Results for 'social engineering'
23andMe user data stolen, offered for sale
October 10, 2023 - Information belonging to as many as seven million 23andMe customers has been put up for sale on criminal forums following a...
Multi-factor authentication has proven it works, so what are we waiting for?
October 6, 2023 - Recently, Amazon announced that it will require all privileged Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts to use multi-factor authentication (MFA), starting in mid-2024. Our regular...
Dependabot impersonators cause trouble on GitHub
September 29, 2023 - GitHub is experiencing issues of the “breached account and malicious code” variety. ITPro reports that unnamed individuals have been compromising accounts and using...
Rogue scanners
Short bio Rogue scanners, also known as fake scanners, fake AV, or rogueware, are pieces of code injected into legitimate sites...
Ransomware
Short bio Ransom malware or ransomware is a threat that prevents users from accessing their system or personal files and demands ransom payment...
Point of Sale (POS)
Short bio Point-of-sale (POS) malware is software specifically created to steal customer data, particularly from electronic payment cards like debit and...
Remote Access Trojan (RAT)
Short bio Remote Access Trojans are programs that provide the capability to allow covert surveillance or the ability to gain unauthorized access to...
Trojans
Short bio Trojan is a malware that uses simple social engineering tricks in order to tempt users into running it. It...
Worm
Short bio A computer worm is a type of Trojan that is capable of propagating or replicating itself from one system...
Commercial keylogger
Short bio Commercial keyloggers are applications designed to harvest user interactions with a computer. These interactions include the capture of keystrokes, usernames and...
