Healthcare organizations targeted with Maui ransomware
A less known ransomware threat dubbed Maui has been and is likely to continue hitting healthcare organizations, a new CISA alert warns. Maui is unusual in many ways: it does …
Attackers are using deepfakes to snag remote IT jobs
Malicious individuals are using stolen personally identifiable information (PII) and voice and video deepfakes to try to land remote IT, programming, database and …
U.S. warns of North Korean hackers posing as IT freelancers
Companies and other organizations should be careful when employing IT freelancers, lest they end up hiring North Korean hackers. The advice comes from the U.S. Department of …
Meteoric attack deploys Quantum ransomware in mere hours
A group wielding the Quantum Locker ransomware is hitting targets in a blitzkrieg-like manner, going from intial compromise to domain-wide deployment and execution in under …
The Cyclops Blink botnet has been disrupted
The US Justice Department has announced that the FBI has disrupted the Cyclops Blink botnet, which they say was under the control of the Sandworm group – a threat actor …
Internet crime in 2021: Investment fraud losses soar
Business email compromise/email account compromise scams still have the highest financial toll on victims, but investment fraud has also lead to massive losses last year, …
Walter Hoffman joins Sontiq as Vice President of Public Sector Sales
Sontiq announced the addition of Walter Hoffman as Vice President of Public Sector Sales. An experienced public sector sales executive, Hoffman will help expand Sontiq’s work …
Datto SaaS Defense protects cloud-based applications for MSPs
Following its acquisition of Israel-based cyber threat detection company BitDam earlier this year, Datto debuted its SaaS Defense security product built exclusively for MSPs. …
Qualys Ransomware Risk Assessment Service helps organizations to proactively combat ransomware attacks
Qualys released its Ransomware Risk Assessment Service to provide companies with visibility into their ransomware exposure and automate the patching and configuration changes …
Cloudflare announces free email offerings to prevent phishing and increase security
Cloudflare announced its entry into email security with new offerings to help solve email challenges in an easy-to-use way that gives customers more control. Now, users will …
Cofense appoints Ronnie Tokazowski as Principal Threat Advisor
Cofense has appointed Ronnie Tokazowski as Principal Threat Advisor. Tokazowski brings to the Cofense team a wealth of firsthand knowledge and research on Business Email …
Ransomware gangs target organizations during holidays and weekends
Ransomware gangs may take advantage of upcoming holidays and weekends to hit US organizations, the FBI and the CISA have warned. They don’t have any specific threat …