The top apps for malware downloads
In July 2022, one third of all malware downloads came from cloud apps. The overwhelming majority of the downloads were trojans, a type of malware that is disguised as …
What’s polluting your data lake?
A data lake is a large system of files and unstructured data collected from many, untrusted sources, stored and dispensed for business services, and is susceptible to malware …
Malicious DNS traffic targets corporate and personal devices
Akamai’s security research team examined potentially compromised devices, discovering that 12.3% communicated with domains associated with malware or ransomware during Q2 …
Should ransomware payments be banned? A few considerations
Several U.S. states have recently moved to ban local and state agencies and organizations funded by taxpayers’ dollars from paying off ransomware gangs, and a few more …
We need to think about ransomware differently
In this Help Net Security video, David Mahdi, Chief Strategy Officer & CISO Advisory at Sectigo, talks about how ransomware isn’t solely a malware problem, bad actors …
CISOs see little need for a point solution to cover ransomware risk
Nearly half of enterprises have fallen victim to a ransomware attack, of which nearly all have had little choice but to heed their attackers, according to the Q2 CISO Circuit …
Fake DDoS protection pages are delivering malware!
Malware peddlers are exploiting users’ familiarity with and inherent trust in DDoS protection pages to make them download and run malware on their computer, Sucuri …
Escanor malware delivered in weaponized Microsoft Office documents
Resecurity, a Los Angeles-based cybersecurity company protecting Fortune 500 worldwide, identified a new RAT (Remote Administration Tool) advertised in Dark Web and Telegram …
Malicious PyPI packages drop ransomware, fileless malware
In this Help Net Security video, Ax Sharma, Senior Security Researcher at Sonatype, discusses newly found PyPI packages that pack ransomware, and another package that appears …
Organizations would like the government to help with ransomware demand costs
Businesses are increasingly concerned about how they will meet ransomware demands. Only 19 percent of those surveyed have ransomware coverage limits above $600,000, while over …
Which malware delivery techniques are currently favored by attackers?
A wave of cybercriminals spreading malware families – including QakBot, IceID, Emotet, and RedLine Stealer – are shifting to shortcut (LNK) files for email malware delivery. …
Three ransomware gangs consecutively attacked the same network
Hive, LockBit and BlackCat, three prominent ransomware gangs, consecutively attacked the same network, according to Sophos. The first two attacks took place within two hours, …
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