GootLoader Hackers Targeting Employees of Law and Accounting Firms

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Employer's Survival Guide to Security for a Remote and Hybrid Workforce

For many employees, kitchen tables and home offices have replaced cubicles and open-concept workspaces. Even as the economy reopens, many Americans will remain working from home, while others will work a hybrid schedule. According to a recent Gartner survey, 74% of CFOs plan to move at least some employees to remote work permanently.

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U.K. Hacker Jailed for Spying on Children and Downloading Indecent Images

A man from the U.K. city of Nottingham has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for illegally breaking into the phones and computers of a number of victims, including women and children, to spy on them and amass a collection of indecent images. Robert Davies, 32, is said to have ...

Husband-Wife Arrested in Ukraine for Ransomware Attacks on Foreign Companies

Ukrainian police authorities have nabbed five members of a gang that's believed to have helped orchestrate attacks against more than 50 companies across Europe and the U.S and caused losses to the tune of more than $1 million. The special operation, which was carried out in assistance with law ...

Cisco Releases Patch for Critical Bug Affecting Unified CCMP and Unified CCDM

Cisco Systems has rolled out security updates for a critical security vulnerability affecting Unified Contact Center Management Portal (Unified CCMP) and Unified Contact Center Domain Manager (Unified CCDM) that could be exploited by a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. Tracked ...

GootLoader Hackers Targeting Employees of Law and Accounting Firms

Operators of the GootLoader campaign are setting their sights on employees of accounting and law firms as part of a fresh onslaught of widespread cyberattacks to deploy malware on infected systems, an indication that the adversary is expanding its focus to other high-value targets. "GootLoader is ...