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More than one billion mobile users are at risk from a SIM card flaw being currently exploited by threat actors, researchers warn. A vulnerability discovered in mobile SIM cards is being actively exploited to track phone owners’ locations, intercept calls and more – all merely by sending an SMS message to victims, researchers say. Researchers on Thursday disclosed what they said is a widespread, ongoing exploit of a SIM card-based vulnerability, dubbed “SimJacker.” The glitch...

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The organization accidentally sent the names, email addresses, gender and professional information of users of its portal Agora in an email sent in August. The charity organization UNICEF inadvertently leaked the personal details of thousands of people who use its online learning portal Agora by way of an errant email sent to 20,000 inboxes. The email was accidentally sent on August 26 by UNICEF and included the names, email addresses, gender and professional information of 8,253 users of Agora,...

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A cybercriminal gang has put together a phishing campaign that utilizes several trusted sources, along with insider help from a top tier security company service to convince its victims to open and download a malicious attachment. Cofense Intelligence found the malicious actors, who are only targeting Brazilians, are extensively using trusted names, legitimate Windows services and the Cloudflare Workers to inject the Astaroth trojan with the aim of stealing banking credentials. However, despite the effort put forth by the...

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The vulnerability, now patched, is the latest in a series of bad news for Facebook. A now-patched Instagram vulnerability could have exposed users' account data and phone numbers to cyberattackers, parent company Facebook confirmed in a new report from Forbes. The bug was discovered by an Israeli hacker who goes by the handle @ZHacker13. It could have potentially been used to access user data including names, full phone numbers, and Instagram account numbers and handles...

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There's concern a growing number of vacancies for cyber security jobs in Scotland could see a rise in hackers gaining our personal data. According to industry experts there’s a skill shortage and in 2017 it was estimated there were likely to be between 360 and 480 unfilled positions. These figures are expected to rise by 20% per year unless changes are made to increase skills supply. Source: PlanetRadio

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CA/Browser Forum wants SSL certificates to expire after a year. Many businesses that rely on them aren't equipped to cope. For years, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates — a digital tool used to allow secure web connections between a web server and web browser — has been a baseline for a business's digital trust. The padlock icon and https forward that appear in the address bar are an easy way for website visitors to gauge...

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A new malware with strange associations to the Ryuk Ransomware has been discovered to look for and steal confidential financial, military, and law enforcement files. While Ryuk Ransomware encrypts a victim's files and then demands a ransom, it is not known for actually stealing files from an infected computer. A new infection discovered today by MalwareHunterTeam, does exactly that by searching for sensitive files and uploading them to a FTP site under the attacker's control. Source:...

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An Elastica DB belonging to Dealer Leads exposed a raft of information collected by “research” websites aimed at prospective car buyers. Over 198 million records containing information on prospective car buyers, including loan and finance data, vehicle information and IP addresses for website visitors, has been found exposed on the internet for anyone to see. Source: Threatpost

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Radio giant Entercom, the Philadelphia-based owner of more than 235 stations nationwide, was reportedly hit with a ransomware attack last weekend affecting its internal systems including email, production and billing. The ransomware attack appears to have compromised a machine on Entercom's programming side, forcing some stations to complete music logs by hand and run without commercials, according to RadioInsight.com. Source: PhillyVoice

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Leading fraud protection provider ClearSale (http://clear.sale)will have a team including VP of Partnerships Denise Purtzer at MageX 2019 in Austin, Texas, Sept. 12-13. MageX gives Magento merchants, developers, partners and agencies the opportunity to network face-to-face and to learn from Magento experts who will share best practices, case studies, consultations and other resources for attendees. Speaker topics at this year’s event include e-commerce cybersecurity and B2B e-commerce. ClearSale recently released an extension for Magento 2...

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