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Here’s how TruU’s Passwordless Protection could make hybrid work easier and beef up security in the enterprise. Image: Daniel Chetroni/Shutterstock We all know the frustration of trying to log into an account—work email, content management system, messaging platform—and being locked out because we forgot our password. But not only are password-logins a hassle, they also pose a real security threat: Hackers are constantly finding new ways to figure out our passwords and gain access to…

Last week, hacking group Anonymous claimed to have stolen and leaked data held by Epik, a website hosting firm popular with far-right organizations like the Proud Boys. The reams of data, amounting to 150 gigabytes, include information about those who tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Epik has historically provided web hosting services to a number of conspiracy theorists and conservative media networks. On Epik’s clientele list were several sites banned from other platforms for violating hate speech and…

On Sunday, video surveillance giant Hikvision posted a security advisory on its website warning customers of a cyber vulnerability that could impact millions of cameras and NVRs deployed globally.  The “command injection vulnerability” could allow threat actors to have complete control of compromised devices and was discovered by cybersecurity researcher Watchful IP in June and first reported on Monday by IPVM.  According to the security advisory, the vulnerability received a base score of 9.8 out of 10 per the Common…

A malware campaign targeting Android devices in the United States and Canada with convincing text messages and links that lead to a downloader has highlighted the danger from SMS spam and phishing, security experts report. The campaign, dubbed TangleBot, uses coronavirus-themed messages to convince users to click a link, which leads to websites that attempt to collect sensitive information from the victim, according to researchers from email and messaging security firm Cloudmark in a September 23…

FS-ISAC (The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center) has announced that global cyber intelligence sharing among its member financial firms has soared by 60% from August 2020 to August 2021, caused by supply chain and ransomware threats.  Record-breaking levels of intelligence sharing across all regions occurred due to large-scale threats. These areas included North America; Latin America; Europe, the UK, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Commenting on the news, FS-ISAC said that attacks…