Top 5 Security news snippets

Is the job of an Information security professional a recession proof job? Even in these COVID times, an Information security professional seems to have their hands full. As hackers keep up with different tricks to lure unsuspecting users, InfoSec professionals have to keep polishing their skills to keep them at bay. Here are some hot security incidents that have occurred till date:

1. Two attacks on San Francisco’s international websites (SFOConnect.com and SFOConstruction.com) resulted in hackers harvesting login credentials of Windows users(Source: https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/san-francisco-airport-data-breach-double-website-hack-may-have-lifted-users-windows-login-credentials)
2. Hackers are sending more phishing emails than ever and Google said it blocked 18 million phishing emails in one week! (Source: https://www.channelfutures.com/mssp-insider/google-blocks-18-million-covid-19-themed-phishing-emails-in-one-week)
3. Scammers are fraudulently sending messages and making it to appear from WHO and making users to part with their personal and financial information (Source: https://www.who.int/about/communications/cyber-security)
4. Video conferencing giant ‘Zoom’ suffered a series of security and privacy problems before trying to seal many of them (Source: https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/22/21230962/zoom-update-security-privacy-features-improvements-download)
5. As ‘Work From Home’ becomes the new norm, most home offices are more prone to have malware implanted on them. (Source: https://threatpost.com/malware-risks-triple-for-remote-workers/154735/)

These are some latest security news that is weaving itself across the world today…do come back for an exciting post tomorrow! 🙂

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