Sophos has revealed in the article, “BlackCat Ransomware Attacks Not Merely a Byproduct of Bad Luck,” that the ransomware gang has added Brute Ratel, a pentesting tool, to its arsenal of attack tools. The article [c]
By Patrick Ndegwa Technology is playing an increasingly significant role across almost every business sector. The pace of digital innovation is accelerating but, with the proliferation of IoT devices, cloud-based networks, and other business-critical ICT [c]
ESET researchers recently presented the results of a new investigation into the infamous Lazarus APT group at the annual ESET World conference. During the event, Jean-Ian Boutin, Director of ESET Threat Research, went over various [c]
Sophos has published a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2022.” The findings reveal a 94% increase in ransomware attacks on the organizations surveyed in this sector. In 2021, 66% of [c]
Sophos has released findings on how attackers are using the Log4Shell vulnerability to deliver backdoors and profiling scripts to unpatched VMware Horizon servers, paving the way for persistent access and future ransomware attacks. A new [c]
In 2021, the financial threats landscape witnessed positive changes where the overall number of users affected by malware reduced significantly, including a 35% drop in PC malware. Still, financial organisations, as cybercriminals’ most lucrative targets, [c]
With the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine currently underway, and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks sporadically disrupting Ukrainian government websites and financial service providers. Added to this is the potential for a cyber [c]
Ransomware attacks are more prevalent and dangerous than ever. In response, organisations are upgrading their data protection to stay ahead, says Sujoy Mukherjee, Head of Portfolio: Private Compute, BT. It’s common knowledge that ransomware attacks are [c]
ESET Research has released an in-depth blogpost offering an in-depth look into the abuse of vulnerable kernel drivers. Vulnerabilities in signed drivers are mostly utilized by game cheat developers to circumvent anti-cheat mechanisms, but they [c]
Every year, Kaspersky experts look back at the biggest security developments over the previous 12-months as part of the Kaspersky Security Bulletin series to help users and businesses usher in a safer new year. Here are [c]
One of the more popular methods of cybersecurity, online penetration testing is an effective way of evaluating the existing incident security response and resolving the security risks to increase protection. While 100% protection isn’t possible, [c]
Sophos has released new findings on the Tor2Mine cryptominer, “Two flavors of Tor2Mine miner dig deep into networks with PowerShell, VBScript,” that show how the miner evades detection, spreads automatically through a target network and [c]
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has published an article, “The Top 10 Ways Ransomware Operators Ramp Up the Pressure to Pay,” detailing how ransomware attackers are implementing a wide range of ruthless pressure [c]
Cybercriminals are constantly coming up with new methods for online fraud, and there has been an increase in such activity in recent months. Kaspersky experts noticed increased activity from fraudsters stealing passwords by using special [c]
The number of users attacked by exploits targeting vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Servers, blocked by Kaspersky products, grew by 170% in August from 7,342 to 19,839 users. According to Kaspersky experts, this staggering growth is [c]
Malware isn’t a new term in cybersecurity by any stretch of the imagination, but as with so many other things, the attacks continue to grow in pervasiveness and sophistication. For example, cybercriminals can and often [c]
A new report by cyber security consulting firm Serianu states that most Saccos in Kenya are struggling to comply with the requirements of the data protection act and manage the information they obtain from members [c]
Sophos has published the “State of Ransomware in Retail,” report which looks at the extent and impact of ransomware attacks on mid-sized retail organizations worldwide during 2020. The results show how retail organizations became a [c]
Email spoofing involves the creation of fake emails that seem legitimate to trick users into taking action that will benefit the attacker. This can be downloading malware, providing access to systems or data, offering up personal [c]
In April, Kaspersky experts discovered a number of highly targeted attacks against multiple companies utilising a previously undiscovered chain of Google Chrome and Microsoft Windows zero-day exploits. One of the exploits was used for remote [c]
As targeted ransomware continues to haunt businesses all over the globe, one can’t help but look deeper into the operations of particular ransomware gangs. This helps to better understand them and develop more advanced protection [c]
In mid-March of last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the world was facing a pandemic, and countries rushed to enact measures to stem the spread. A popular measure to combat the pandemic [c]
The activity of advanced persistent threat (APT) groups in the third quarter of 2020 indicated a curious trend: while many threat actors advance and continue to diversify their toolsets, at times resorting to extremely tailored [c]
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks (attacks that aim to overwhelm a network until the server crashes) against educational resources grew exponentially over the first half (H1-20) of this year when compared to the previous [c]
By Peter Mackenzie Whenever we work with ransomware victims, we spend some time looking back through our telemetry records that span the previous week or two. These records sometimes include behavioral anomalies that (on their [c]
The industry association which represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, GSMA, has condemned acts of violence and vandalism meted on 5G masts in London over their link to Covid-19 even as the police and [c]
Sophos has published How Ransomware Attacks, a playbook for defenders that explains how ransomware variants attack and impact victims. The playbook complements the 2020 Threat Report released on November 4, 2019 and features a detailed analysis of [c]
In the third quarter of 2019, the number of DDoS attacks rose by a third compared to the previous period (30 percentage points) and third quarter of 2018 (32 percentage points) according to statistics gathered [c]
Fortinet, a vendor of integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, has released a new report by Forbes Insights it commissioned titled “Making Tough Choices: How CISOs Manage Escalating Threats and Limited Resources.” The global survey polled [c]
Four African countries made the list in terms of top 10 countries by share of users attacked by mobile malware; Nigeria climbs from fifth place in 2017 to third in 2018. Kaspersky Lab researchers have [c]
By Eyal Benishti To say that this year has been eventful for email security is an understatement. From continued nation-state attacks to large scale breaches, phishing and other email attacks have continued to enter mainstream [c]
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