“Combo File” Merging 3.8 Billion Phone Numbers from Clubhouse With Scraped Facebook Users Could Cause Surge in Phishing, Account Takeover Attacks
Each taken on their own, the recent leaks of basic personal contact information from Clubhouse and Facebook users were not major security concerns. A new “combination file” offered on the dark web that makes connections between specific users of both platforms is more...
NSA, CISA Partner for Guide on Safe VPNs Amid Widespread Exploitation by Nation-States
The NSA and CISA have released a detailed guide on how people and organizations should choose virtual private networks (VPN) as both nation-states and cybercriminals ramp up their exploitation of the tools amid a global shift to remote work and schooling. Read...
CISA, NSA Issue Guidelines for Selecting and Securing VPNs
The NSA and CISA issued new guidelines released yesterday on VPNs. The guidance provides direction for selecting VPN solutions that follow the industry standards and the best practices for using strong authentication credentials. Read more…
Keep Attackers Out of VPNs: Feds Offer Guidance
The NSA and CISA issued recommendations on choosing and hardening VPNs to prevent nation-state APTs from weaponizing flaws & CVEs to break into protected networks. Read more…
Researchers Find Cyberattack Discrepancies Based on Race, Gender
An international study of cyberattacks has discovered discrepancies based on race and gender. The research by Malwarebytes, Digitunity and the Cybercrime Support Network based on a survey of 5,000 people in the United States, United Kingdom and Germany found that...
NSA, CISA Release VPN Security Guidance
In a bid to address security risks associated with the use of virtual private network solutions, the National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Tuesday offered government leaders guidance on selecting and strengthening remote...
3.8 Billion Facebook, Clubhouse User Records Up for Sale
According to the CyberNews research team, 3.8 billion allegedly scraped and merged Facebook and Clubhouse user records have been put on sale online. Read more…
New Twist on DDoS Technique Poses Threat to CSP Networks
No Internet-connected device appears to be safe from potentially being abused by a newly theorized form of distributed denial of service attack that could be used to severely disrupt large communications service provider (CSP) networks and large enterprises. And with...
