Attackers are impersonating a road toll payment processor across the U.S. in phishing attacks
Drivers from New York to Georgia and Pennsylvania have received these types of texts with equally convincing phishing text messages and lure pages.
Apple and Google are taking steps to curb the abuse of location-tracking devices — but what about others?
Plus, SS7 vulnerabilities are being exploited and BreachForums is taken down again.
Rounding up some of the major headlines from RSA
Here’s a rundown of some things you may have missed if you weren’t able to stay on top of the things coming out of the conference.
A new alert system from CISA seems to be effective — now we just need companies to sign up
Under a pilot program, CISA has sent out more than 2,000 alerts to registered organizations regarding the existence of any unpatched vulnerabilities in CISA’s KEV catalog.
What can we learn from the passwords used in brute-force attacks?
There are some classics on this list — the ever-present “Password” password, Passw0rd (with a zero, not an “O”) and “123456.”
The private sector probably isn’t coming to save the NVD
Plus, new details emerge on the Scattered Spider cybercrime network and ArcaneDoor.
Could the Brazilian Supreme Court finally hold people accountable for sharing disinformation?
At most, someone who intentionally or repeatedly shares information on their social platform that’s misleading or downright false may have their account blocked, suspended or deleted.
The internet is already scary enough without April Fool’s jokes
The security community is still reflecting on the “What If” of the XZ backdoor.
There are plenty of ways to improve cybersecurity that don’t involve making workers return to a physical office
An April 2023 study from Kent State University found that remote workers are more likely to be vigilant of security threats and take actions to ward them off than their in-office counterparts.