Malware & Threats

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Help Net Security

Top digital transformation challenges? Cybercrime and espionage

In Frost & Sullivan’s recent survey covering end-user perspectives on navigating digital transformation, 54 per cent of IT professionals cited cybercrime and espionage as their top challenges, followed by systems integration. Other noteworthy findings include significant IT investment in productivity, improving digital presence, as well as communications/collaboration tool integration with other business software (Microsoft Office, Google-G-suite,…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

Analysis of 3,200 Phishing Kits Sheds Light on Attacker Tools and Techniques

Phishing kits are used extensively by cybercriminals to increase the efficiency of stealing user credentials. The basic kit comprises an accurate clone of the target medium’s login-in page (Gmail, Facebook, Office 365, targeted banks, etc), and a pre-written php script to steal the credentials — both bundled and distributed as a zip file. Successfully phished…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Blog Malwarebytes

Know your threats: the nine scariest malware monsters

It’s been a particularly ghoulish year in cybersecurity, from Russian hacks to ransomware outbreaks. The bad boogey man in the black hoodie has been pulling one over the collective public. It’s dark and creepy, but users refuse to stop peeking behind the door. It’s enough to make even the most grizzled IT admin run for…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: CSO

How to identify every type of phishing attack

Every data breach and online attack seems to involve some kind of phishing attempt to steal password credentials, to launch fraudulent transactions, or to trick someone into downloading malware. In early 2016, 93 percent of phishing emails delivered ransomware, according to statistics from PhishMe.

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Help Net Security

Offshore law firm Appleby confirms data breach

Appleby, a major offshore law firm based in Bermuda, has confirmed it has suffered a data security incident in 2016 that resulted in some of their data being compromised. It’s doubtful that the wider public would have ever known about this were it not from the US-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and partner…