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This week the U.S. AIr Force invites hackers to try and hack into an orbiting satellite, your employer may be infecting your home network, Sextortion pays big for scammers, an iOS vulnerability may have silently infected your device just by receiving an email and this week’s tip will help you secure your home network.
Another week of Zoovid-19 news as Zoom and COVID-19 dominate the cybersecurity headlines. Two Zoom zero-day exploits go up for sale. Zoom faces another class-action lawsuit. It’s not all bad news though, Zoom has been busy patching and making strides to regain trust. COVID-19 help is a click away. Social media companies battle Coronavirus misinformation. Home routers are compromised and this blog was selected by Feedspot as one of the Top 100 Cyber Security Blogs on the web. Thanks to all of the readers.
These days it seems that all news stories are related to COVID-19, and that’s also true in the infosec/cybersecurity community. Over the past month, I have read many insightful articles about COVID-19 phishing attacks and scams, and I’ve weighed in on the topic myself. While “top ten” and other lists are popular news items, I realized I hadn’t seen many lists of resources for COVID-19-themed cybersecurity incidents. So, Between the Hacks spent part of this week researching and starting to compile a compendium of pandemic-specific cybersecurity resources. The goal it to raise awareness, to share tips to prevent becoming a victim, resources to get help if you, or someone you know does become a victim, and also, some ways to help others during this global pandemic. As I learn of new resources, I’ll add them to this page.
Whether you celebrate Easter, or Passover, or just surviving another week in self-quarantined, social distancing, please stay safe, stay well, and check in with family, friends and neighbors.
This week we have more updates to the Zoom and COVID-19 sagas (now coined Zoovid-19). More than 2,300 Zoom credentials are found in an underground forum. Sixteen malicious coronavirus mobile apps are discovered, a sextortion campaign takes on different themes, and phishers pretend to be President Trump.
Zoom sees rapid growth with lots of growing pains, the FBI warns of teleconference hijacking, a data breach exposes GE employee data, for the third week in a row, we saw a rapid increase in COVID-19 Coronavirus phishing and cyberattacks, and Marriott reports a data breach…again.
