cybercrime

6 oversights that enable data breaches
Personal employee or customer data accounted for nearly 45% of all data stolen between July 2021 and June 2022, while companies’ source code and proprietary information …

Attackers abuse business-critical cloud apps to deliver malware
Over 400 distinct cloud applications delivered malware in 2022, nearly triple the amount seen in the prior year, and 30% of all cloud malware downloads in 2022 originated from …

Cybercriminals create new methods to evade legacy DDoS defenses
The number of DDoS attacks we see around the globe is on the rise, and that trend is likely to continue throughout 2023, according to Corero. We expect to see attackers deploy …

Fraudsters’ working patterns have changed in recent years
Less sophisticated fraud — in which doctored identity documents are readily spotted — has jumped 37% in 2022, according to Onfido. Fraudsters can scale these attacks on an …

Reported phishing attacks have quintupled
The third quarter of 2022, APWG observed 1,270,883 total phishing attacks — is the worst quarter for phishing that APWG has ever observed. The total for August 2022 was …

Modern technology and cyber recovery will intersect in the next generation of attacks
As technology continues to evolve for business and personal use, cybercriminals are also leveraging innovation in the next generation of attacks, according to Experian. …

Ransomware predictions for 2023
In this Help Net Security video, Dave Trader, Field CISO at Presidio, talks about the evolution of ransomware attacks and outlines what we can expect in 2023. The lack of …

What happens once scammers receive funds from their victims
In this Help Net Security video, Ronnie Tokazowski, Principal Threat Advisor at Cofense, offers insight into the world’s most lucrative cybercrime – business email …

Analyzing Australia’s cyberthreat landscape, and what it means for the rest of the world
Australia has been the victim of damaging cyberattacks in the latter half of this year, with high-profile incidents impacting businesses across critical sectors such as …

Preventing a ransomware attack with intelligence: Strategies for CISOs
Bad news first: Ransomware isn’t going anywhere. The good news? The right intelligence can help organizations dramatically reduce risk surrounding a cyber extortion event. In …

Cybercriminals are scamming each other, tipping off law enforcement
Cybercriminals are scamming each other out of millions of dollars and use arbitration to settle disputes about the scams, according to Sophos. For this report, Sophos experts …

Economic uncertainty will greatly impact the spread of cybercrime
Norton released its top cyber trends to watch in 2023, emphasizing that the economy will have the greatest impact on the spread of cybercrime next year. Experts predict the …