WASHINGTON — A crude effort by hackers to test the defenses of computer systems for the Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday evening escalated Monday, with administration officials saying they were investigating a significant increase in activity on the department's cyberinfrastructure.
But officials backed off earlier suggestions that a foreign power was behind the attack, coming as the nation and the world struggle to cope with the coronavirus.
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Coronavirus: Hackers posing as WHO officials to steal bank details - Business Insider
Hackers are exploiting growing anxiety over the coronavirus crisis by posing as officials from the World Health Organisation and government officials in order to steal the personal details of people online.
Politico also reports that US cybersecurity firm FireEye has evidence that groups in Russia, China, and North Korea were exploiting the growing chaos to target national governments like the US, Japan, and Italy.
There is concern that hackers will find it easier to secure confidential information like banking details in the coming weeks and months, as a large number of people will be working on insecure internet networks in their homes.
If it's not safe from hackers, it's not safe for your brand - ClickZ
In the world of media, there is a duality in how audiences perceive certain channels. More than a decade ago, social media was such an exciting new channel for marketers because it had everything: seemingly infinite scale, targeting based on mountains of user data, and platforms that supported engaging ad experiences.
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While sponsored posts are not cheap, YouTube’s regular inventory is affordable, averaging $0.10 to 0.30 per video view. Even with Netflix’s meteoric rise and now #1 status, US adults spend 23 minutes a day on YouTube, and mobile video views number over one billion a day, with 500 new hours of content being uploaded each minute!
Elite Hackers Are Using Coronavirus Emails to Set Traps | WIRED
In a week dominated by news of the global Covid-19 pandemic , companies scrambled to find ways of securely supporting employees working from home . But the challenges are extensive, and in sectors like critical infrastructure and government defense, there's often no safe way for workers to be remote.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump suggested (not for the first time!) on Tuesday that a wall at the southern border with Mexico would help stop the spread of the novel coronavirus into the US. This is not true for a number of reasons . And Washington state made a good case for vote-by-mail infrastructure when its Democratic primary went smoothly on Tuesday in spite of the region's major Covid-19 outbreak.
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Two Trend Micro zero-days exploited in the wild by hackers | ZDNet
Today's security threats have expanded in scope and seriousness. There can now be millions -- or even billions -- of dollars at risk when information security isn't handled properly.
Hackers tried to exploit two zero-days in Trend Micro antivirus products, the company said in a security alert this week.
The Japanese antivirus maker has released patches on Monday to address the two zero-days, along with three other similarly critical issues (although, not exploited in the wild).
Hackers find new target as Americans work from home during outbreak | TheHill
Experts are warning of a new wave of cyberattacks targeting Americans who are forced to work from home during the coronavirus outbreak.
There is increasing evidence that hackers are using the concerns over the virus to prey on individuals and that working outside secure office environments opens the door to more cyber vulnerabilities.
"There are nation-states that are actively taking advantage of the situation, particularly our Cold War adversaries, and we need to be keenly aware that they are aware of the lack of security that is presented by everyone telecommuting," Tom Kellermann, who served on a presidential cybersecurity commission during the Obama administration, told The Hill on Friday.
Hackers are using coronavirus concerns to trick you, cybersecurity pros warn -
Coronavirus-themed domain registrations are 50% more likely to be from malicious actors, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. CHKP, +9.79% found in a study. Since that report was released last week, there have been some high-profile examples, most notably an attack aimed at a popular interactive COVID-19 tracking map maintained by Johns Hopkins University.
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Coronavirus-themed phishing attacks and hacking campaigns are on the rise | ZDNet
From cancelled conferences to disrupted supply chains, not a corner of the global economy is immune to the spread of COVID-19.
The NCSC says it has taken measures to automatically uncover and remove malicious websites run by cyber criminals running coronavirus scams and other malicious activity.
This action comes after what the security agency describes as as an increase in the registration of webpages relating to coronavirus, something the NCSC suspects to be the work of cyber criminals looking to exploit the outbreak.
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The Dept. of Health and Human Services may be undergoing a DDos attack related to its coronavirus response in a coo… https://t.co/QxjfaJOkui HerjavecGroup Mon Mar 16 18:57:18 +0000 2020
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