Encryption ransomware hits record levels
The amount of phishing emails containing a form of ransomware grew to 97.25 percent during the third quarter of 2016 up from 92 percent in Q1. PhishMe’s Q3 2016 Malware Review identified three major trends previously recorded throughout 2016, but have come to full fruition in the last few months:
Fake executive social media accounts threaten enterprises
New research has uncovered numerous duplicative Twitter and LinkedIn accounts among Fortune 500 leaders, raising concerns about potential security vulnerabilities. Analysts at BrandProtect reviewed profiles for the 54 CEOs at Fortune 500 companies using Twitter and the 187 CEOs using LinkedIn. Of these CEOs, 19 percent were represented online by multiple Twitter accounts, while 9…
Traveling on business? Beware of targeted spying on mobile
Corporate spying is a real threat in the world of cyber war. Employees traveling on behalf of their company could create opportunities for sophisticated adversaries to take sensitive corporate data. This is especially true if they are not careful with their mobile devices. The targeted malware attack It may sound like something out of a…
Phishing Scams as a Service? Thieves Make It Easier To Steal Passwords
It used to be that hacking required technical prowess to create malware. Now it’s becoming possible for non-technical people with criminal intent to create a malware attack, and these service providers are making it easy. These types of attacks are being offered as malware as a service. It allows malware developers to sell their malicious…
Android Trojan targets customers of 94 banks in US, Europe
If you/ve recently installed a Flash Player Android app and now almost every app you open asks you for your payment card details, you’ve been infected with a banking Trojan. It is unclear where the fake, malicious Flash Player can be downloaded from, but it’s likely one or more third-party apps stores popular around the…
IF YOU ELIMINATE PHISHING, WILL CYBER RISK DISAPPEAR?
The Verizon DBIR, the Phish Labs’ Phishing Trends & Intelligence Report, and a number of other recent announcements confirm what we all know. Phishing is a popular attack vector. This is an important data point for information security leaders. It also logically leads to two questions: Can you stop phishing to secure your enterprise assets?…