April 23, 2024

Have you ever responded to a stranger’s text? NetworkTigers advises

Financially-motivated scams targeting victims via personal, one-on-one interactions and conversations have grown in prevalence and effectiveness.

New Gen 6 Firewalls direct from SonicWall

A pig butchering scam is an online confidence trick and investment fraud, with the scammer carefully executing several stages. The term “pig butchering” comes from the analogy of slowly fattening up the victim with promises of high returns before slaughtering them financially.

How to avoid being financially slaughtered in a pig butchering scam.

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News roundup Mon, April 22, 2024

Stories, news, politics and events impacting the network industry during the last week.

1. Malware campaign targets gamers with fake cheat lures
2. US election officials urged to prepare for foreign influence campaigns
3. Google Ads campaign spreads new backdoor malware
4. International authorities disrupt infrastructure of LabHost phishing service
5. Researchers say Russian hackers breached of Texas water facility
6. Cisco releases patches for root escalation flaw
7. Change Healthcare data leaked
8. Images weaponized with malware by TA558 hackers
9. FBI releases PSA warning of toll service smishing campaign
10. Palo Alto Networks releases emergency patch for PAN-OS bug

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