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From the emails that Cisco Talos has spotted, it looks like the malware campaign has specific business targets in mind. In some emails, the threat actor tried to make the message appear more legitimate by adding in the email footer Shipped with Genius Scan for iOS .
And while these messages may seem innocuous at first they come with a malicious HTML file attachment. This RAR attachment runs JavaScript code which when triggered begins the Masslogger infection process.
Masslogger was first released in April 2020, and is designed mainly to steal credentials from browsers but can also target messaging applications and email clients. Credentials that Masslogger steals can then be sold on the DarkWeb, where they can fetch a high price.
Student Data Security: A Call to Arms for K-12 Jim Pulliam, CIO, Orange County Public Schools
Jim Pulliam, CIO, Orange County Public Schools
Protecting personal data is a way of life for the most organizations and individuals today. Threats are on the rise and growing in sophistication. At the same time, more data is shared online and over cloud services.
But for K-12 schools, the threat is more extreme. The public sector is behind the curve when it comes to protecting data. In addition, schools don’t often have the budgets or expertise to develop enterprise-level data security programs. Finally, the bad actors, working to threaten data security and steal identities and private information, have caught on to this and the number and severity of threats in the education space are growing.
Field of study: Electrical & Computer Engineering
September 2008 - April 2012, Queen s University
Field of study: Mathematics & Engineering
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