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Spear Phishing Attacks On The Rise

Community members being targeted for gift card scams

The DoIT Security Group has received reports of a phishing scam targeting the UMBC community. Please be aware that hackers are sending these email messages to students, faculty, and staff....

Posted: December 10, 2019, 4:36 PM

Ransomware Slams Enterprises with $5.8M Blackmail Demands

Retrieved from ZDnet - By: Charlie Osborne

A new ransomware called 'MegaCortex" is hitting enterprise firms in the US and Europe demanding millions of dollars through blackmail and encryption. Read more here:...

Posted: August 5, 2019, 8:54 AM

U.S. Indicts for Phishing Campaign Targeting Colleges

Retrieved from SCMagazine - By: Bradley Barth

The DOJ indicted three people on multiple charges regarding phishing scams that targeted college employees, banks and other businesses. Read more here:...

Posted: August 1, 2019, 2:39 PM

Capital One Data Breach Hits More than 100 Million People

A woman hacked into Capital One systems; accessing sensitive information such as credit reports and social security numbers of about 140,000 people. The breach affected more than 100 million...

Posted: July 30, 2019, 3:07 PM

Humans hear the private info Siri accidentally records

Retrieved from NakedSecurity - By: Lisa Vaas

Siri is known to be accidentally triggered quite often, namely on apple watches and the HomePod smart speaker, which results in the capturing of sensitive data. ...

Posted: July 30, 2019, 10:39 AM