cybercrime
Increasing security measures are driving cybercriminals to alter their techniques
Increased security measures and awareness are driving cybercriminals to alter their techniques in search of a better return on investment (ROI). Total recorded vulnerabilities …
Accidental data breaches are often compounded by a failure to encrypt
83 percent of security professionals believe that employees have accidentally exposed customer or business sensitive data at their organization. Accidental data breaches are …
Criminal groups promising salaries averaging $360,000 per year to accomplices
New research from Digital Shadows reveals that criminal groups are promising salaries averaging the equivalent of $360,000 per year to accomplices who can help them target …
92% of organizations rank users as their primary security concern
Cybercrime continues to evolve and become more sophisticated. AI and machine learning are leveraged by many criminal organizations to help them better understand how to …
Formjacking is the new get rich quick scheme for cybercriminals
Faced with diminishing returns from ransomware and cryptojacking, cybercriminals are doubling down on alternative methods, such as formjacking, to make money according to …
Phishers’ new trick for bypassing email URL filters
Phishers have come up with another trick to make Office documents carrying malicious links undetectable by many e-mail security services: they delete the links from the …
Ryuk: What does the helpdesk tell us?
Cybercrime is the only criminal channel that provides a helpdesk. An amusing side note in the world of digital crime, and whilst considerable efforts have been taken to …
Free decryption tool could save victims millions in ransomware payments
A new decryption tool has been released for free on the No More Ransom depository for the latest strand of GandCrab. This tool was developed by the Romanian Police in close …
Bank of Valletta suspended all operations in wake of cyber attack
Maltese Bank of Valletta (BOV) has been breached by hackers and has temporarily suspended all of its operations to minimize risk and review its systems. The bank shuttered its …
Trickbot becomes one of the most dangerous pieces of modular malware hitting enterprises
Along with Emotet, Trickbot has become one of the most versatile and dangerous pieces of modular malware hitting enterprise environments. Most recently, its creators have …
Most wanted malware in January 2019: A new threat speaks up
Check Point’s Global Threat Index for January 2019 reveals a new backdoor Trojan affecting Linux servers, which is distributing the XMRig crypto-miner. The new malware, …
Healthcare email fraud: Attack attempts jump 473% over two years
Proofpoint found that healthcare organisations were targeted in 96 email fraud attacks on average in Q4 2018 – a 473 percent jump from Q1 2017. More than half of these …
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