CyberHoot Newsletter – November 2023
Understanding and Protecting Against Telegram App Scams Unraveling the Dark Side of Telegram: While the messaging app offers a seamless communication experience, users face many dangers. Dive into this article …
CyberHoot Newsletter – September/October 2023
The SEC has Strengthened Cybersecurity Reporting Requirements – What you Need to Know Over the last two years, the SEC has enhanced cybersecurity disclosure rules for publicly traded companies. Learn …
CyberHoot Newsletter – July/August 2023
Top 5 Emerging Cybersecurity Threats Businesses Must Be Aware Of Cybersecurity threats continue to evolve in sophistication and impact. Businesses must address these top 5 emerging threats proactively instead of …
CyberHoot Newsletter – May/June 2023
Protecting Your Business and Family from DeepFake Attacks: A Comprehensive Guide Unmasking the Dark Reality: FBI Discovers Surge in Deep Fake Attacks, Threatening Individuals and Businesses with Extortion and Humiliation. …
CyberHoot Newsletter – March/April 2023
Voice Cloning is Becoming a Ransom Threat Are you confident that the voice on the other end of the line is who they claim to be? Voice impersonation, powered by …
CyberHoot Newsletter – February 2023
ChatGPT Authors a Humorous Cyber Breach Article Relating to T-Mobile CyberHoot examined ChatGPT ourselves and asked it to write a humorous article about a large Mobile Carrier breach. Despite common …
CyberHoot Newsletter – January 2023
FBI’s Vetted Cybersecurity Organization “Infragard” Breached Learn how a cybersecurity organization that partnered with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to protect critical US infrastructure got hacked. “Aikido” Vulnerability Turns EDR …
CyberHoot Newsletter – October 2022
Top 10 Reasons to Conduct Awareness Training and Testing Businesses all over the world experience increasingly sophisticated attacks with escalating damages and impact. Awareness training and phish testing are two …
CyberHoot Newsletter – August 2022
Remote Worker Security and Productivity The 2020 Coronavirus pandemic has lead many workers to work from home to slow its spread. As we move into a third wave of infections, …
CyberHoot Newsletter – July 2022
Restaurant Cloud-based POS Systems Hacked Multiple POS systems used by restaurants all over the world (MenuDrive, HarborTouch, and InTouchPOS) have been hacked enabling hackers to collect credit card details on …
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 …
CyberHoot Newsletter – November 2021
‘Tis The Season To Be Smished The holiday shopping season means big business for retailers around the world, but it unfortunately also means big business for hackers. The reasoning is, people …
CyberHoot Newsletter – October 2021
Outlook “Autodiscover” Leaking Passwords Cybersecurity experts at Guardicore published a report on security concerns in Microsoft’s “Autodiscover” feature. In 4 months time, they collected over 372,072 domain credentials and ~100k in …
CyberHoot Newsletter – Volume 1
The Department of Homeland security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a National Terrorism Advisory Bulletin on Jan. 4th, 2020. This agency only issues such warnings when there is a credible, specific and impending terrorism threat against the United States. In this case, their warning focused primarily upon cybersecurity attacks against US government and business entities in retribution for the killing of Iranian IRGC-Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani. Iran has a history of cyber-attacks against US Businesses and government entities. Companies should be on high alert and remind employees to be especially vigilant in email phishing attacks amongst other cybersecurity best practices.