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The Number of Phishing Attack Cases in Singapore Jump by 185%

The latest data provided by the Singapore Cyber Emergency Response Team (SingCERT) shows the number of attacks trending in the wrong direction, with some indicators that the good guys ...

U.K. Twitter Impersonation Hacker Sentenced to Prison in the U.S.

The British national responsible for hacking into and impersonating high-profile individuals as part of a crypto theft scheme has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Free Unsolicited Smartwatch in the Mail and I’m in the Military? What Could Possibly Go Wrong???

From the “shaking our heads” files comes the story of how threat actors compromised military personnel mobile devices, credentials, accounts and more.

Camaro Dragon APT Group Continues to Employ USB Devices as Initial Attack Vector

Apparently expanding efforts outside of Southeast Asian countries, this threat group’s known malware has shown up in a European healthcare facility, raising concerns for USB-based attacks.

Email-Based Cyber Attacks in Europe Increase 7-Fold in Just One Year

An abnormally massive focus on business email compromise attacks in Europe has fueled an equally large growth in overall email attacks there, with the U.S. also seeing significant attack ...

Microsoft Teams Cyber Attack Exploit Tool Relies on Social Engineering to Deliver Malware

If your organization uses Microsoft Teams, then you definitely want to hear about a new way bad actors are exploiting this newly discovered cyber attack tool.

New Report Shows Social Engineering and Business Email Compromise Attacks Have Drastically Increased in 2023

Email-based social engineering attacks have risen by 464% this year compared to the first half of 2022, according to a report by Acronis. Business email compromise (BEC) attacks have also ...

Nerve Center: Protect Your Network Against New Ransomware Strains with Our Latest RanSim Update

Ransomware continues to be a major threat for all organizations and, according to the Verizon 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report, is still present in 24% of breaches.

Threat Actors are Using Image-Based Phishing Emails to Lure Victims

Attackers are increasingly using images in phishing to evade text-based security filters, according to researchers at INKY.

Japan's Largest Port is the Latest Victim of a Ransomware Attack

The largest port in Japan, Nagoya, is now the most recent victim of a ransomware attack.