The approximately 32 million small companies in America have never had it easy. About 20% of small business ventures fail in their first year, and 50% fail within five years, according to the Small Business Administration. Larger companies have traditionally…
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Over 9 lakh phishing and OTP compromise instances were recorded in the past two years; Financial fraud has been experienced by 42% of Indians
Phishing is a type of cybercrime in which a target is contacted via email, phone call, or text message by a person posing as a legitimate organization in order to trick the recipient into disclosing sensitive information like passwords, banking,…
Use of Amex and Snapchat websites in Microsoft 365 Phishing Campaigns
In a series of phishing efforts to obtain Microsoft 365 login information, attackers took advantage of open redirection on the American Express and Snapchat websites. Open redirects are flaws in web apps that let threat actors utilize reputable companies’ and…
Some Users’ Five-Year-Old Hashed Passwords Were Exposed Through A Slack Bug
It’s not the worst-case scenario, but the exposing of cryptographically scrambled passwords isn’t great either. Slack is a popular medium for business communications since it’s simple and intuitive to use. However, the business said on Friday that one of its…
No Shoes, Socks, or Malware Proxy Services Are Allowed!
There is currently something of a supply chain crisis engulfing the underground of the Internet as a result of the recent loss of numerous well-known “proxy” services that allowed hackers to route their destructive traffic through compromised PCs. Compounding the…
Online data breaches involving over 280 million records, including UANs, bank account numbers, salary data, and PFs
Volodymyr “Bob” Diachenko, a cybersecurity expert from Ukraine and the creator of SecurityDiscovery.com, discovered two IP addresses on August 2 that were home to enormous volumes of very sensitive data belonging to Indian residents. There were 8,390,524 records on one…
New Gmail Attack Ignores Passwords And 2FA To Read All Email
As previously said in a post over the weekend, two-step verification and strengthening your login credentials are among the greatest practices for Gmail security protection. But what if the security researchers have recently discovered proof of one attack organization that…
Aetna Reports Mailing Vendor Hack Affected 326,000
OneTouchPoint, a subcontractor that performs printing and mailing services for one of the insurer’s vendors, is believed to have been involved in an apparent ransomware incident that affected nearly 326,000 people’s health data, according to a report by health insurer…
Cybersecurity and Aviation Safety: Lessons from Incidents
The field of aviation safety focuses on understanding and applying risk management techniques. There is a significant concentration of rules, court records, accidents, and near-miss aviation incident investigations. On top of these are the lessons gained and the knowledge that…
Large-Scale AITM Attacks Targeting Enterprise Users: Researchers Warn
A new, widespread phishing campaign has been seen that circumvents security measures and compromises workplace email accounts by leveraging adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) tactics. It employs an adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attack method that can get through multi-factor authentication, according to a paper published…