A new online card-skimming campaign, new WinServer backdoors and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Wednesday, September 20th, 2023. I'm Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. A new debit and credit card skimming operation targeting online businesses is spreading. Researchers at BlackBerry say the campaign which
How a deepfake voice caused a company to be hacked. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Monday, September 18th, 2023. I'm Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Last week I did a news story on ITWorldCanada.com about a warning from U.S. cyber authorities that threat actors are using
Warning: This group specializes in SMS texting scams. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Friday, September 15th, 2023. I'm Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Many threat actors use email phishing messages as their attack vectors to trick employees. A group known as UNC3944 to researchers at
Crooks target Facebook Messenger accounts of businesses, a warning to IT support staff and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Wednesday, September 13th, 2023. I'm Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Crooks are targeting the Facebook Messenger accounts of companies. They're doing it with fake business inquiries
Warnings from Cisco, a huge DDoS attack and more MOVEit and ransomware victims. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Monday, September 11th, 2023. I'm Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Three stories involving Cisco Systems top the news in this edition. First, following almost two weeks of warnings