Cybercriminals still store data with a malicious extension in the Google Chrome Web Store. It’s a significant threat that they will continue to steal user data and redirect to malicious websites.
An email-based phishing scam has attacked the Industrial Development Company of Puerto Rico. According to data, phishing scams have scammed over $ 2.6 million from a government agency. As I wrote earlier, strikes increasingly targeted at the industry sector.
https://threatpost.com/puerto-rico-gov-hit-by-2-6m-phishing-scam/152856/
Pradeo Labs researchers have found that 80% of attacks are carried out via mobile devices. Cybercriminals use our applications to break into the network. The Enterprise Mobile Threat Landscape report says that 10% of 50,000 Android devices use zero-day malware and known malicious software – 3,890. Be careful of tight and intrusive applications through which unwanted actions are hosted from internal libraries.
Edison email app, confirms that it processes user data, but some users had no idea that when using the application, the company scrapers the inbox for profit. The Motherboard presented the declarations of two popular Cleanfox and Slice applications that sell products to corporate customers via email. Edison did not respond to any comments, obscuring the company’s privacy policy, “Edison accesses and processes emails on any connected email accounts and data collected from other online accounts that you link.” Users are disappointed that the confidential documents obtained by the Motherboard inform about the types of companies that want to buy data from scraping the contents of the inbox.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkekmb/free-email-apps-spying-on-you-edison-slice-cleanfox
Watch out for cleaning companies, criminal gangs put people in the painting, decorating, and cleaning firms; scammers must have access to the building outside of business hours. CISO reports that in the last few years, cybercriminals have expanded their organization. Fraudsters can go through the verification and recruitment process to get to your company.
https://www.cbronline.com/cybersecurity/threats/cyber-criminals-cleaners/
IBM reports in a new report that 60% of victims’ initial access to the network is either using previously stolen data or access through known software vulnerabilities, allowing attackers to rely on fraud with ease of access. Unfortunately, the amount of data on it today estimates that cybercriminals are getting more keys to our homes or businesses.
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/02/13/global-threat-landscape/
Microsoft announced the release of the most substantial Tuesday patch update for the shortest month of the year. The update includes an amendment regarding the vulnerability to zero-day memory corruption. Ninety-nine vulnerabilities have been fixed in various products, critical and rated vulnerabilities still exist.
https://threatpost.com/microsoft-active-attacks-air-gap-99-patches/152807/
The phishing scam hit the US insurance company Altice USA Inc.; the violation resulted in leakage of social security numbers, birth dates, and other personal information of employees and customers. The cable and Internet service provider Optimum was also a victim.
Edison, CleanFox, and Slice email applications have been accused of selling information from inboxes. Users say they were unaware of selling the data. However, Edison’s privacy policy says that it “processes” users’ email data. Did users not read the Edison policy thoroughly? The collected data has been sold to companies such as e-commerce, finance, travel, and others.
https://www.techradar.com/news/your-email-provider-might-be-selling-your-personal-data
A ransomware attack carried out at the North Miami Beach Police Department. The infection detected at the beginning of the week. IT police staff immediately turned off infected computers and began working with the FBI. The attackers demanded a considerable amount to pay. Law enforcement agencies do not support paying; they have even advised against cooperating with attackers this way for years. It would help if you reacted promptly and sharply to the issues of blackmail. I think we live in a world that hackers are starting to earn more from us. Racketeering is more and more cunning; we cannot give up.