InfoSec News Nuggets 11/01/2023

Canada Bans WeChat and Kaspersky Apps On Government Devices  Canada on Monday announced a ban on the use of apps from Tencent and Kaspersky on government mobile devices, citing an "unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security." "The Government of Canada is committed to keeping government information and networks secure," the Canadian government said. "We regularly monitor potential threats and take immediate action to address risks." To that end, Tencent's WeChat and Kaspersky's suite of…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 08/24/2020

Vishing Becomes Suspect in Recent Social Media Breach for Major Influencers The ZeroFOX Alpha Team has been assisting industry and threat-sharing partners in tracking a large-scale vishing (voice phishing) campaign targeting financial institutions, cryptocurrency exchanges, telecommunication companies and single-sign-on (SSO) providers. The actors target employees of a company and do an extensive amount of research on the employees and the company to build a convincing persona of an IT contractor working with the victim company.…
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