According to Cyberscoop, the cyber gang Cl0p “has claimed responsibility for attacks tied to vulnerabilities in software made by Cleo, an Illinois-based IT company that sells various types of enterprise software.” The gang claimed responsibility for the attacks on its website. The vulnerabilities affect Cleo’s products LexiCom, VLTrader, and Harmony. Cleo reportedly services approximately
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Privacy Tip #412 – Beware of Spamouflage
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Privacy Tips
A new report by Graphika, as reported by Cyberscoop, has identified a Chinese-linked group that is “creating American personas online and spreading content designed to denigrate both parties and candidates.”
The disinformation group, known as Dragonbridge, Taizi Flood, and Empire Dragon, “produces high-volumes of spammy, inauthentic content online in an effort to influence political and…
Privacy Tip #291 – Cryptomining Apps Offer Fake Services for a Fee
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Privacy Tips
Although app platforms guard against fake apps, criminals are working hard to get around app platform rules to scam victims out of a cryptobuck. Apple and Google throw apps off their platforms if they don’t play by the rules, yet fake and scam apps have proliferated and continue to scam victims.
Recently, security researchers at…