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Employees Are Too Trusting of Workspace Tools

A study by Avanan has found that users tend to trust workplace communication tools such as Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Google Hangouts, even though these platforms are subject to many of ...

CyberheistNews Vol 11 #02 [Heads Up] Was SolarWinds Really a Daisy Supply Chain Attack?

How Crime Pays, Ransomware Edition

The Ryuk ransomware operators have raked in more than $150 million from their attacks, researchers at Advanced Intelligence and HYAS have found. The researchers describe how these ...

How to Spot the (Phish) Hook

Users should act as quickly as possible after they realize they’ve fallen for a phishing attack, according to Mallika Mitra at Money. The faster your IT department can contain a malware ...

Social Media & Parler in Troubling Times: New Opportunities for Malicious Actors

As most readers are undoubtedly aware, President Donald Trump has been de-platformed by major social media companies, including Twitter and Facebook, following events at the U.S. Capitol ...

Email Scammers Impersonate U.S. Government Agencies Offering Pandemic Financial Assistance

Taking advantage of people in their time of need, these bottom feeders of the cybercriminal world promise assistance and, instead, collect personal details to make a buck.

It’s Time for Organizations to Begin Propping Up the Human Firewall

Modern thinking about a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy includes a holistic approach that equally involves your users as a “human element” within your cyber defenses.

Fake Scandal Video Serves Malware

Researchers at Trustwave warn that a phishing campaign is attempting to deliver malware via a file for a fake scandal video with 'Trump' included in the title. The file is a Java Archive ...

SolarWinds Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit Following Orion Breach

SolarWinds and some of its executives have been accused of lying to shareholders about its security. In a class-action lawsuit filed by shareholders Solarwinds, outgoing CEO Keven ...

[Heads Up] Was SolarWinds Really A Daisy Supply Chain Attack?

The NYT just reported the next revelation regarding the SolarWinds hack. The Russian FSB may have piggybacked on a tool developed by JetBrains, which is based in the Czech Republic.