20 Sep 2024
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 9/20/2024

Walmart customers scammed via fake shopping lists, threatened with arrest Shopping online or attempting to get in touch with a store is a little bit like walking on a minefield: you might get lucky or take a wrong step and get scammed. Case in point, a malicious ad campaign is abusing Walmart Lists, a kind of virtual shopping list customers can share with family and friends, by embedding rogue customer service phone numbers with the appearance…
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10 Oct 2023
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 10/10/2023

Hackers Join In on Israel-Hamas War With Disruptive Cyberattacks Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel out of Gaza, firing thousands of rockets and sending its fighters to the southern part of the country. In response, Israel declared war on Hamas and started to retaliate. Hundreds have been killed and thousands have been wounded on both sides as a result of the conflict escalation.  In addition to the state-sponsored actors that have likely ramped up…
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19 Jul 2022
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 7/19/2022

US Cybersecurity Agency CISA to Open London Office The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced on Monday that it’s set to open an office in the United Kingdom in an effort to boost international cooperation and collaboration. The cyber defense agency’s first Attaché Office will open later this month in London and its goal is to “serve as a focal point for international collaboration between CISA, UK government officials, and other federal agency…
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11 Jan 2022
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 01/11/2022

FluBot’s Authors Employ Creative and Sophisticated Techniques to Achieve Their Goals in Version 5.0 and Beyond In early 2020, a new sophisticated malware for Android called FluBot began to appear. On infected devices, the malware can take full remote control of the device; access victim’s contact lists; send, intercept, and hide SMS messages; log the victim’s keystrokes; steal one-time passcodes; collect personal information; carry out overlay attacks and more. Originally, the malware authors mainly targeted…
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14 Sep 2020
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 09/14/2020

Walmart begins testing drone deliveries for household goods and groceries Walmart has started making its first deliveries by drone, launching a small pilot program this week in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The retailer will be delivering “select grocery and household essential items” using automated drones operated by Israeli startup Flytrex. Each of the drones can fly at speeds of 32 mph, travel distances of 6.2 miles in a round trip, and carry up to 6.6 pounds (that’s roughly…
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28 Aug 2020
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 08/28/2020

Tesla Insider Works with FBI to Turn the Tables on Russia’s Million Dollar Attempt to Hijack the Network On August 25, the Department of Justice announced the arrest of Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, a citizen of Russia for conspiring to breach the network of a U.S. company, which media has identified as Tesla (their GigaFactory in Sparks, NV) and introduce malware into the company’s network. Kriuchkov was arrested on August 22 as he tried to depart…
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02 Jun 2020
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 6/2/2020

5G myths debunked: No, 5G doesn't cause COVID-19 and won't replace 4G either The next generation of high-speed mobile data, known as 5G, is live in many countries including the US, the UK and Australia. But as the new network rolls out, many misconceptions and confusion around the technology remain. Most recently, conspiracy theorists have tried linking 5G with the COVID-19 pandemic. This has resulted in people burning cell towers and many social media platforms, including Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, scrambling to curb the spread of…
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