Zoom Taps Ex-Facebook CISO Amid Security Snafus, Lawsuit
The online videoconferencing service added Alex Stamos to the team and has also formed an expert advisory board to grapple with the pains of its COVID-19 growth spurt.
Cisco ‘Critical Update’ Phishing Attack Steals Webex Credentials
Emails purporting to be a Cisco “critical security advisory” are actually part of a phishing campaign trying to steal victims’ Webex credentials.
‘Unbreakable’ Smart Lock Draws FTC Ire for Deceptive Security Claims
Tapplock catches heat for patched vulnerabilities — because of its claims that its smart locks can’t be hacked.
PowerPoint ‘Weakness’ Opens Door to Malicious Mouse-Over Attack
Novel hack allows an attacker to create a mouse-over in a PowerPoint file that triggers the installation of malware.
Dark_Nexus Botnet Compromises Thousands of ASUS, D-Link Routers
Researchers say the botnet has emerged over the past three months and shares aspects with Mirai and Qbot.
ThreatList: Skype-Themed Apps Hide a Raft of Malware
Hundreds of thousands of malware files are disguised as well-known social conferencing and collaboration apps.
WhatsApp Axes COVID-19 Mass Message Forwarding
Amid rampant misinformation, users of the Facebook-owned messaging platform can no longer send coronavirus messages to more than one user at a time.
‘Fake Fingerprints’ Bypass Scanners with 3D Printing
New research used 3D printing technology to bypass fingerprint scanners, and tested it against Apple, Samsung and Microsoft mobile products.
COVID-19 CISO Checklist for Securing a Remote Workforce
The CISO Checklist for Secure Remote Working was built to assist CISOs in navigating through COVID-19, providing them with a concise, high-level list of the absolute essentials needed to ensure their organization is well protected in these challenging times.
Spam and phishing in 2019
Figures of the year The share of spam in mail traffic was 56.51%, which is 4.03 p.p. more than in 2018. The biggest source of spam this year was China (21.26%). 44% of spam e-mails were less than 2 KB in size. Malicious spam was detected most commonly with the Exploit.MSOffice.CVE-2017-11882 verdict. The Anti-Phishing system…