Connected medical devices are twice as likely to be vulnerable to the BlueKeep exploit than other devices on hospital networks, putting patients and staff at additional risk from cyber-attacks. According to figures in a new report from researchers at healthcare cybersecurity company CyberMDX, 22% of all Windows devices in a typical hospital are exposed to BlueKeep because they haven’t received the relevant patches. And when it comes to connected medical devices running on Windows, the figure rises to 45% – meaning almost half are vulnerable.
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Bleeping Computer recently published an article titled “World Health Organisation Warns of Coronavirus Phishing Attacks”. More details below: The World Health Organisation (WHO) warns of ongoing Coronavirus-themed phishing attacks that impersonate the organisation with the end goal of stealing information and delivering malware. “Criminals are disguising themselves as WHO to steal money or sensitive information,” the United Nations agency says in the Coronavirus scam alert. “WHO is aware of suspicious email messages attempting to take advantage of the 2019 novel coronavirus emergency.” The phishing messages are camouflaged to appear as being sent by WHO officials and ask the targets to share sensitive info like usernames and passwords, redirect…
Thirteen well-known corporate brands are being targeted in a phishing attack using SLK attachments with the goal of accessing their corporate networks, according to researchers.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers have had their smartphones hacked by the Hamas militant group posing as women seeking attention. This sort of honey-trap is not the first of its kind comments Jens Monrad, Head of Intelligence of EMEA at FireEye who references the Syrian conflict to highlight how this tactic is part of a wider trend.
During the last quarter of 2019, the ClearSky research team has uncovered a widespread Iranian offensive campaign called “Fox Kitten Campaign”; this campaign is being conducted in the last three years against dozens of companies and organizations in Israel and around the world. Though the campaign, the attackers succeeded in gaining access and persistent foothold in the networks of numerous companies and organizations from the IT, Telecommunication, Oil and Gas, Aviation, Government, and Security sectors around the world.
Given the high levels of anxiety surrounding the spread of the Coronavirus that exists globally, there are currently opportunistic spammers using the term in a wrongful and disingenuous way within their digital campaigns. Research from Imperva found a clear correlation between the term’s popularity on Google and its appearance in bot traffic over the same period.
A poster branded with the logos of The West Midlands Regional Organised Crime Unit and National Crime Agency warning of software found on children’s computers has raised concerns, as the software is legal and could be used for legitimate learning purposes.
In response to reports that reveal cyber criminals are distributing a powerful form of trojan malware to victims by disguising it as a launcher for one of the world’s most popular video games, security experts commented below. https://twitter.com/launchticker/status/1229635417290481665
In response to a Krebs on Security report that details a new email-based extortion scheme is targeting web site owners serving banner ads through Google’s AdSense program, security awareness experts commented below.
It was recently reported that information on 144,000 Canadians was breached by 10 federal departments on almost 8,000 occasions in the past 2 years alone. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) saw the most individuals affected, with 3,020 breaches involving 59,065 individuals. The CRA blames the breaches on misdirected mail, security incidents, and employee misconduct. “Two-thirds of the total individuals affected were as a result of three unfortunate but isolated incidents,” the publication quotes a CRA spokesperson as saying. Next was Health Canada, which was responsible for 122 breaches, affecting 23,894 individuals. According to CBC, the agency said in its “most…