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Hackers Trick Three UK Private Equity Firms into Transferring $1.3 Mn Via BEC Attack

Three British private equity firms were duped into making bank transfers worth £1.1 million (around US$1.3 million) following a sophisticated Business Email Compromise (BEC)...

NCSC’s New Cyber Service Flags Over 5,000 Suspicious Emails on Day One

With over 5,000 suspected emails flagged and more than 80 malicious campaigns taken down, NCSC’s Suspicious Email Reporting Service (SERS) is a success on...

French Fitness Tech Firm Kinomap Suffers Data Breach; Exposes 42 Mn User Records

An unsecured database is a reason for yet another major data breach incident. Researchers at vpnMentor found an open database, which belongs to fitness...

Cybercriminals Trade 267 Mn Facebook Accounts’ Info on Dark Web

Cybersecurity firm Cyble found hackers selling over 267 million Facebook records for £500 (US$623) on dark websites and hacker forums. In a blog post,...

NCSC Launches “Suspicious Email Reporting Service” To Prevent Email Scams

The U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) urged people to report suspicious emails to Suspicious Email Reporting Service (SERS) in order to prevent the...

Singapore Warns Political Parties of Possible Cyberthreats and Election Interference

Singapore is gearing up for the general elections, which will be held in April 2021. Owing to this, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),...