Confluent expands executive team with two new appointments
Confluent welcomes two new leaders to the executive team. Cory Scott joins as chief information security officer (CISO) to help build and operate Confluent’s security team. …
Phishers tricking users via fake LinkedIn Private Shared Document
Phishers are trying to trick users into opening a “LinkedIn Private Shared Document” and entering their login credentials into a fake LinkedIn login page, security …
GitHub Security Lab aims to make open source software more secure
GitHub, the world’s largest open source code repository and leading software development platform, has launched GitHub Security Lab. “Our team will lead by …
The single sign-on account hijacking threat and what can we do about it?
Single sign-on (SSO) lets users avoid creating and managing accounts across different services, but what happens when that main, identity-providing account gets compromised? …
Phishers targeting LinkedIn users via hijacked accounts
A new phishing campaign has been spotted hitting LinkedIn users via direct messages and the LinkedIn InMail feature. They are sent from legitimate LinkedIn Premium accounts …
Telecoms don’t protect users from government overreach
The data stored on our mobile phones, laptops, and especially our online services can, when aggregated, paint a detailed picture of our lives—where we go, who we see, what we …
Fake LinkedIn emails phishing job seekers
Fake LinkedIn emails are hitting inboxes, trying to get recipients to hand over their CVs. The scammers are trying to impersonate the popular employment-oriented social …
Locky hidden in image file hitting Facebook, LinkedIn users
Malware masquerading as an image file is still spreading on Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social networks. Check Point researchers have apparently discovered how cyber crooks …
Fake executive social media accounts threaten enterprises
New research has uncovered numerous duplicative Twitter and LinkedIn accounts among Fortune 500 leaders, raising concerns about potential security vulnerabilities. Analysts at …
Stolen LinkedIn data used in malware campaign hitting European users
European LinkedIn users are being targeted with highly personalized malicious emails. It is more than likely that the attackers are misusing the compromised LinkedIn user data …
LinkedIn users’ data on sale on the dark web
A hacker has put up a batch of info about 167 million LinkedIn accounts for sale on dark web marketplace The Real Deal. Of these, some 117 million records contain email …
Fake recruiters on LinkedIn are targeting infosec pros
“There’s a group of fake recruiters on LinkedIn mapping infosec people’s networks. Not sure what their goal is yet, just a heads-up to others,” …
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