Remote working is not something new. Since the Covid19 pandemic started the diversity of remote learning is incomparable. There was always cyber security threat in remote working. However, it increased recently as people were forced to work from home to reduce the spread of virus it caused a rise in the new remote learning landscape, …
Category Archives: CPSC 329/602 W22
Medusa Malware is taking control of your device
What is Medusa Malware? Medusa is a mobile banking trojan virus that has near-complete control of a user’s smartphone, with keylogging, spyware, banking trojan activities, and audio and video broadcasting capabilities. It is attracting media attention because it is now distributing over the same SMS-phishing infrastructure as Flubot. As a result, in less than a month, …
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Microsoft’s New Anti-Malware Protocol: Disabling Internet Macros by Default
Microsoft recently announced that effective April 2022 all VBA macros retrieved from the web will now be disabled by default for the following five Windows applications: Excel, Word, Access, Powerpoint, and Visio. What is a VBA Macro? A macro is a way to record, store, and run a series of commands, most often used to …
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Censorship, Tor, and why the “Dark Web” is so important
Internet censorship is an issue on the rise around the world. The Tor Project is looking to combat this growing threat to freedom by providing users a connection to the internet “with as much privacy as possible” [1], thus giving users the freedom to share what they like, even against the wishes of national agencies …
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Censorship or security; The return of the EARN IT act
TW: Mentions of Sexual Abuse In early February a highly controversial bill was reintroduced into both the House of Commons as well as the Senate in the USA. The EARN IT act also known as the Eliminating Abuse and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies act aims to place responsibility on social media sites for the …
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CYBERTERRORISM AND SECURITY
Just last month, there have been uncountable cyber terrorist attacks. One news shows, Chinese hacking group breached several German pharma and tech firms. It was claimed by the German government that the hack into networks of service providers and companies was an attempt to steal intellectual property. Another news shows that there was shutting down …
Do you file taxes for the government or for the scammers?
In many parts of the world, tax season has arrived, and millions of people in the United States and Canada are preparing to file their taxes. We are all aware of the importance of filing taxes. I’m sure we can all recall the disappointment on our faces when we received our first pay checks and …
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A German Art Collector Believed He Had Secured a $33,000 Deal —Turns Out His Seller Wasn’t Actually Who They Claimed to Be.
A prominent Italian art gallery has been in the center of a recent scam, as individuals associated with the gallery had been receiving emails with offers that seemed “too good to be true”—and indeed, it was. An offer difficult to come by T293, an art gallery based in Rome, Italy is well-known for housing some …
Attack of the Packages
Attackers have been increasingly uploading malicious packages to the popular JavaScript package repository, npm, in order to gain access to sensitive information, set up botnets, steal cryptocurrency, and more. ‘npm’, what is it? Node Package Manager, better recognized by its acronym ‘npm’, is a free, open source software registry that was recently acquired by Microsoft-owned …
Cybersecurity Concerns Abroad at the 2022 Winter Olympics and How to Defend Yourself Anywhere
Background When abroad, travelers are often caught up with their itinerary and enjoying their new surroundings. Cybersecurity is the last thing on their mind. For those at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, this is a cause for concern. This event will be used to explore the dangers to privacy and data when abroad. Issue All …
