Granting third parties access to sensitive data introduces inherent risks that organizations must address effectively. So how does an organization best manage that third-party risk while balancing an organization's inherent need for usability?.
Cyber crooks are performing server hijacking or proxyjacking to make money from the sale of their victims' compromised bandwidth on proxy networks, a new report by security firm Akamai finds. "The attacker doesn't just steal resources but also leverages the victim's unused bandwidth," it says.
The BlackCat RaaS group is developing a threat activity cluster using chosen keywords on webpages of legitimate organizations to deploy malicious malware. Trend Micro researchers discovered cybercriminals using malvertising to deploy malware using cloned webpages of WinSCP and SpyBoy.
This week, the U.S. sanctioned Russians running influence campaigns, the owner of the Monopoly darknet drug market was charged, CISA ordered federal agencies to patch flaws before July 13, Suncor Energy suffered a cyberattack and Petro-Canada gas stations were affected.
The new ransomware group 8Base is fast becoming a big player in the underground market, amassing nearly 40 victims in June - second only to the notorious LockBit ransomware gang. The group's top targets include business services, finance, manufacturing and IT industries.
European police on Tuesday confirmed the arrests of more than 6,000 people who were formerly active in defunct encrypted messaging service EncroChat. Authorities charged more than 200 top-level operators and seized drugs, guns and more than 900 million euros.
Phishing attacks have come a long way from the spray-and-pray emails of just a few decades ago. Now they’re more targeted, more cunning and more dangerous. And this enormous security gap leaves you open to business email compromise, session hijacking, ransomware and more.
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Malware developers are adopting an easy-to-use obfuscation tool that slips malware past antivirus, warn security researchers. BatCloak requires minimal programming skills to use. Among its recent successes is a recent remote access Trojan dubbed SeroXen.
Mihai Ionut Paunescu, who hosted "bulletproof" infrastructure for malware, received a prison sentence of 36 months. His sentencing concludes a 10-year effort by prosecutors against a trio of hackers who created and distributed the Gozi banking Trojan.
Hacking group Asylum Ambuscade, which security researchers say aligns with Belarusian government interests, has an "unusual" twist: It appears to be mixing cybercrime - focused on banking and cryptocurrency customers - with cyberespionage, including attacks targeting Ukraine.
Banks are facing unprecedented challenges in securing their digital ecosystems while maintaining cost efficiency. With cybercriminals increasingly targeting the financial industry, banks face risks to their reputation as trustworthy partners. With data breach costs averaging nearly $6 million per incident, banks...
A threat actor is using a custom-made backdoor to target organizations operating in South and Southeast Asia. Sectors at immediate risk include government, aviation, education and telecommunications. The Lancefly ATP group uses custom-written malware that Symantec's Threat Hunter Team calls Merdoor.
While historically the origin of most business email compromise (BEC) attacks has been West Africa, residing in Nigeria certainly isn’t a requirement for BEC attackers. Indeed, the subject of this report is a sophisticated threat group based in Israel.
The group is unique in that they impersonate executives and...
The threat landscape is ever evolving. Modern threat actors constantly develop new tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP) so it's crucial to stay up to date with the latest strategies for protecting your organization.
Security experts from Unit 42™ have unveiled the most commonly observed TTPs in ransomware and...
U.S. authorities revealed the Russian man behind a two-decade span of abetting cybercriminals' theft of credit cards, dismantled his online infrastructure and offered a hefty reward for information leading to his arrest. Prosecutors say the man, Denis Kulkov, ran a service now known as Try2Check.
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