ESET researchers have discovered that the news website of Hong Kong pro-democracy radio station D100 was recently compromised to serve a Safari exploit that installed cyberespionage malware on site visitors’ Macs. The watering-hole operations the [c]
A 4-year operation across five continents has disrupted a ransomware cybercrime gang and seen the arrest of seven suspects believed to be behind global malware crime operations. Codenamed ‘Quicksand’ (GoldDust) and carried out by 19 [c]
Sophos has published the Sophos 2022 Threat Report, which shows how the gravitational force of ransomware’s black hole is pulling in other cyberthreats to form one massive, interconnected ransomware delivery system – with significant implications [c]
A 30-month transcontinental investigation and operation led by INTERPOL has resulted in arrests and Red Notices for suspects believed to be behind a global malware crime network. Two Red Notices, which are internationally wanted persons [c]
During the month following its release, Squid Game, a South Korean survival drama TV-series, became Netflix’s biggest series, with more than 111 million viewers. Following demand from viewers, cybercriminals are not shy in taking advantage of fans’ eagerness to [c]
Out of the more than 206,000 mobile malware attacks blocked by Kaspersky solutions for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region in just 6-months measured, between January to June 2021, over 30,000 of these [c]
Sophos has published a new research, “Phishing and Malware Actors Abuse Google Forms for Credentials, Data Exfiltration,” which describes how cyberattackers – from entry-level scammers to advanced adversaries – abuse Google Forms to implement a [c]
We tend to think of smart home systems as providing an added layer of security. After all, IoT devices offer greater transparency and accessibility when it comes to protecting homes. The truth, however, is that [c]
Sophos has published new research, “Fake Pirated Software Serves Up Malware Droppers as a Service,” detailing how droppers for hire are delivering bundles of malicious and unwanted content to targets looking for “cracked” versions of [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]
Kaspersky research highlights that malware is rife across Africa with various countries exhibiting strong growth in all malware types in the first half of 2021, when compared to the same period last year. This is a [c]
By Anna Collard Imagine if your mobile phone could be used to spy on you, listen to your conversations and send information and images from your device to a third party? This is not an [c]
Sophos published new research, “Trash Panda as a Service: Raccoon Stealer Steals Cookies, Cryptocoins and More,” detailing how a stealer disguised as pirated software grabs cryptocurrencies and information while dropping malicious content, such as cryptominers, [c]
With digital transformation a top priority on the corporate agenda as companies identify new ways to grow their business, cyber attackers and opportunist cybercriminals remain very active. And although Africa is not necessarily considered a [c]
Kaspersky experts have uncovered a rare, wide-scale advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign against users that was first detected in Southeast Asia. Kaspersky identified approximately 1,500 victims, some of which were government entities. Initial infection occurs [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]
If you work on a computer or through any other device over the internet, you must be using tons of data. Some that you carry on your hard drive or SSD and some that you [c]
The financial threat landscape experienced a game-changing pandemic year according to a new Kaspersky report. In the report, titled Financial Cyberthreats in 2020, it was found that while the overall volume of threats via PCs [c]
There is a lot of hype about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in cybersecurity. The truth is that the role and potential of AI in security is still evolving and often requires experimentation and [c]
Sophos, the global vendor of next-generation cybersecurity solutions, has published new research, “Gootloader Expands Its Payload Delivery Options,” that details how the delivery method for the six-year-old Gootkit financial malware has been developed into a [c]
The number of DDoS attacks detected by Kaspersky DDoS Prevention in Q4 2020 increased slightly in comparison to the same period of 2019. However, it is 31% less compared to the third quarter of 2020. [c]
Sophos has published new research into Agent Tesla, “Agent Tesla Amps Up Information Stealing Attacks,” which details new evasive techniques attackers are using to disable endpoint protection before they deliver the malware and install and [c]
A computer virus always revolves around uncertainty and doubt in the minds of the users. The malware program replicates copies into other computer programs and data files. Experts state that virus-infected computers are the most [c]
Check Point Research, the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point Software Technologies, a provider of cyber security solutions globally, has published its latest Global Threat Index for December 2020. Researchers reported that the Emotet trojan has [c]
In the autumn of 2020 (for the northern hemisphere), Kaspersky researchers identified two APT incidents that targeted entities related to COVID-19 research – a Ministry of Health body and a pharmaceutical company. Kaspersky experts assessed [c]
Sophos has announced four new open Artificial Intelligence (AI) developments to help broaden and sharpen the industry’s defenses against cyberattacks, including datasets, tools and methodologies designed to advance industry collaboration and cumulative innovation. This move [c]
When monitoring a Windows campaign from Guildma banking malware, Kaspersky researchers found URLs distributing not only a malicious .ZIP file for Windows, but also a malicious file that appeared to be a downloader to install Ghimob [c]
Check Point Research, the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point Software Technologies, a provider of cyber security solutions globally, has published its latest Global Threat Index for October 2020. Researchers reported that the Trickbot and Emotet [c]
Sophos has uncovered attackers using DLL side-loading to execute malicious code and install backdoors in the networks of targeted organizations. A new report published this week, “A New APT uses DLL Side-loads to Killl Someone,” [c]
Online scammers are forever trying to trick not only unsuspecting users, but also company employees. Sure, it is usually far harder to dupe a business than a retiree, but the potential rate of return is [c]
Sophos has announced the availability of Sophos Rapid Response, an industry-first, fixed-fee remote incident response service that identifies and neutralizes active cybersecurity attacks throughout its entire 45-day term of engagement. Sophos Rapid Response provides organizations [c]
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