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ransomware
Double-extortion ransomware attacks on the rise

Zscaler announced a report featuring analysis of key ransomware trends and details about the most prolific ransomware actors, their attack tactics and the most vulnerable …

ransomware
Dealing with ransomware attacks: What options do you have?

IT decision-makers often find themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to dealing with ransomware attacks. Do they pay a large sum of money to …

Windows
Defending against Windows RDP attacks

In 2020, attacks against Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) grew by 768%, according to ESET. But this shouldn’t come as a surprise, given the massive increase in the number …

Bitcoin
Bitcoin Security Rectifier app aims to make Bitcoin more secure

A computer science engineer at Michigan State University has a word of advice for the millions of bitcoin owners who use smartphone apps to manage their cryptocurrency: …

Secure your cloud: Remove the human vulnerabilities

Training to increase employees’ security awareness and change risky behaviours among end users is important, particularly as the future workplace will be hybrid and many …

Hand
Cybercriminals evolving their tactics to exploit collective human interest

Phishing activity increased significantly in the first few months of 2020, taking advantage of pandemic-induced product shortages and increased usage of streaming services, …

Monero
Monero-mining botnet targets orgs through recent MS Exchange vulnerabilities

The recent Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities might have initially been exploited by a government-backed APT group, but cybercriminals soon followed suit, using them to …

organize
Outgunned CISOs navigate complex obstacles to keep rising attacks from turning into breaches

CISOs face a rising ‘security debt’ to secure their organizations against an increasing volume of attacks by well-armed criminals. Yet, despite going up against a criminal …

Facebook
Facebook Messenger users targeted by a large-scale scam

A large-scale scam campaign targeting Facebook Messenger users all over the world has been detected by Group-IB. Digital Risk Protection (DRP) analysts have found evidence …

coronavirus
COVID-19-themed cyberattack detections continue to surge

McAfee released its new report, examining cybercriminal activity related to malware and the evolution of cyber threats in the third and fourth quarters of 2020. In Q4, there …

Microsoft Exchange
FBI removes web shells from hacked Microsoft Exchange servers

Authorities have executed a court-authorized operation to copy and remove malicious web shells from hundreds of vulnerable on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange Server …

fraud detection
Fraudulent purchase attempts value increased 69% in 2020

The average value of fraudulent purchase attempts increased 69% in 2020, a recent Sift report reveals. Also, several business categories were hit by both major increases in …

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