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FBI Warns About TrickBot in Emails, Costly Error As Books Worth Up To $3.4m Given For Free


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FBI Warns About TrickBot in Emails, Costly Error As Books Worth Up To $3.4m Given For Free


Earlier this week, the Federal Bureau of Investigations(FBI) mentioned in an alert that cybercrime actors are tricking victims via a traffic infringement phishing scheme. The TrickBot malware spread primarily by spearphishing campaigns using tailored emails that contain malicious attachments. In this episode, this malware's capabilities and how to stay a step ahead of it are discussed. 

Also, an academic book publisher-Springer Nature had a misconfiguration that allowed anyone to download their books for free, and lastly, a costly mistake by an employee in the Health Dept of a county in New York State is briefly dissected in the episode.


Salaudeen Amao gives a breakdown of recent news in cyberspace. Learn something about security and more that can help you get Cybersmart both online and offline. Episodes are released every week. Follow him on Twitter @Major_Jeneral. Send your questions, comments and suggestions via voice message on the Anchor app or by email to [email protected].


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  1. TrickBot Malware Alert https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa21-076a
  2. Trickbot is the most prolific malware operation using COVID-19 themed lures https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/101824/cyber-crime/trickbot-covid-19-themed-lures.html
  3.  Error caused the world’s largest academic book publisher to give books away free -https://cybernews.com/security/error-caused-worlds-largest-academic-book-publisher-to-give-books-away-free/
  4. WI: 900 emails of COVID vaccination registrants accidentally shared in Walworth County -https://www.databreaches.net/wi-900-emails-of-covid-vaccination-registrants-accidentally-shared-in-walworth-county/ 
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