10 Unemployment Scams to Avoid
More than 26 million Americans have already sought unemployment funds. Hackers will be on the hunt for more victims....
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China ups its spy game on US soil as it bids to control coronavirus narrative
For decades, China has waged an espionage war with the United States, exploiting America's comparatively open society and free-market economy to steal critical information, trade secrets and technology tools....
China-linked ‘Electric Panda’ hackers seek U.S. targets, intel agency warns
The so-called Electric Panda group is not new — it seems to have been operating since at least 2016, according to one of the indicators listed by DCSA. And Karim Hijazi, CEO of cyber firm Prevailion, told Politico he found two malware types associated with the group’s activity — one of which, Fireball, is definitively Chinese in origin — that were referenced as early as 2017 by the cyber firms Checkpoint and Unit 42. ...
The Coronavirus & Cybersecurity: 3 Areas of Exploitation
Criminal, political, and strategic factors are combining to create a perfect storm of cyber infections that target the global supply chain....
Amid coronavirus crisis, experts detect ‘dramatic’ hacks on the WHO and ‘negligent’ security precautions
EXCLUSIVE: Since the coronavirus pandemic began sweeping across the globe, the World Health Organization (WHO) has become the target of an array of cybersecurity attacks – but recent efforts to hack into the system have some cybersecurity experts especially concerned....
Iran-linked hackers target WHO staff during coronavirus outbreak
It is not clear if any accounts were compromised, but the attacks show how the WHO and other organizations at the center of a global effort to contain the coronavirus have come under attack....
Hackers linked to Iran target WHO staff emails during coronavirus – sources
Karim Hijazi, chief executive of cyber intelligence firm Prevailion, shared his recently captured data with Reuters that shows a sophisticated hacking group was actively targeting the global health organization. Reuters couldn’t independently confirm his analysis. Hijazi said the identity of the hackers was difficult to determine, although their techniques appeared advanced....
Coronavirus criminals: Authorities wage war against virus scammers, thieves, impostors and idiots
From price-gouging, mask stealing and pharma-fraud to charity scams, app extortion, cyber-hacking and even "coughing" on people and produce for Instagram followers or as an act of hate, the new coronavirus-centered crime wave – like the spread of the novel virus – is gaining momentum by the minute....
BEC Campaign Targets HR Departments: Report
TA505, a notorious cybercriminal group believed to be operating in Russia, is using business email compromise tactics to target a new group of victims - HR departments, according to researchers from Prevailion, a security monitoring firm. ...
TA505 Targets HR Departments with Poisoned CVs
Infamous cybercrime organization spotted in attacks that employ legitimate software -- and Google Drive. A newly discovered attack campaign by the notoriously prolific TA505 cybercrime organization now is targeting businesses in Germany via their human resources executives....