Free and open Certificate Authority (CA) Let’s Encrypt has issued nearly 15,000 certificates containing the term “PayPal” for phishing sites to date, a security researcher has discovered.
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FBI Warns Healthcare Industry of FTP Attacks
The Cyber Division of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert to warn the healthcare industry that malicious actors are actively targeting File Transfer Protocol (FTP) servers that allow anonymous access.
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How Deep and Dark Web Intelligence Supports Executive Protection
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Continue readingAs Malware Gets Smarter, Bare Metal Analysis Can Keep You Secure
They say a rising tide lifts all boats; unfortunately, the proverb applies to cybercriminals, too.
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APT29 Cyberspies Use Domain Fronting to Evade Detection
The Russia-linked cyber espionage group known as APT29 has been using a technique called “domain fronting” in an effort to make it more difficult for targeted organizations to identify malicious traffic, FireEye reported on Monday.
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Czech Leader Says Computer Hacked With Child Porn
Czech President Milos Zeman has alleged that hackers based in the US state of Alabama put child pornography on one of his computers a year ago, his official website said Monday.
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Apple Updates iTunes to Patch SQLite, Expat Flaws
Apple updated the Windows and Mac versions of iTunes last week to address more than a dozen vulnerabilities affecting the Expat and SQLite libraries.
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JobLink Breach Affects Job Seekers in 10 States
America’s JobLink (AJL), a multi-state online service that connects job seekers with employers, informed users last week that a malicious hacker breached the company’s systems.
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Could Killing of FCC Privacy Rules Lead to End of Net Neutrality?
The Senate on Thursday voted 50-48 to overturn new FCC rules that would prevent ISPs from monetizing customers' information without their consent. The rules, passed during the Obama administration in October 2016, were due to come into force earlier this month, but were delayed by new Republican chairman Ajit Pai.
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Third-Party App Store Slips Inside iOS App Store
A third-party app store application managed to slip into the official iOS App Store by masquerading as a legitimate financial helper application, according to Trend Micro researchers.
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