cybercriminals

Hackers go phishing for the holidays
It’s that time of year again. Everyone’s busy – at work and at home. That includes cybercriminals, too. In fact, the holiday season is when busy, distracted people tend to be …

The holiday season: A cybercriminal’s winter wonderland
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – for cybercriminals that is. With increased online sales, major commercial holidays like Black Friday and Cyber Monday present …

New account fraud has more than doubled since 2014
New account fraud increased 27.8% worldwide YTD in 2019, compared to full-year 2018 results, and more than 100% compared to 2014 levels, Jumio reveals. Surprisingly, attempted …

As malware and network attacks increase in 2019, zero day malware accounts for 50% of detections
Amid significant increases in both malware and network attacks, multiple Apache Struts vulnerabilities – including one used in the devastating Equifax data breach – appeared …

What do cybercriminals have in store for 2020?
As we look to 2020 and a new decade, cybersecurity will continue to be a top priority for businesses and consumers alike. To help organizations prepare for the next year and …

Free download: Botnet and IoT Security Guide 2020
The Council to Secure the Digital Economy (CSDE), a partnership between global technology, communications, and internet companies supported by USTelecom—The Broadband …

Attackers increasingly embrace small-scale DDoS attacks to evade detection
The growth in both large- and small-scale DDoS attacks continues its upward trajectory, according to a report released by Neustar. The report reveals that the total number of …

Healthcare spikes data breach fever, endpoint threat detections grow 60%
The healthcare industry has been overwhelmingly targeted by Trojan malware during the last year, which increased by 82 percent in Q3 2019 over the previous quarter, according …

When is the right time to red team?
“It takes a thief to catch a thief.” Despite being hundreds of years old, this idiom holds perfectly true for that most modern of thieves, the cybercriminal. With …

PayPal becomes phisher’s favorite brand, Office 365 phishing techniques evolve
PayPal has overtaken Microsoft to claim the number one ranking for phisher’s favorites for the first time. Netflix was not far behind as the streaming giant moved up to …

Attackers continue to leverage greater levels of social engineering and sophistication
Despite a nearly four-month absence, the return of Emotet within the last two weeks of September accounted for nearly 12 percent of all malicious email samples in Q3, …

Cybercriminals are testing exposed credentials for future account takeover attacks
Fraud increased 30% overall in Q3 2019 and bot-driven account registration fraud is up 70% as cybercriminals test stolen credentials in advance of the holiday retail season, …
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