Upwards of 70,000 inboxes have been receiving spam claiming\nto be from the IRS<\/a>\nthreatening legal action for late or missing payments. Most recipients are\nMicrosoft Office 365 users and have been receiving threats of lawsuits to, wage\ngarnishment and even arrest. These spoofing scams have risen in popularity in\nrecent years, but have mixed results since many users are familiar with the\ntactic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Researchers found a listing for full admin access to the Pakistan\nInternational Airlines<\/a> network on multiple dark web forums earlier this\nweek. The current asking price is an incredibly low $4,000, considering the\namount of information that could be used for malicious activities. The hackers\nclaim to have 15 databases, each with many thousands of records, including\npassport data and other highly sensitive personal information on passengers and\nemployees alike. It is believed that this group has been responsible for at\nleast 38 other sales of network access in the past five months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following a settlement with the FTC, the video communication\nservice Zoom<\/a>\nis being forced to upgrade its overall security after it was found that they\nweren\u2019t implementing the end-to-end encryption the business touted. It was also\ndiscovered that encryption of recorded video calls often did not take place and\nregular security testing of security measures did not occur, endangering user\nprivacy for personal video calls and chats.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPakistani Airlines Network Access for Sale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Zoom Enhances Security at Heed of FTC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Mashable Database Compromised<\/h2>\n\n\n\n