitcoins or approximately US$1.62 million. The web...
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Top 7 Tips to Stay Secure on Your Summer Vacations

We all look forward to summer and its promise of fun-filled vacations. But in our haste to momentarily escape the daily grind, many of us overlook key elements of our digital security. Computer criminals don't take vacations, after all. Digital threats follow us everywhere we go, which is why we can never let our guard down no matter how many sun...
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Women in Information Security: Gwen Betts

Women and non-males are in various important cybersecurity roles. They're writing secure code, they're researching malware, they're educating end users, they're studying in school, and sometimes they're in important government positions like my last subject, Heather Butler. Gwen Betts' job is a bit different. She approached me on Twitter, telling me...
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Phishers Padding URLs with Hyphens to Target Facebook Users

Phishers are sending Facebook users fake login pages with URLs they've padded with hyphens, a trick which makes the sites look legitimate on mobile devices. The attack works by sending a real, legitimate domain within a larger URL that's fake. For instance, the following link redirects users to a phishing site: hxxp://m.facebook.com---------------...
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3 Steps to Ensure Patient Safety by Mitigating Cyber Security Risk

Cyberattacks in the healthcare industry have been on the rise, the latest being the WannaCry attack that affected 20 percent of NHS facilities in the UK. A study (PDF) by the Ponemon Institute in 2016 revealed that healthcare organizations have experienced approximately one cyberattack every month. Healthcare organizations are a lucrative target...