cybercrime
Budget constraints threaten cybersecurity in government bodies
Government organizations are attractive targets for threat actors whose motivations may be geopolitical, financial, or disruption, according to BlackBerry. Because threat …
Navigating the gray zone of ransomware payment practices
Ransomware remains a lucrative tool for cybercriminals as attackers continue to target a wide array of businesses. In response to this growing threat, an increasing number of …
7 fake cryptocurrency investment apps discovered in Google Play, Apple App Store
Sophos released new findings on CryptoRom scams—a subset of pig butchering schemes designed to trick users of dating apps into making fake cryptocurrency investments. Since …
How local governments can combat cybercrime
Amid a recent uptick in cybercrime on local governments, cities have been left to recover for months after the initial attack. For example, leaders in Dallas, Texas are ready …
Salesforce and Meta suffer phishing campaign that evades typical detection methods
The Guardio research team discovered an email phishing campaign exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Salesforce’s legitimate email services and SMTP servers. Phishing email …
67% of data breaches start with a single click
Technology is accelerating faster than it ever has before, giving IT and security teams more tools to fend off cybersecurity attacks from an increasingly diverse slate of bad …
1 in 100 emails is malicious
BEC and phishing attacks soar by 20% and 41% respectively in H1 2023, according to Perception Point. Cyber attackers have continued to refine their methods, adopting more …
CISOs gear up to combat the rising threat of B2B fraud
The ongoing banking and economic turmoil has opened the floodgates to fraudsters. In this Help Net Security video, ex-British Intelligence officer Alex Beavan, Head of Ethics …
Has the MOVEit hack paid off for Cl0p?
The number of known Cl0p victims resulting from its Memorial Day attack on vulnerable internet-facing MOVEit Transfer installations has surpassed 420, according to IT market …
Consumers demand more from businesses when it comes to security
Fraudsters are opportunistic criminals and 2022 and the first few months of this year brought opportunities like never before, according to Experian. This volatility …
Attackers intensify DDoS attacks with new tactics
As we entered 2023, the cybersecurity landscape witnessed an increase in sophisticated, high-volume attacks, according to Gcore. The maximum attack power rose from 600 to 800 …
A fresh look at the current state of financial fraud
In this Help Net Security video, Greg Woolf, CEO at FiVerity, discusses how the emergence of sophisticated fraud tools powered by AI and recent upheavals in the banking sector …
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