The six most common threats against the device that knows you best
What is the most intimate relationship in your life—aside from your partner, your children or your parents? For many of us, it’s our mobile phone. It’s the last thing we see …
The COVID-19 crisis has fueled the increase of cybercrime in all its forms
The accelerated digitalization related to the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly influenced the development of a number of cyber threats, according to the new edition of …
Emotet stages a comeback via Trickbot and spam
Emotet is back – a number of researchers have confirmed. About Emotet Emotet is a modular banking trojan that also functions as a downloader of other trojans and …
76% of gamers were financially affected by a cyberattack, losing $700+ on average
NortonLifeLock published the findings of a global study that sheds light on the cyber risks impacting the gaming community. The survey, conducted by The Harris Poll among more …
Vulnerabilities associated with ransomware increased 4.5% in Q3 2021
Ransomware groups are continuing to grow in sophistication, boldness, and volume, with numbers up across the board since Q2 2021, a report by Ivanti, Cyber Security Works and …
Banking malware threats are increasing sharply
Banking malware threats are sharply increasing as cybercriminals target the rising popularity of mobile banking on smartphones, with plots aimed at stealing personal banking …
77% of rootkits are used for espionage purposes
In a new report, Positive Technologies analyzes this past decade’s most infamous families of rootkits – programs that hide the presence of malicious software or …
Surge in cyber attacks confirms the need for zero trust security
Zscaler announced the release of a report that tracked and analyzed over 20 billion threats blocked over HTTPS, a protocol originally designed for secure communication over …
Rooting malware discovered on Google Play, Samsung Galaxy Store
Researchers have discovered 19 mobile apps carrying rooting malware on official and third-party Android app stores, including Google Play and Samsung Galaxy Store. …
Unauthorized account openings increased by 21% in the last 12 months
Fifty-eight million consumers had a new account opened without their authorization in the last 12 months, a 21% increase compared to 2020, yet less than half of Americans know …
Popular npm package hijacked, modified to deliver cryptominers
Several versions of the npm package for UA-parser.js, a widely used JavaScript library, have been modified to include malicious code and have been made available for download. …
CDR: The secret cybersecurity ingredient used by defense and intelligence agencies
It’s very rare that the defense and intelligence community is vulnerable to file-based attacks. After all, for these organizations security is not a business case, it’s a case …
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