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Phishing Alert: Scammers Use Fake SharePoint and DocuSign Messages to Steal Users’ Login Credentials

According to Bitdefender Antispam Lab researchers, cyber thieves are actively targeting DocuSign and Sharepoint users in phishing attacks designed to mimic legitimate correspondence from the two web-based platforms. Microsoft credentials up for grabs with fake Sharepoint emails The phishing attack spotted on June 24 appears to have originated...

Fri Jul 2, 2021 11:33
Google to Require Developers to Enable 2FA and Provide Real Information Before Uploading Apps in Play Store

Google is preparing a series of measures meant to better secure the Google Play Store by ensuring the developers who upload apps and updates are more trustworthy. The Google Play Store is a vast library of software, and it’s growing by the minute. While the company is doing its best to keep malware and other types of threats on its platforms,...

Wed Jun 30, 2021 21:12
US Government Accountability Office Recommends NASA Harden Protection Against Cyberattacks

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) sent a letter to NASA in an effort to make the space agency more resilient to cyberattacks by proposing several security measures that would ensure its protection. NASA is one of the many agencies in the US government considered vulnerable to cyberattacks, making it a prime candidate for essential...

Wed Jun 30, 2021 20:12
Received a WhatsApp verification code without requesting it? Beware – you might be about to have your account stolen

Police in the UK are warning WhatsApp users of a surge they have seen in attempts made by fraudsters to steal accounts. In a tweet posted by Southwark Police in South London, for instance, officers warn that scammers are stealing accounts by tricking WhatsApp users to share verification codes they are sent via SMS. The scam works...

Wed Jun 30, 2021 19:10
Your Doxxing Dossier Will Keep Growing Thicker Until You See the Danger

On June 22, the profile details of 700 million LinkedIn users were put up for sale on an underground forum. The same thing happened on April 6 for 500 million LinkedIn users. The exposed data contained profile information such as e-mail addresses, job descriptions, social media profile links and phone numbers. On April 3, the phone...

Wed Jun 30, 2021 12:03
NVIDIA Patches High-severity Vulnerability that Allowed for Spoofing Attacks via GeForce Experience

NVIDIA patched a GeForce Experience high-severity vulnerability that would have allowed attackers to perform spoofing attacks, leading to the compromise of the user’s login token. NVIDIA offers an application named GeForce Experience to their GPU users, letting them easily install the latest drivers, change game settings to better fit the PC’s...

Tue Jun 29, 2021 18:50

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