Biometric Authentication Ring Gaining Traction
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HoneyMonkey
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Interpol
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InfraGard
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CyberHoot Newsletter – June 2022
Ransomware Insurance: Prescriptive and Restrictive Insurers are drafting more restrictive and prescriptive insurance policy requirements designed to reduce the number of claims and better protect themselves and the companies they …
Refund Vishing Scams
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Universal Authentication Framework (UAF)
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Indicators of Compromise (IoC)
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Ransomware Insurance: Prescriptive and Restrictive
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Extended Detection and Response (XDR)
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Security Advisory: Adobe Vulnerabilities Allow Code Execution
CyberHoot Vulnerability Alert Management Process Rating (VAMP): Critical/Red June 15th, 2022: CyberHoot has learned of multiple Adobe Product vulnerabilities, where the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code …
Fast Identity Online (FIDO)
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Active Directory (AD)
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Scareware
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Smartphones Tracked Through Bluetooth Signals
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OAuth
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Security Advisory: Android UNISOC Chip Vulnerability
CyberHoot Vulnerability Alert Management Process Rating (VAMP): Critical/Red June 7th, 2022: CyberHoot has learned of multiple critical Android vulnerabilities, affecting millions of Android smartphones, that have been patched today. Critical …
Web3
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SaaS Application Access Creates Security Concerns
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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
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Geofencing
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Security Advisory: Microsoft Office ‘Follina’ Vulnerability
CyberHoot Vulnerability Alert Management Process Rating (VAMP): Critical/Red May 31st, 2022: CyberHoot has learned of a Remote Code Execution (RCE) bug that can be exploited in Microsoft Office files. Security researcher …
Snake Keylogger Spreading Through PDFs
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Security Advisory: Chrome Vulnerabilities Allow Code Execution
CyberHoot Vulnerability Alert Management Process Rating (VAMP): Critical/Red May 25th, 2022: CyberHoot has learned of multiple Google Chrome Web Browser vulnerabilities that could allow for arbitrary code execution. Successful exploitation of …
North Korean Hackers Posing as IT Freelancers
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CyberHoot Newsletter – May 2022
Emotet Has Reemerged as Top Malware in Circulation The HP Wolf Security threat research team has identified a 2700% increase in Emotet infections in the first quarter of 2022, re-emerging in late 2021 after …
Security Advisory: VMware Vulnerabilities Gives System Control to Hackers
CyberHoot Vulnerability Alert Management Process Rating (VAMP): Critical/Red May 19th, 2022: CyberHoot has learned of a number of VMware software vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2022-22954 (Base score: 9.8/10) and CVE-2022-22960 (Base score: …
HTML Smuggling
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Emotet Has Reemerged as Top Malware in Circulation
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Security Advisory: SonicWall Authentication Vulnerability
May 16th, 2022: CyberHoot has investigated a SonicWall advisory warning of a trio of security flaws in its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 appliances, including a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability. …
Object Identifier (OID)
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Randomization Function
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Check Digits
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FIDO’s Passwordless Sign-Ins
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3DES Encryption
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Assembly Language
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Doxxing
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Google Assisting in Personally Identifiable Information Removal
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Script
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HowTo: Fix ‘My Assignment’ Link Issues (Looping)
Are your users having issues with an endless looping with authentication emails after trying to reach your ‘My Assignments’ page on CyberHoot? One common factor that causes these issues are …
Text Message Scams: A Growing Trend
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Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
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Security Advisory: Critical Cryptographic Java Vulnerability
April 22nd, 2022: CyberHoot has investigated a Java Product vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-21449 that allows accounts to be remotely exploitable without authentication. In other words, this vulnerability can be exploited …
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
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HowTo: Set Up Assignment-Based Phishing Module
This video will walk you through how to set up CyberHoot’s brand new assignment-based phishing module in CyberHoot. This new module alleviates all of the annoyances of traditional emails like …
7 Cybersecurity Trends in 2022 and Beyond
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CyberHoot Newsletter – April 2022
Fake Emergency Search Warrants Becoming a Problem There is a new and highly effective strategy that criminal hackers are using to gather sensitive customer data from Internet Service Providers (ISPs), …
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
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Emergency Data Request (EDR)
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