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Three Major Antivirus Companies Breached by Russian Hackers

In the latest major security breach to rock the business world, three major US-based antivirus companies have been hit by Russian hacker group Fxmsp. Fxmsp, who are well known in the cyber security community for previous high-profile breaches, began advertising the spoils of their latest venture on the dark web for upwards of $300,000, while providing strong evidence of their claims.

Fxmsp is known for selling access to large, global corporate networks on the dark web.
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DHL Phishing Campaign Found to Contain New Strain of Malware

Every year, the number of phishing scams seems to be increasing, with the malware-ridden emails getting continually more sophisticated and convincing. The latest global phishing campaign purporting to be from international courier giants DHL has been tricking users into opening a fake PDF attachment – and subsequently unleashed a previously unseen piece of malware to wreak havoc on their PCs.

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Businesses Have Just One Year to Upgrade from Windows 7

Earlier this week, Microsoft made the announcement that Windows 7 would finally be reaching end-of-life; meaning that from January 14th 2020, it will no longer receive free security updates from Microsoft. When Windows XP hit end-of-life in 2014, the floodgates opened for cyber criminals who could now develop malware for the operating system without fear of vulnerabilities being patched, and the same is expected to occur for Windows 7. So, with Windows 7 in use by an estimated 70% of businesses worldwide, what does this mean for them?

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Windows7, the most popular OS for computers in the world, will reach end-of-life in 2020
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Quora Users Watch Out – 100 Million Users Details Leaked in Data Breach

Another day, another data breach, it seems. On Friday, Quora became aware of an incident involving an “unauthorised third party” accessing data from 100 million users of the Q&A platform, and yesterday it began to notify users in an attempt to contain the incident. Quora Tweeted late last night, “We have discovered that some user data was compromised by unauthorized access to our systems. We’ve taken steps to ensure that the situation is contained and are notifying affected users. Protecting your information is our top priority” and directed users to a blog post with further information.


“It is our responsibility to make sure things like this don’t happen, and we failed to meet that responsibility”
– Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo

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Irish Businesses and Consumers Targeted by Extortion Email Scam

It’s 2018, and phishing emails are just an expected part of life for email users around the world, containing all manner of malware within concealed links and dodgy attachments. Most of us can recognise poorly spelled phishing emails that lack any real context, but what happens when something more complex hits your inbox? What if a cyber criminal emailed you your password – a real password you’ve used – and told you that they had compromising videos of you and more? What if they said that unless you pay a Bitcoin ransom, they would share this incriminating footage with everyone on your contacts list? That’s exactly what has been happening to thousands of Irish users, to both personal and corporate email addresses.


Cyber criminals are ever trying to find newer, more sophisticated means to scam the general public and businesses through phishing

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