December 20, 2018 Backdoor and Ransomware Detections Increased More than 43% in 2018 The recently published Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2018 shows there has been a 43% increase in ransomware detections and a 44% increase in backdoor detections in ... Read more
December 18, 2018 New Office 365 Phishing Attack Detected A new Office 365 phishing attack has been identified that uses alerts about message delivery failures to lure unsuspecting users to a website where they ... Read more
November 30, 2018 Spotify Phishing Scam Detected: User Accounts Breached Researchers at AppRiver have detected a Spotify phishing scam that attempts to get users to reveal their Spotify credentials. The emails use brand imaging that ... Read more
November 30, 2018 Marriott Announces 500 Million-Record Breach of Starwood Hotel Guests’ Data The Marriott hotel chain has announced it has suffered a massive data breach that has resulted in the theft of the personal information of up ... Read more
November 27, 2018 California Wildfire-Themed BEC Attack Identified It is common for phishers to use natural disasters as a lure to obtain ‘donations’ to line their pockets rather than help the victims and ... Read more
November 15, 2018 Phishing Accounts for 50% of All Fraud Attacks An analysis of current cyber fraud threats by network security firm RSA shows that phishing attacks have increased by 70% since Q2 and now account ... Read more
October 16, 2018 Anthem Data Breach Settlement of $16 Million Agreed with OCR The largest ever healthcare data breach in the United States has attracted the largest ever fine for noncompliance with HIPAA Rules. The Anthem data breach ... Read more
October 3, 2018 Increased Remote Desktop Protocol Attacks Prompts IC3 to Issue Warning The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued a warning to businesses about the abuse of remote administration tools such as Remote Desktop Protocol. ... Read more
September 27, 2018 2018 Has Seen a Marked Increase in Email Impersonation Attacks The September Email Threat Report published by cybersecurity company FireEye has cast light on the latest tactics being used by cybercriminals to fool end users ... Read more
September 5, 2018 Respiratory Care Provider Victim of Phishing Attack Norwood, MA-based Reliable Respiratory has discovered a hacker has gained access to the email account of one of its employees, and through that account, potentially ... Read more
August 30, 2018 Ransomware Attacks Slow as Cryptocurrency Mining Proves More Profitable Over the past two years, ransomware has been favored by cybercriminals as it offered an easy way to make money. Campaigns could easily be conducted ... Read more
August 28, 2018 AdvisorsBot Malware Used in Targeted Attacks on Hotels and Restaurants Security researchers at Proofpoint have detected a new malware threat that is being used in targeted attacks on hotels, restaurants, and telecoms firms. AdvisorsBot malware, ... Read more
August 21, 2018 U.S. Companies Not Doing Enough to Prevent Phishing and Email Impersonation Attacks IT professionals are well aware of the threat from phishing and email impersonation attacks, yet even though the risk of an attack is high, U.S. ... Read more
August 15, 2018 New KeyPass Ransomware Campaign Infects Users in More than 20 Countries A new ransomware variant – called KeyPass ransomware – is being used in a new campaign that has seen many victims created around the world. ... Read more
August 14, 2018 Faxploit Attack Uses Fax Machine to Gain Network Access and Steal Data Since the 1960s, businesses have been using fax machines to send and receive orders and communicate data quickly. To a large extent, email has replaced ... Read more
August 13, 2018 New Shrug Ransomware Variant Detected Shrug ransomware was first detected in early July. Now a new variant of this .NET ransomware variant has been detected, which has enhanced capabilities. Shrug ... Read more
August 8, 2018 SamSam Ransomware Developer Has Earned $6 Million in Ransom Payments SamSam ransomware has been used in many attacks on healthcare providers and educational institutions over the past two and a half years. In contrast to ... Read more
August 7, 2018 Recent WannaCry Attack on Chip Manufacturer Expected to Cost $170 Million A WannaCry ransomware attack has been reported by the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. The malware infection has crippled some of the company’s manufacturing plants which ... Read more
August 2, 2018 Reddit Data Breach Shows 2-Factor Authentication is Not Always Effective A sizeable Reddit data breach has been discovered. An unauthorized individual gained access to several Reddit systems and succeeded in downloading a significant number of ... Read more
August 1, 2018 Spam Email Remains the Primary Attack Vector and Click Rates are Increasing Spam email is still the leading method of malware delivery according to a new report by cybersecurity company F-Secure. The reason is simple. It is ... Read more
July 26, 2018 New Spectre-Class Attack Identified by UCR Researchers Another side-channel vulnerability has been identified that could be exploited in a Spectre-Class attack. This attack method is not blocked by previous patches that address ... Read more
July 25, 2018 Hacking Group Steals $1 Million from Russian Bank via Compromised Router The hacking group known as MoneyMaker has pulled off a $1 million cyberheist after gaining access to a Russian bank through an outdated router used ... Read more
July 19, 2018 GandCrab Ransomware Vaccine Developed by AhnLab GandCrab ransomware is now the most commonly used ransomware variant, and while there is currently no free decryptor for GandCrab ransomware, there is now a ... Read more
July 17, 2018 LabCorp Investigating Possible Data Breach LabCorp, one of the world’s largest clinical testing laboratories, has experienced a cyberattack that has potentially resulted in the health data of millions of patients ... Read more
July 11, 2018 U.S. Military Data Stolen as a Result of the Failure to Change Default FTP Passwords U.S. military computers have been accessed by a hacker and sensitive military documents have been stolen and listed for sale on online hacking forums. The ... Read more
July 9, 2018 Email Attack Uses Macros to Hijack Desktop Shortcuts The deployment of malware via malicious Word documents is nothing new, although the tactics used by cybercriminals often change. Now a new method of malware ... Read more
July 9, 2018 Ransomware Damage Predicted to Exceed $8 Billion in 2018 Ransomware is one of the most common types of malware and has been widely adopted by cybercriminals who use it to extort money from businesses. ... Read more
July 3, 2018 Phishing Incident Reported by Trezor Wallet Trezor, the multi-cryptocurrency wallet service, has announced it has been targeted in a phishing campaign that has seen some users of its service redirected to ... Read more
July 3, 2018 Partial Backup File Stolen in Typeform Data Breach Typeform, a Spanish SaaS company that specializes in online forms and surveys, has announced it has experienced a data breach in which a hacker gained ... Read more
June 21, 2018 ZeroFont Phishing Attack Bypasses Microsoft Office Security Feature The ZeroFont phishing attack allows phishers to bypass anti-spam controls and ensure their emails are delivered to end users inboxes. ZeroFont Phishing Cybercriminals are constantly ... Read more