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Tourist rebound after COVID-19 is an obvious target for phishing attacks

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Research company Proofpoint, has shown that the threat actor, tracked as TA558, has increased it’s phishing campaigns targeted at hotel and travel companies, to coincide with the rapid increase in foreign travel as the pandemic decreases. Hackers target hotel and travel companies with fake reservations (bleepingcomputer.com) Threat actors are always …

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Data wiping malware spreading beyond the Ukraine Russia conflict region

Data wiping malware has been deployed continuously during the the Ukraine Russia conflict – research is now showing that it is reaching targets in other regions: Use of wipers expanding beyond Ukraine to 24 countries – The Record by Recorded Future Malware seen in the wild includes WhisperKill, WhisperGate, HermeticWiper, …

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Android malware has already circumvented new OS security features

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Threat actors invest time and effort into beating security measures, especially when the targets are so profitable. Android users have proven to be lucrative targets: Malware devs already bypassed Android 13’s new security feature (bleepingcomputer.com) Make sure you have policies and procedures in place if your team are BYODing Android …

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