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    2 Mar, 2021
    Microsoft: Chinese Cyberspies Used 4 Exchange Server Flaws to Plunder Emails
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    Microsoft Corp. today released software updates to plug four critical security holes that attackers have been using to plunder email communications at companies that use its Exchange Server products. The company says all four flaws are being actively exploited as part of a complex attack chain deployed by a previously unidentified Chinese cyber espionage group. …

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    1 Mar, 2021
    Is Your Browser Extension a Botnet Backdoor?
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    A company that rents out access to more than 10 million Web browsers so that clients can hide their true Internet addresses has built its network by paying browser extension makers to quietly include its code in their creations. This story examines the lopsided economics of extension development, and why installing an extension can be such a risky proposition. …

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    25 Feb, 2021
    How $100M in Jobless Claims Went to Inmates
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    The U.S. Labor Department’s inspector general said this week that roughly $100 million in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims were paid in 2020 to criminals who are already in jail. That’s a tiny share of the estimated tens of billions of dollars in jobless benefits states have given to identity thieves in the past year. To help reverse that trend, many states are now turning to a little-known private company called ID.me. This post examines some of what that company is seeing in its efforts to stymie unemployment fraud. …

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    23 Feb, 2021
    Checkout Skimmers Powered by Chip Cards
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    Easily the most sophisticated skimming devices made for hacking terminals at retail self-checkout lanes are a new breed of PIN pad overlay combined with a flexible, paper-thin device that fits inside the terminal’s chip reader slot. What enables these skimmers to be so slim? They draw their power from the low-voltage current that gets triggered when a chip-based card is inserted. As a result, they do not require external batteries, and can remain in operation indefinitely. …

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    22 Feb, 2021
    How to Manage Your Digital Certificates Efficiently
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    It is no surprise that many companies have lost millions of users based on hacks and data breaches. However, one thing was common in each of these companies, which is a fallible cryptographic control system. As a security leader, you must bring out your ‘A’ game and be on the top of guarding your cybersecurity […]

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    19 Feb, 2021
    Mexican Politician Removed Over Alleged Ties to Romanian ATM Skimmer Gang
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    The leader of Mexico’s Green Party has been removed from office following allegations that he received money from a Romanian ATM skimmer gang that stole hundreds of millions of dollars from tourists visiting Mexico’s top tourist destinations over the past five years. The scandal is the latest fallout stemming from a three-part investigation into the organized crime group by KrebsOnSecurity in 2015. …

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    17 Feb, 2021
    U.S. Indicts North Korean Hackers in Theft of $200 Million
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    The U.S. Justice Department today unsealed indictments against three men accused of working with the North Korean regime to carry out some of the most damaging cybercrime attacks over the past decade, including the 2014 hack of Sony Pictures, the global WannaCry ransomware contagion of 2017, and the theft of roughly $200 million and attempted theft of more than $1.2 billion from banks and other victims worldwide. …

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    15 Feb, 2021
    Bluetooth Overlay Skimmer That Blocks Chip
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    As a total sucker for anything skimming-related, I was interested to hear from a reader working security for a retail chain in the United States that recently found bluetooth-enabled skimming devices placed over top of payment card terminals at several stores. Interestingly, these skimmers interfered with the terminal’s ability to read chip-based cards, forcing customers to swipe the stripe instead. …

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    11 Feb, 2021
    Why cybersecurity isn’t cybersecure without detection and recovery
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    Ezat Dayeh is systems engineering manager for UK and Ireland at Cohesity. Anyone responsible for data security who doesn’t get a shiver down their spine when they read the about

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