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US Arrests Suspect who Stole Unpublished Books in Phishing Attacks An Italian man allegedly involved in a multi-year scheme to fraudulently obtain hundreds of prepublication manuscripts was arrested on Wednesday at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, in New York. According to a Department of Justice press release, 29-year-old Fillippo Bernardini (who previously worked at London-based publisher Simon &
US Online Pharmacy Ravkoo Links Data Breach to AWS Portal Incident Ravkoo, a US Internet-based pharmacy service, has disclosed a data breach after the company’s AWS hosted cloud prescription portal was involved in a security incident that may have led to personal and health information being accessed. “Ravkoo utilizes AWS cloud services for online hosting
Swiss Army Bans All Chat Apps but Locally-developed Threema The Swiss army has banned foreign instant-messaging apps such as Signal, Telegram, and WhatsApp and requires army members to use the locally-developed Threema messaging app instead. As Threema is a paid subscription communications service, the Swiss army promised to cover the annual subscription cost for all soldiers,
Google Docs Commenting Feature Exploited for Spear-phishing A new trend in phishing attacks emerged in December 2021, with threat actors abusing the commenting feature of Google Docs to send out emails that appear trustworthy. Google Docs is used by many employees working or collaborating remotely, so most recipients of these emails are familiar with these