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Cybersecurity threats and cybercrime trends of 2020

April 9, 2021

Bitdefender released a report revealing top cybersecurity threats, frequency of threats and cybercrime trends of 2020. “Our 2020 findings depict consumers under constant …

4 things you can do to minimize cyberattacks on supply and value chains

April 8, 2021

Supply chain attacks target the weakest spot in most every enterprise’s security program: third-party access. The SolarWinds hack was a classic supply chain attack, …

Massive increase in endpoint attacks, rising rate of encrypted malware and new exploits targeting IoT

April 7, 2021

Fileless malware and cryptominer attack rates grew by nearly 900% and 25% respectively, while unique ransomware payloads plummeted by 48% in 2020 compared to 2019, according …

Nearly 40% of new ransomware families use both data encryption and data theft in attacks

March 31, 2021

Data-stealing ransomware attacks, information harvesting malware, and supply chain attacks are among the critical threats to organizations, according to F-Secure. One of the …

Fleeceware apps extract hundreds of dollars per year from their users through subscription services

March 25, 2021

Avast has discovered more than 200 new fleeceware applications on the Apple App Store and the Google PlayStore. The apps have been downloaded approximately one billion times …

New phishing campaign targets taxpayer credentials

March 19, 2021

A new phishing campaign is targeting U.S. taxpayers with documents that purport to contain tax-related content, but ultimately deliver NetWire and Remcos malware – two …

Years-old MS Office, Word flaws most exploited to deliver malware

March 18, 2021

29% of malware captured was previously unknown – due to the widespread use of packers and obfuscation techniques by attackers seeking to evade detection, according to a HP …

Number of ransomware attacks grew by more than 150%

March 8, 2021

By the end of 2020, the ransomware market, fueled by the pandemic turbulence, had turned into the biggest cybercrime money artery. Based on the analysis of more than 500 …

Multi-payload Gootloader platform stealthily delivers malware and ransomware

March 2, 2021

The delivery method for the six-year-old Gootkit financial malware has been developed into a complex and stealthy delivery system for a wide range of malware, including …

Cybercriminals continue to target trusted cloud apps

March 2, 2021

The majority of all malware is now delivered via cloud applications, underscoring how attackers increasingly abuse popular cloud services to evade legacy security defenses …

Massive rise in threats across expanding attack surfaces

February 26, 2021

There was a massive increase in cyber threats globally year-over-year fueled by both the pandemic and expanding attack surfaces, Skybox Security reveals. Expanding attack …

Attackers disrupting COVID-19 efforts and critical supply chains

February 25, 2021

Cyberattacks evolved in 2020 as threat actors sought to profit from the unprecedented socioeconomic, business and political challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, IBM …

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