Cyber News
Cyber threats are evolving every day, keeping up with them is a full-time job. The WESTprotect Cyber News is your source for how these changes affect you in the real estate, title, mortgage, and settlement services industry. From cyber threats to new Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP’s) we’ve got you covered.
The United States government is formally accusing the Russian government of the SolarWinds supply-chain attack that gave hackers access to the network of multiple U.S. agencies and private tech sector companies. In a brief announcing sanctions on Russia for actions against the U.S. interests, the White House is naming the Cozy Bear group of advanced hackers as the author of the cyber espionage activity exploiting the SolarWinds Orion platform. Read more >>>
Today is Microsoft's April 2021 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes five zero-day vulnerabilities and more Critical Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities. It has been a tough couple of months for Windows and Microsoft Exchange admins, and it looks like April won't be any easier, so please be nice to your IT staff today. With today's update, Microsoft has fixed 108 vulnerabilities, with 19 classified as Critical and 89 as Important. Read more >>>
A zero-day vulnerability in Zoom which can be used to launch remote code execution (RCE) attacks has been disclosed by researchers. The browser version of the videoconferencing software is not impacted. Zoom is working to mitigate this issue with respect to Zoom Chat. In-session Zoom Meetings and Zoom Video Webinars are not affected. As a best practice, WESTprotect recommends that all users only accept contact requests from individuals they know and trust. Read more >>>
Tech support scammers are pretending to be from Microsoft, McAfee, and Norton to target users with fake antivirus billing renewals in a large-scale email campaign. While browsing the web, most people at one time or another have been redirected to a tech support scam website that pretends your computer is infected and then prompts you to dial a displayed phone number. Read more >>>
The personal information of hundreds of millions of Facebook users across the globe has been leaked online. Around 533 million Facebook users are thought to have been affected by the data breach, with phone numbers, Facebook ID, full name, location, past location, birthdate, email address, account creation date, relationship status, and personal bios all available. Read more >>>
The US Department of Justice warns of phishing attacks using fake post-vaccine surveys to steal money from people or tricking them into handing over their personal information. Attackers promise potential victims cash or prizes for filling out the fake surveys. Instead, they only harvest the filled-out personally identifiable information to fuel fraud schemes involving identity theft. Read more >>>
