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Cybersecurity & Community Resources
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West Michigan Professional Cyber Organizations
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Cyware News – Latest Cyber News
- Nest Devices Get an Added Security Layer June 4, 2020The Advanced Protection Program by Google blocks the installation of apps from outside the Play Store and limits the apps that can use Google data so as to protect high-risk users. It has now been extended to Nest devices.
- Coronavirus update: not the type of CV you’re looking for June 4, 2020Check Point has observed a rise in cybercrime campaigns using malicious CV and medical leave forms to spread banking trojans and infostealers.
- Fraudulent iOS VPN Apps Attempt to Scam Users June 4, 2020Digital security and privacy company Avast has issued a warning after it discovered three VPN Apps, available on the Apple App Store, which it claimed are fraudulent and appear to be ‘fleeceware.’
- UK Armed Forces Cyber Regiment launched to protect frontline operations June 4, 2020The 13th Signal Regiment will operate in the UK and overseas, where they will provide ‘digital armour’ around personnel operating overseas, giving commanders and their soldiers secure communications.
- Cyber-Attack Hits US Nuclear Missile Sub-Contractor June 4, 2020The hackers claimed to have stolen top-secret nuclear missile data, encrypted hard drives, and began leaking documents from Westech International, a sub-contractor for Northrup Grumman.
- Creeps give away money to harass recipients with abusive transaction descriptions on bank statements June 4, 2020Australia’s Commonwealth Bank (CBA) revealed the practice today after finding over 8,000 customers had received such messages, including profanities and threats to intimidate the targeted users.
- Hackers steal data from nuclear missile contractor June 4, 2020The hackers claimed to have stolen top-secret nuclear missile data, encrypted hard drives, and began leaking documents from Westech International, a sub-contractor for Northrup Grumman.
- Many Exchange Servers Are Still Vulnerable to Remote Exploit June 4, 2020A privilege-escalation vulnerability patched in February by Microsoft continues to affect Exchange servers, with more than 80% of Internet-connected servers remaining vulnerable, Rapid7 reported.
- Denial of service attacks against advocacy groups skyrocket by 1,000% June 4, 2020Cloudflare said it blocked more than 135 billion malicious web requests against advocacy sites, compared to less than 30 million blocked requests against U.S. government websites
- New ransomware trends: Auctioning stolen files, adversaries joining forces June 4, 2020Instead of just disrupting systems and encrypting user files, ransomware actors are stealing data, publishing it online, and even auctioning it off to the highest bidder.