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Ransomware attacks are becoming more dangerous than ever
Ransomware attacks, where criminals encrypt all of the data on a target network and demand payment in exchange for the decryption key, has grown more dangerous than ever before, a new report from cybersecurity pros F-Secure has claimed. The company’s Attack Landscape...
LinkedIn users targeted by hacking group with Spear Phishing fake job offers
A threat group called “Golden Chickens” is targeting professionals on LinkedIn with fake job offers with the intent to infect respondents with malware. As detailed by cybersecurity firm eSentire Inc., the campaign is “spear-phishing” victims with a sophisticated...
Emerging hacking tool ‘EtterSilent’ mimics DocuSign, researchers find
Hackers are using a new, malleable malicious document builder to run their criminal schemes, according to Intel 471 research published Tuesday. The document builder, known as EtterSilent, has been advertised in a Russian cybercrime forum and comes in two versions,...
Ransomware: How it Has Evolved to be Faster, Stealthier and to Strike Harder
Ransomware attacks have gone from being a nuisance to becoming a significant financial burden, as well as a major threat to our critical infrastructure. Since 2019 attackers have since strengthened their capabilities. We’re now seeing thousands of variants, with names...
Three billion phishing emails are sent every day. But one change could make life much harder for scammers
Cyber criminals are sending over three billion emails a day as part of phishing attacks designed to look like they come from trusted senders. By spoofing the sender identity used in the 'from' field in messages, cyber criminals attempt to lure potential victims into...
Cybersecurity awareness is too often a part-time effort
SANS announced the release of a report which analyzes the data of over 1,500 security awareness professionals from around the world to benchmark how organizations are managing human risk and provides data-driven action items to mature awareness programs. Through...
Remote workers admit to playing a significant part in increasing their company’s cybersecurity risks
The COVID-19 generation of remote workers are admitting to playing a significant part in increasing the cybersecurity risks facing their companies. An Opinium research shows 54% are regularly using their work device for personal purposes, including sharing work...
Phishers’ perfect targets: Employees getting back to the office
Phishers have been exploiting people’s fear and curiosity regarding breakthroughs and general news related to the COVID-19 pandemic from the very start, and will continue to do it for as long it affects out private and working lives. Cybercriminals continually...
DuckDuckGo: Web Browsers Don’t Prevent Tracking
Upstart search engine maker DuckDuckGo today is claiming that the tracking protection functionality built-in to most web browsers doesn’t actually work. Fortunately, it has a free solution that does work, in the form of an extension that works in most browsers. “The...
Hidden areas of security and the future of hybrid working
The pandemic has changed how many companies operate in a short period of time. Over the last year we’ve witnessed most organizations with office-based workforces having to transition to remote working. Now, with the UK government’s roadmap out of lockdown underway, it...