Compliance February 29, 2020 What is a DNS Filter? In this post we explain what a DNS filter is, why DNS filtering is important for cybersecurity, and other advantages of DNS filtering, but first ... Read more
Cyber Threats February 27, 2020 74% of Phishing Sites Now Use HTTPS The latest phishing activity trends report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) shows a decline in the number of detected phishing sites after the 3-year ... Read more
Cyber Threats February 26, 2020 Phishers’ Favorite Report Reveals Massive Increase in WhatsApp Phishing URLs The Q4, 2019 Phishers’ Favorite report from email security firm Vade Secure shows PayPal is the most impersonated brand in phishing attacks, making it two ... Read more
Compliance February 25, 2020 Micropatch Available to Fix for CVE-2020-0674 Internet Explorer Flaw for Windows 10 1903 and 1909 Users Enterprise users of Windows 10 v1903 and v1909 may have held off patching the CVE-2020-0674 vulnerability in Internet Explorer versions 9-11 due to the problems ... Read more
Cyber Threats February 20, 2020 Q4 2019 Threat Report Reveals Emotet Dominates Threat Landscape The Q4, 2019 Threat Report from cybersecurity firm Proofpoint has confirmed Emotet was the biggest malware threat in 2019, accounting for 37% of all malicious ... Read more
Tools & Practices February 19, 2020 LokiBot Trojan Masquerades as Epic Games Software Installer Threat actors behind the LokiBot Trojan, an information stealer and a backdoor that gives attackers access to Windows systems, are using a new tactic to ... Read more
Cyber Threats February 18, 2020 Fresh Warnings Issued About Coronavirus Phishing Scams Fresh warnings have been issued about coronavirus phishing scams that are being conducted to steal sensitive data and spread malware. Multiple threat actors are taking ... Read more
Security Breaches February 17, 2020 Phishing Attack Results in $2.6 Million Loss for Puerto Rico Government A Puerto Rican government employee has been duped by a phishing scam and wired more than $2.6 million to an account controlled by the scammers. ... Read more
Security Breaches February 14, 2020 At Least 15.1 Billion Records Were Exposed in Data Breaches in 2019 A new report from Risk Based Security has revealed 15.1 billion records were exposed in publicly reported data breaches in 2019 – A 284% increase ... Read more
Security Breaches February 13, 2020 BEC Attacks Account for More Than Half of All Losses to Cybercrime Business email compromise attacks are the most financially damaging form of cybercrime, according to the 2019 Internet Crime Report from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint ... Read more
Cyber Threats February 11, 2020 Threat from Phishing Highlighted on Safer Internet Day Today is Safer Internet Day, a global event aimed at promoting safer use of online technology and the creation of a safe and stimulating online ... Read more
Tools & Practices February 11, 2020 99 Vulnerabilities Patched by Microsoft on February 2020 Patch Tuesday February 2020 Patch Tuesday has seen Microsoft release patches for 99 vulnerabilities (and one advisory for Adobe Flash), making it one of the largest monthly ... Read more
Security Breaches February 10, 2020 Emotet Now Spreading by Hacking Nearby WiFi Networks A new variant of Emotet spreads like a worm sending copies of itself to computers connected to WiFi networks within range of an infected device. ... Read more
Cyber Threats February 7, 2020 Malware Campaign Delivers Package of Seven Malware Variants via BitBucket Cybereason’s Nocturnus research team has identified a malware distribution campaign that aims to deliver multiple malware variants via the cloud storage platform BitBucket. The researchers ... Read more
Trends & Reports February 5, 2020 UK Community Housing Firm Suffers £932,000 Loss to BEC Scam High Wickham-based Red Kite Community Housing recently announced it has lost £932,000 ($1.2 million) to a business email compromise (BEC) scam. BEC is the leading ... Read more
Security Breaches February 4, 2020 Ashley Madison Extortion Scams Show Repercussions from Data Breaches Can Last Forever Almost five years ago, Ashley Madison experienced a massive data breach. Hackers stole the information from 32 million accounts and the data was dumped online. ... Read more
Cyber Threats February 3, 2020 Evil Corp Resumes Operations Using New Phishing Tactic to Deliver RAT A hacking group known as Evil Corp, aka TA505, has resumed its malicious activities and has adopted a new phishing tactic for delivering malware. The ... Read more
Insights February 1, 2020 DNS Filtering for MSPs and ISPs DNS filtering for MSPs and ISPs does not need to be complicated and labor intensive. It is possible to improve protection from online threats, control ... Read more
Insights February 1, 2020 Email Security for MSPs MSPs are being targeted by cybercriminals and phishing is one of the most common methods of attack. The number of recent attacks indicates email security ... Read more
Insights February 1, 2020 Threat Protection for MSPs The key to managed threat protection for MSPs is layered defenses as no one security solution will be capable of blocking all threats. By providing ... Read more
Cyber Threats January 31, 2020 Beware of Coronavirus Themed Phishing Attacks The novel coronavirus that originated in the province of Wuhan in China has now spread to other countries, with Japan and Thailand the worst affected ... Read more
Security Breaches January 30, 2020 Avast and AVG Customers’ Sensitive Browsing Data Will No Longer Be Collected and Sold to Third Parties There’s some good news today for users of Avast and AVG antivirus products. Personal search histories, clicks, and details of online purchases will no longer ... Read more
Security Breaches January 27, 2020 Vulnerable Citrix Servers Targeted by Ransomware Gangs Multiple threat actors are conducting attacks on Citrix servers that have not had the patch applied to correct the CVE-2019-19781 vulnerability. The flaw affects the ... Read more
Cyber Threats January 27, 2020 Urgent Patching Required for Windows Server Flaws Now PoC Exploits Published On January 2020 Patch Tuesday (01.14.2020) Microsoft released patches to address two vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) that affected Windows Server 2012, 2016, ... Read more
Compliance January 27, 2020 55% of Organizations Were Successfully Phished in 2019 Phishing is the most common method of attacking organizations and it continues to cause problems for IT departments and considerable losses for organizations. A new ... Read more
Cyber Threats January 24, 2020 CISA Warns of Increase in Emotet Malware Activity The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a warning over an increase in Emotet malware activity. The Emotet botnet sprung ... Read more
Cyber Threats January 24, 2020 Cisco Patches Critical Vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center Cisco has issued hotfix patches for a critical vulnerability in its network security tool, Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC). The flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-16028, is ... Read more
Security Breaches January 23, 2020 Microsoft Database of 250 Million Records Exposed Online Microsoft has announced that one of its databases has been accidentally exposed online. The database could over the internet without the need for authentication. The ... Read more
Cyber Threats January 22, 2020 The Emotet Botnet is Back in Action Sending Spam with New Lures to Fool the Unwary There was a welcome Christmas break from the Emotet botnet, but life has returned to normal and it is well and truly back in action. ... Read more
Tools & Practices January 22, 2020 TitanHQ’s Web and Email Security Solutions Now Available for Pax8 Partners Pax8, the multi-award-winning cloud distribution company, has formed a new strategic partnership with TitanHQ, the leading provider of cloud-based email and web security solutions for ... Read more