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US Brokerage Firms Warned Of Widespread Survey Phishing Attacks The U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued a notice warning member brokerage firms of widespread phishing attacks using surveys to harvest information. FINRA is a non-profit organization and self-regulatory body authorized by the U.S. government to regulate exchange markets and brokerage firms. According to FINRA, the organization supervises over 624,000 brokers
Comcast Cable Remotes Hacked To Snoop On Conversations Security researchers analyzing Comcast’s XR11 Xfinity Voice Remote found a way to turn it into a listening device without needing physical access or user interaction. Dubbed WarezThe Remote, the attack allowed taking over the remote and snooping on conversations from at least 65 feet (about 20 meters),
Cloudflare Can Now Send DDoS Alerts For Sites Are Under Attack Cloudflare now allows paid customers to create notifications that warn them when their sites are under a DDoS attack. A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack is when an attacker floods a web server or an Internet connection with more requests than it can handle.
CISA: Emotet Increasing Attacks On US State, Local Governments Emotet attacks have targeted multiple state and local governments in the U.S. as part of potentially targeted campaigns that have been ramping up since August, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said in an alert published today. Emotet, a common banking Trojan when it was