cybercrime
Office 365 users targeted by phishers employing simple HTML tricks
Phishers are using a simple but effective trick to fool Microsoft’s NLP-based anti-phishing protections and Office 365 users into entering their login credentials into …
Why cybercriminals are turning to cryptojacking for easy money
The cryptocurrency market has seen an incredible amount of attention and hype over the last year, culminating with Bitcoin values soaring by more than 1,300 percent in 2017. …
Banking Trojans and cryptojacking on the rise
A new report analyzes threat data collected from approximately 750,000 Morphisec protected endpoints globally, between January 1 and March 31, 2018, as well as from in-depth …
Has paying the ransom become business as usual?
Radware released its 2018 Executive Application and Network Security Report. For the first time in the survey’s five-year history, a majority of executives (53%) reported …
Protecting consumers from mobile and IoT threats
A new report by Allot Communications revealed a dynamic and automated threat landscape in which consumers lack the security expertise to effectively protect themselves. Mobile …
Cryptomining malware digs into nearly 40% of organizations worldwide
Check Point published its latest Global Threat Index for May 2018, revealing that the Coinhive cryptominer impacted 22% of organizations globally – up from 16% in April, an …
Traffic manipulation and cryptocurrency mining campaign compromised 40,000+ machines
Unknown attackers have compromised 40,000+ servers, networking and IoT devices around the world and are using them to mine Monero and redirect traffic to websites hosting tech …
Sophisticated keyloggers target the finance industry
Lastline found three separate strains of keylogger malware that are currently targeting finance. Lastline’s analysis of the 100 most recent malware samples found among finance …
BackSwap Trojan exploits standard browser features to empty bank accounts
Creating effective and stealthy banking malware is becoming increasingly difficult, forcing malware authors to come up with innovative methods. The latest creative burst in …
Fraud data shows 680% spike in fraudulent mobile app transactions
The number of fraudulent transactions originating from a mobile app during the first quarter has increased by 200 per cent since 2015, according to RSA Security. Analysis from …
1 in 10 healthcare organizations paid a ransom within the last year
More than one in three healthcare organizations have suffered a cyberattack within the last year, while almost one in 10 have paid a ransom or extortion fee, according to …
Pressures impacting security pros are up, threats are turning up the heat
Trustwave released the 2018 Security Pressures Report based on a global survey of 1,600 full-time IT professionals who are security decision makers or security influencers …