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Data leaked from LinkedIn again. Read our recommendations

Another massive leak from LinkedIn social network can be added to a huge data leak of April this year. Data from more than 700 million users of this social network has leaked and has been put up for sale on the black market at this time. LinkedIn has approximately 756 million users, this would mean…

URGENT: Warning about the campaign of fraudulent phone calls

The National Cyber Security Centre SK-CERT warns against a fraudulent campaign. The actors pretend to be police officers and contact their victims by phone. They try to extract various data from them – including personal and access data. In this campaign, the attacker introduces himself as the police and after an initial talk, the victim…

SK-CERT again warns of 0-day vulnerability in Google Chrome

The National Cyber Security Centre SK-CERT once again warns of another 0-day vulnerability in Google Chrome browser, which allows an attacker to remotely execute malicious code. Google Chrome is one of the most widely used web browsers available on most devices that users use for website browsing. On 17 June, Google released an update of…

SK-CERT warns: 0-day vulnerabilities in iOS 12.5.3, update immediately

The National Cyber Security Centre SK-CERT warns of 0-day vulnerabilities in the iOS operating system for older Apple devices in version 12.5.3, which allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code. According to available information, vulnerability is being actively exploited by attackers. Apple also uses older versions of the iOS operating system on its older…

Protect yourself from smishing

Attackers in cyberspace are constantly looking for ways to extract information or money from their victims. Perhaps, the most popular way is phishing, i.e. fraudulent messages, in which the attacker tricks the victim into handing over financial or personal data. Phishing can take many forms – via e-mails, chat services and even phone calls. However,…

Ransomware and its reality today

It is certainly not necessary to explain again what ransomware is. In short, it is a malicious activity that leads to encryption of data (disks, and with poorly designed infrastructure even of backups if they exist). Subsequently, the attacker blackmails the victim and asks to pay a certain amount (so-called ransom) most often in bitcoins…

UPDATE: Warning against fraud abusing the identity of Financial Administration

Attacks that abuse the identity of the Financial Administration are constantly continuing. The National Cyber Security Centre SK-CERT has again detected an increased incidence of phishing e-mails that have the same method of execution. The attacker uses a new domain hXXps://earl-cherpeau[.]fr The National Cyber Security Centre SK-CERT, in cooperation with the Financial Administration, warns against…