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Volunteering abroad is an excellent idea for spreading your wings, whilst helping others less fortunate than you in the process. There are so many opportunities for volunteering abroad in nowadays. Sure, everyone likes going to places like India to volunteer in. But, have you considered these 3 countries? 1. Volunteer in Cameroon… Cameroon is a […] more…Have You Ever Thought About Volunteering in Costa Rica?
Volunteering is a great way to develop as a person, whilst helping others who are often less fortune than yourself. Volunteering abroad and immersing yourself in another culture really gives you a different perspective, and adds to the experience that you will undoubtedly have. Costa Rica, despite being a relatively small country, is able to […] more…Big China Spy Balloon Moving East Over US, Pentagon Says
The Pentagon said at midday Friday that a Chinese spy balloon had moved eastward and was over the central United States, and that the U.S. rejected China’s claims that it was not being used for surveillance. Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon press secretary, refused to provide details on exactly where the balloon was or whether […] more…Spam and phishing in Q3 2021
Quarterly highlights Scamming championship: sports-related fraud This summer and early fall saw some major international sporting events. The delayed Euro 2020 soccer tournament was held in June and July, followed by the equally delayed Tokyo Olympics in August. Q3 2021 also featured several F1 Grand Prix races. There was no way that cybercriminals and profiteers could […] more…Financial Cyberthreats in 2020
2020 was challenging for everyone: companies, regulators, individuals. Due to the limitations imposed by the epidemiological situation, particular categories of users and businesses were increasingly targeted by cybercriminals. While we were adjusting to remote work and the rest of the new conditions, so were scammers. As a result, 2020 was extremely eventful in terms of digital […] more…Online Banking—Simple Steps to Protect Yourself from Bank Fraud
Online Banking—Simple Steps to Protect Yourself from Bank Fraud Even if you’re not big on online banking, online banking is big on you. Online banking is well on its way to becoming a cornerstone of the banking experience overall. More and more transactions occur over the internet rather than at a teller’s window, and nearly […] more…FIN6 Compromised E-commerce Platform via Magecart to Inject Credit Card Skimmers Into Thousands of Online Shops
We discovered that the online credit card skimming attack known as Magecart or E-Skimming was actively operating on 3,126 online shops. Our data shows that the attack started on September 7, 2019. All of the impacted online shops are hosted on the cloud platform of the e-commerce service provider “Volusion,” one of the top e-commerce […] more…Assessing the impact of protection from web miners
Brief summary: We present the results of evaluating the positive economic and environmental impact of blocking web miners with Kaspersky products. The total power saving can be calculated with known accuracy using the formula <w>·N, where <w> is the average value of the increase in power consumption of the user device during web mining, and […] more…Expanding Our Vision to Expand the Cybersecurity Workforce
I recently had the opportunity to testify before Congress on how the United States can grow and diversify the cyber talent pipeline. It’s great that members of Congress have this issue on their radar, but at the same time, it’s concerning that we’re still having these discussions. A recent (ISC) Study puts the global cybersecurity […] more…IT threat evolution Q1 2019
Targeted attacks and malware campaigns Go Zebrocy Zebrocy was first observed being used as a Sofacy backdoor in 2015. However, the collection of cases where this tool has been used mean that we consider it a subset of activity in its own right. On the basis of this threat actor’s past behaviour, we predicted last […] more…Mirrorthief Group Uses Magecart Skimming Attack to Hit Hundreds of Campus Online Stores in US and Canada
We uncovered a recent activity involving the notorious online credit card skimming attack known as Magecart. The attack, facilitated by a new cybercrime group, impacted 201 online campus stores in the United States and Canada. We started detecting the attacks against multiple campus store websites on April 14, during which the sites were injected with […] more…4 Reasons to Visit Costa Rica
Costa Rica has become one of the go-to destinations in recent times and it is easy to see why. The year round warm temperatures attract sun seekers, but if too much sun is not for you, the temperatures are often cooled down with refreshing bursts of rain. The busiest time of year for people visiting […] more…ANZAC Day – Nurses of the Great War
ANZAC Day is a big deal to Australians and New Zealanders. With a different meaning to so many, it’s usually regarded as an unnecessary and sad loss of life in a British Empire backed bloodbath, or it’s the most memorable of losing military conflicts that defined both countries and shaped their futures. Remembrance celebrations for […] more…DNS Manipulation in Venezuela in regards to the Humanitarian Aid Campaign
Venezuela is a country facing an uncertain moment in its history. Reports suggests it is in significant need of humanitarian aid. On February 10th, Mr. Juan Guaidó made a public call asking for volunteers to join a new movement called “Voluntarios por Venezuela” (Volunteers for Venezuela). According to the media, it already numbers thousands of […] more…New Magecart Attack Delivered Through Compromised Advertising Supply Chain
by Chaoying Liu and Joseph C. Chen On January 1, we detected a significant increase in activity from one of the web skimmer groups we’ve been tracking. During this time, we found their malicious skimming code (detected by Trend Micro as JS_OBFUS.C.) loaded on 277 e-commerce websites providing ticketing, touring, and flight booking services as […] more…How Machine Learning Can Help Identify Web Defacement Campaigns
By Federico Maggi, Marco Balduzzi, Ryan Flores, and Vincenzo Ciancaglini Website defacement — the act of visibly altering the pages of a website, notably in the aftermath of a political event to advance the political agenda of a threat actor— has been explored in our various research works. We broke down top defacement campaigns in a […] more…More information
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