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Scammers exploit UK’s digital landline switch to swipe cash

Scammers exploit UK’s digital landline switch to swipe cash 2025-01-10 at 13:33 By Dan Robinson Old deadline of January 2025 being used to push victims into paying up UK consumer champion Which? warns that scammers are using the ongoing phone line digital switchover program in Britain and Northern Ireland to trick customers into handing over […]

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Mail-out madness as insurer offers refunds to customers in error

Mail-out madness as insurer offers refunds to customers in error 2025-01-10 at 12:33 By Richard Speed Hastings has a mystery to solve – how did all those customers get offered refunds? UK insurer Hastings Direct had a few technical issues this week after some of its customers were told they’d receive refunds, only to have

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Hands-On Walkthrough: Microsegmentation For all Users, Workloads and Devices by Elisity

Hands-On Walkthrough: Microsegmentation For all Users, Workloads and Devices by Elisity 2025-01-10 at 12:33 By Network segmentation remains a critical security requirement, yet organizations struggle with traditional approaches that demand extensive hardware investments, complex policy management, and disruptive network changes. Healthcare and manufacturing sectors face particular challenges as they integrate diverse endpoints – from legacy

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Google Project Zero Researcher Uncovers Zero-Click Exploit Targeting Samsung Devices

Google Project Zero Researcher Uncovers Zero-Click Exploit Targeting Samsung Devices 2025-01-10 at 12:33 By Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a now-patched security flaw impacting Monkey’s Audio (APE) decoder on Samsung smartphones that could lead to code execution. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-49415 (CVSS score: 8.1), affects Samsung devices running Android versions 12, 13, and 14.

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RedDelta Deploys PlugX Malware to Target Mongolia and Taiwan in Espionage Campaigns

RedDelta Deploys PlugX Malware to Target Mongolia and Taiwan in Espionage Campaigns 2025-01-10 at 12:33 By Mongolia, Taiwan, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Cambodia have been targeted by the China-nexus RedDelta threat actor to deliver a customized version of the PlugX backdoor between July 2023 and December 2024. “The group used lure documents themed around the 2024

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CrowdStrike Warns of Phishing Scam Targeting Job Seekers with XMRig Cryptominer

CrowdStrike Warns of Phishing Scam Targeting Job Seekers with XMRig Cryptominer 2025-01-10 at 12:33 By Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike is alerting of a phishing campaign that exploits its own branding to distribute a cryptocurrency miner that’s disguised as an employee CRM application as part of a supposed recruitment process. “The attack begins with a phishing email

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New leadership and board updates for Mission 500

New leadership and board updates for Mission 500 2025-01-10 at 12:18 By Mission 500, a nonprofit charity working closely with the security industry to help children in need, has announced leadership and board updates for 2025.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Two accused of COVID-19 vaccine fraud under Computer Misuse Act

Two accused of COVID-19 vaccine fraud under Computer Misuse Act 2025-01-10 at 11:34 By Connor Jones Investigation says scheme allegedly raked in £145k and sold nearly 2,000 fake records to the unvaccinated The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has taken its case against two Luton men further by charging them over the alleged distribution of

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The Green Bay Packers online store breached, customer information compromised

The Green Bay Packers online store breached, customer information compromised 2025-01-10 at 10:16 By The Green Bay Packers is notifying of a breach against its online store, which may have impacted the personal and/or financial data of customers. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to

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January 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: Changes coming in cybersecurity guidance

January 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: Changes coming in cybersecurity guidance 2025-01-10 at 09:45 By Help Net Security Welcome to 2025 and a new year of patch excitement! In my December article, I talked about Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative (SFI) and how it manifested in many of the Microsoft products released in 2024. While this security

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Hands-on jobs to grow fastest, because AI can’t touch them

Hands-on jobs to grow fastest, because AI can’t touch them 2025-01-10 at 09:35 By Iain Thomson World Economic Forum finds huge demand for brainbox skills, news for how it changes your role Think tank and advocacy org the World Economic Forum has predicted strong growth in jobs that AI can’t replace, plus big demand for

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How Cracks and Installers Bring Malware to Your Device

How Cracks and Installers Bring Malware to Your Device 2025-01-10 at 09:35 By Our research shows how attackers use platforms like YouTube to spread fake installers via trusted hosting services, employing encryption to evade detection and steal sensitive browser data. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source

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Critical ICS Vulnerabilities Uncovered in Weekly Vulnerability Report

Critical ICS Vulnerabilities Uncovered in Weekly Vulnerability Report 2025-01-10 at 09:35 By Ashish Khaitan Overview  This week’s ICS vulnerability report sheds light on multiple flaws detected between January 01, 2025, to January 07, 2025. The report offers crucial insights into the cybersecurity challenges faced by organizations. It draws attention to the vulnerabilities identified by the

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Court docs allege Meta trained its AI models on contentious trove of maybe-pirated content

Court docs allege Meta trained its AI models on contentious trove of maybe-pirated content 2025-01-10 at 08:22 By Simon Sharwood Did Zuck’s definition of ‘free expression’ just get even broader? Meta allegedly downloaded material from an online source that’s been sued for breaching copyright, because it wanted the material to train its AI models, according

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Is that a bird’s nest, a wireless broadband base station, or both?

Is that a bird’s nest, a wireless broadband base station, or both? 2025-01-10 at 07:16 By Simon Sharwood Everything in Australia is deadly, in this case giant eagles guarding eggs in places wireless broadband techs need to reach Australia’s National Broadband Network has started building bird’s nests.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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The SBI fake banking app shows that SMS authentication has had its day

The SBI fake banking app shows that SMS authentication has had its day 2025-01-10 at 07:01 By Help Net Security As a company fortunate enough to have and maintain our own pentesting team, we often do outreach with other organizations to assist with or provide our expertise in offensive security. In collaboration with the Kerala

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Preventing the next ransomware attack with help from AI

Preventing the next ransomware attack with help from AI 2025-01-10 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Dr. Darren Williams, CEO at BlackFog, talks about how employee training plays a crucial role in preventing ransomware attacks. He points out that human error is often the biggest security risk and explains how

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New infosec products of the week: January 10, 2025

New infosec products of the week: January 10, 2025 2025-01-10 at 06:08 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from BioConnect, BreachLock, McAfee, Netgear, and Swimlane. NETGEAR Armor, powered by Bitdefender, protects home networks against cyber threats Armor is a security and privacy solution

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