Weekly News Digest

A lot can happen in the cyber security industry in a matter of seconds. Every weekend, we bring you a summary of what happened within the week so you can be adequately informed and watch your internet steps.

Attackers drive users to malicious sites and trick them into entering personal data by posing as meal-kit delivery services

This is done by sending SMS and WhatsApp phishing messages altered to look like they are really from popular brand names like HelloFresh and Gousto. Meal-kits, like other pandemic-related issues have proven to be an effective tool for cyber criminals to exploit for...

Cobalt Strike increasingly becoming a hacking tool for cyber criminals and APT groups

Two decades now and open source Metasploit hacking still remains popular among good and bad hackers. But Cobalt Strike is increasing playing a major role in attacks...

Cybersecurity in The White House

Finally, federal action that seriously addresses cybersecurity risk in the United States! Biden says greater private-sector investment in cybersecurity is needed...

Five critical password security rules your employees are ignoring

According to Keeper Security’s Workplace Password Malpractice Report, many remote workers aren’t following best practices for password security. Password security was a big problem even before the advent of widespread remote work, so, what happens post-pandemic?

In 14 months, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has received 1 Million complaints

It took nearly seven years for the IC3 to log its first million complaints, but COVID-related scams have really brought about a change. The top three crimes reported by victims in 2020 were phishing scams, non-payment/non delivery scams, and extortion...

Ransomware attack shuts down biggest U.S. gasoline pipeline

The operator of the biggest gasoline pipeline in the U.S. shut down operations late Friday following a ransomware attack that threatened to roil energy markets and upend gas and diesel supply to the East Coast...

Ransomware hits research facility after student installs pirated software

Don’t get caught up in 'cracked' software. A student in an unnamed bio-molecular research institute brought a ransomware attack upon the organization after installing free software...

What is Google FLoC, and how does it affect your privacy?

Data is a huge factor when it comes to protecting yourself online. Google has come up with a new solution that will change the way people are tracked on the web; it is called FLoC. This solution is supposed to eradicate cookies on...