cybercrime
Cybercriminals shift tools, tactics and procedures to improve infection rates
Trend Micro released its Midyear Security Roundup 2018, revealing that cybercriminals are moving away from attention-grabbing ransomware attacks to more covert methods …
Telecom services: Patient zero for email-based attacks?
Organizations offering telecommunication services are seeing more advanced malware threats than organizations in other industries, Lastline researchers have found. They have …
New Office 365 phishing attack uses malicious links in SharePoint documents
Fake emails targeting Office 365 users via malicious links inserted into SharePoint documents are the latest trick phishers employ to bypass the platform’s built-in …
Preventing IDN homograph attacks from harming your brand/reputation
Phishing is, by and large, the most often used attacker tactic to trick victims into sharing useful information such as login credentials. More often than not, that means …
Cybercrime gangs continue to go where the money is
According to the APWG’s new Phishing Activity Trends Report, phishing in the first part of 2018 surged 46 percent higher than late 2017. The total number of phish detected in …
How the SamSam attacker stole millions from US companies
There are many reasons that the SamSam ransomware has achieved widespread notoriety: it disrupted the operations of some of its victims to a point that the attack …
Attackers playing into users’ commitment to security continue to sail through defenses
KnowBe4 shared its Top 10 Global Phishing Email Subject Lines for Q2 2018. The messages in the report are based on simulated phishing tests users received or real-world emails …
The evolution of email fraud: Risks and protection tips
Marc Chouinard is Email Security Operations Lead at Vircom, an email security vendor based in Montreal, Canada. He has established a reputation as a no-nonsense leader in …
BEC scams and real estate deals: How to protect yourself?
Despite constant warnings by law enforcement and industry organizations, BEC scammers continue to fleece companies. They target small, medium, and large business and personal …
Inside look at lifecycle of stolen credentials and extent of data breach damage
Shape Security released its Credential Spill Report, shedding light on the extent to which the consumer banking, retail, airline and hospitality industries are impacted by …
Magecart presents an unprecedented threat: Here’s what you can do
Recently we learned that the previously disclosed Ticketmaster UK breach from a few weeks ago was not a one-off event but instead part of a widespread website digital credit …
42% of organizations globally hit by cryptomining attacks
Cybercriminals are aggressively targeting organizations using cryptomining malware to develop illegal revenue streams, according to Check Point. Meanwhile, cloud …