Imagine discovering six threat actors all at the same time! Recently, Microsoft’s Detection and Response Team (DART) was engaged by a large, multinational company that faced a sophisticated, state sponsored advanced persistent threat.
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Cyber criminals are aiming to take advantage of fears over coronavirus as a means of conducting phishing attacks and spreading malware, along with stealing login credentials and credit card details. Cybersecurity companies have identified a number of campaigns by hackers who are attempting to exploit concerns about the COVID-19 outbreak for their own criminal ends.
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Protecting your business from cyberattacks is a never-ending challenge. But to make sure your security eggs are in the right baskets, here’s a look at the most common cyberattacks we’ll likely see this year and how to defend against them.
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So, if this is something you’re looking to improve in yourself, here are 12 simple ways you can start practicing the art of self-discipline: 1. Don’t set a goal without knowing how you’re going to track its progress. …
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Over six-and-a-half years, ransomware victims have handed over vast amounts of bitcoin to crooks. Some variants of the malware have generated more ransom than others. …
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Whether or not coronavirus becomes a full outbreak, the trend of working from afar is currently experiencing a major boost as businesses shift to digital channels and more people avoid physical gatherings. Here are key approaches and tools to get the most from remote work. …
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MIT’s annual list of technological advances that they believe will make a real difference in solving important problems. They include: Unhackable internet, Hyper-personalized medicine, Digital money, Anti-aging drugs, AI-discovered molecules, Satellite mega-constellations, Quantum supremacy, Tiny AI, Differential privacy…
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Barbara Corcoran of ABC’s “Shark Tank” has lost nearly $400,000 in a phishing scam this week. … “I lost the $388,700 as a result of a fake email chain sent to my company,” she told the magazine. “The scammer disappeared and I’m told that it’s a common practice, and I won’t be getting the money back.” …
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It’s tempting with a long task list to spread yourself too thin. You can stay busy all day and still find you have not much progress to show for it by the end of the night. Now apply the 80/20 rule to your to-do list. …
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ClearSky research team has uncovered a widespread Iranian offensive campaign which we call “Fox Kitten Campaign”; this campaign is being conducted in the last three years against dozens of companies and organizations in Israel and around the world. Though the campaign, the attackers succeeded in gaining access and persistent foothold in the networks of numerous companies and organizations from the IT, Telecommunication, Oil and Gas, Aviation, Government, and Security sectors around the world. …
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The FBI says “Instead of using a short, complex password that is hard to remember, consider using a longer passphrase.” “This involves combining multiple words into a long string of at least 15 characters,” it added. “The extra length of a passphrase makes it harder to crack while also making it easier for you to remember.” …
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I had just finished giving a speech on building habits when a woman in the audience exclaimed, “You teach how to create habits, but that’s not my problem. I’m fat!” The frustration in her voice echoed throughout the room. “My problem is stopping bad habits. That’s why I’m fat. Where does that leave me?” … The first step is to realize that starting a new routine is very different from breaking an existing habit. …
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Officials from the United States presented evidence to the United Kingdom and other allies that Huawei has the ability to secretly access information on mobile networks through “back doors” typically used by law enforcement agencies, leading to fears that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) may use Huawei to spy on Western nations that allow access to the company. …
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Puerto Rico’s government has lost more than $2.6 million after falling for an email phishing scam, according to a senior official. … Rivera said the government agency transferred the money on Jan. 17 after receiving an email that alleged a change to a banking account tied to remittance payments, according to a police statement. …
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Text message scams are becoming more common, and the latest scam we’ve seen is the most sophisticated yet. The scammer impersonates Verizon, sending you an “account security” text message that takes you to a shockingly convincing copy of Verizon’s website. We opened the link to see the scam in action. Don’t try this at home: If you receive a scam message, we recommend against opening any links attached to it. You should also delete the message and block the sender. …
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Losers of most major wars in modern history lost because they overestimated operational dexterity and failed to overcome the enemy’s strategic depth and capacity for endurance. Winners absorbed defeat after defeat yet kept fighting, overcoming initial surprise, terrible setbacks and the dash and daring of command ‘genius’.
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The temptation to always talk about ourselves is a new tradition like Black Friday without the cheap sales. It’s hurting our conversations and over-inflating our egos. Experiment: I tried to go two days without talking about myself in every conversation to see what would happen. Would it make a difference? Would people notice? What would it do to relationships? This is what happens when you stop talking about yourself.
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The internet is filled with scammers looking to steal your private information. … You should also be able to spot threats on your own. To help, here are a few scams that are currently trending online.
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We simply enjoy surfing on wireless networks wherever we go… assume that none of these networks are safe. This is especially important for those of us who use our mobile devices for online banking, accessing medical records, storing our passwords with a password manager, or browsing files on Dropbox, Google Drive, or Windows OneDrive. … Here are a few tools that can help protect your most precious data from those with powerful digital tools and prying eyes.
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Procrastination is an issue with managing our emotions, not our time. The task we’re putting off is making us feel bad – perhaps it’s boring, too difficult or we’re worried about failing – and to make ourselves feel better in the moment, we start doing something else…
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A trojan malware campaign is targeting online banking users around the world with the aim of stealing credit card information, finances and other personal details. … Like many other hacking campaigns, Metamorfo begins with phishing emails that in this case claim to contain information about an invoice and invite the user to download a .ZIP file….
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Companies across the world now have a new free web service at their disposal that will automatically send out email notifications if one of their employees gets phished. The service is named “I Got Phished” and is managed by Abuse.ch, a non-profit organization known for its malware and cyber-crime tracking operations.
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We all deal with countless deadlines every week, even though we dread them. They are the chronological equivalent of a budget. By setting aside a portion of your time to complete a task in advance, you avoid over-spending time. Deadlines make you take action. …
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Here are three simple ways to protect yourself from common hacks.
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The most commonly exploited vulnerabilities – and the technology they target … patch these now! Adobe Flash Player, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, Adobe Flash Player, Microsoft WinRAR
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Avast and its subsidiary AVG, caught selling customer data to corporate clients last year, are at it again—this time using its free antivirus programs…
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This week, a video has wafted around the web that may turn your head away or your stomach around. Or your mind toward emigration to undeveloped land. You see, this video showed the fun way kids are apparently communicating in class. With each other, that is. It appears they’re swapping a single Apple AirPod of theirs for a single Apple AirPod of their friends…
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A mysterious entity appears to have hijacked the backend infrastructure of the Phorpiex (Trik) botnet and is uninstalling the spam-bot malware from infected hosts, while also showing a popup telling users to install an antivirus and update their computers… “This is truly happening,” Yaniv Balmas, Head of Cyber Research at Check Point …
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Security company researchers warn of a large increase in conversation-hijacking attacks. Here’s what they are and how to spot them.
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The list, which was published on a popular hacking forum, includes each device’s IP address, along with a username and password for the Telnet service, a remote access protocol that can be used to control devices over the internet. …
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