Companies have spent years figuring out how they can protect their staff from hackers when they come to work. It's a tricky task and hackers are always coming up with new ways to penetrate defenses.
The job has only gotten harder as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which is forcing companies to adapt and come up with new security measures.
More staff are working from home than ever before. Some companies have told employees they won't be returning to the office until next year, while others like Twitter have told staff they can work from home forever if they want to. But WFH'ing presents a whole new set of challenges for businesses looking to keep their workforces and their company secrets safe.
In case you are keeping track:
Are your social media accounts secure from hackers? | East Idaho News
Recently, hackers took over several high-profile Twitter accounts. Tweets coming from high-profile people like Elon Musk, Kanye West and Barack Obama promised followers they would double their money if they sent Bitcoin within 30 minutes, all in the name of giving back to their community. Sounds like a good deal, right?
It turns out hackers were able to scam people out of $100,0000 in just three hours with this con. The fact these fraudulent tweets came from legitimate, verified accounts was perplexing and robbed many out of their hard-earned money.
'Free Julian Assange': Trio of Idaho state websites taken over by hackers | Politics |
Three Idaho state government webpages were taken over by 'hacktivist' group Ghost Squad Hackers on Sunday. The webpages displayed this message.
BOISE —Three Idaho government websites were hacked on Sunday evening to display a message calling for the release of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
The Idaho State Parks and Recreation, STEM Action Center and personal protective equipment supply site homepages each displayed the same content: a black background with the text "Hacked by Ghost Squad Hackers" displayed in blue text. "Free Julian Assange! Journalism is not a crime!" reads a message displayed underneath a GIF of V, the Guy Fawkes mask-wearing vigilante from the 2005 film "V for Vendetta."
Block/Allow: The Changing Face of Hacker Linguistics
Terms such as "whitelist" and "blacklist," which refer to lists of approved or blocked websites, IP addresses, privileges, and services, or "master" and "slave" when talking about one device that controls another are being scrutinized again and by a wider range of tech companies than ever before.
They're not the first to do so, an honor that many believe belongs to Los Angeles County, which in 2003 began requiring its computer suppliers to use terms other than "master" and "slave.
And here's another article:
Hackers Are Teaming Up to Compromise Your Email | CDOTrends
Russian hacker gang may be behind days-long Garmin outage
A gang of Russian hackers may be behind the cyberattack that disabled Garmin’s fitness-tracking services for several days, reports say.
Yakubets was working for Russia’s Federal Security Service as of 2017 and sought a license the following year to work with Russian classified information from the intelligence agency, officials said in December. The US State Department has offered a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture.
State of Idaho server hacked by 'ghost squad' | KBOI
Email is still a hacker's wonderland, they could take or leave Slack | CIO Dive
Malware is often "going to utilize network level privileges to then move laterally through the network to infect other resources or servers on the network," said Chris Sherman, senior analyst at Forrester, during a virtual webinar hosted by Sophos last week.
Employees are responsible for the majority of compromised incidents in enterprises, highlighting a need for change in how security is implemented. "When your device security solution indicates a high risk behavior, you know, access to certain enterprise resources should be reduced or temporarily blocked," said Sherman.
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How firms are keeping staff and secrets safe from hackers now everyone is working remotely https://t.co/RSA6L5vsR7 CNBC (from Englewood Cliffs, NJ) Mon Jul 27 05:19:05 +0000 2020
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