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Microsoft | May 21, 2020

Microsoft states a massive COVID-19 themed phishing campaign is underway, as a component of which attackers set up the NetSupport Manager remote access device. The brand-new campaign, which was found by the Microsoft Security Intelligence group, began ...

DATA SECURITY

SYNNEX | July 22, 2021

A leading provider of distribution, systems design, and integration services for the technology industry, SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE: SNX) has announced its expansion of networking and security portfolio with a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, Proofpoint products and services. Through SYNNEX, resellers can have access to the whole Proofpoint line. They can leverage their combined suite of cloud-based solutions, assisting companies globally to safeguard their data, stop ...

securitymagazine | April 03, 2020

Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team of ethical hackers, recently discovered a data leak by the popular app Key Ring, that compromised the privacy and security of their 14 million users. Key Ring allows users to upload scans and photos of membership and loyalty cards onto a digital folder on one’s phone. However, many users also use it to store copies of IDs, driver licenses, credit cards, and more. A misconfigured Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 bucket owned by th...

SC Magazine | March 03, 2020

Almost one year after a ransomware attack struck the city of Cartersville, Ga., municipal officials revealed that they paid a ransom of $380,000 to regain access to their files.The news was made known after the local Daily Tribune News filed a Freedom of Information Act request, which disclosed the payment to mitigate the May 4, 2019 attack. The Daily Tribune found that the initial ransom demand was for $2.8 million, payable in bitcoin, and that the city’s insurance paid the majority of th...