The Swift Interbank monetary exchange system has just warned of a 2nd member attack victim, following last month's $81 Bil loss by the Bangladesh Central Bank, in what it calls a “wider and highly adaptive campaign targeting banks."
It has been reported that Symantec’s core scan engine (using Norton AntiVirus, Symantec Endpoint, etc.) has a critical vulnerability which lets attackers remotely execute code on a victim's machine just by sending them an email or a link. The victim doesn't even need to open it. It just has to be scanned by the AV program.
London (UK): Cyber security consultancy MWR InfoSecurity has published its online pre-event challenge created for attendees at next month’s Security BSides London. The community-driven event, aimed at those in the cyber security sector, will take place on Wednesday 8 June at London’s ILEC Conference Centre (47 Lillie Road, SW6 1UD.)
London (UK): PhishMe Inc. has released its May Cybercrime Alert, warning organizations that its threat researchers expect to see a rise in several phishing attack types, including Business Email Compromise (BEC) and Whaling:
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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