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April 29, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Cites Cyberthreats as Current “Biggest Concern” to Financial Institutions

Fears of a resurgence of COVID-19 and increased cyberattacks are mentioned as top risks that can materially impact the finance sector and the economy, by Jerome Powell in a recent ...

April 29, 2021 Aimee Laycock

Security Culture Influenced by the Global Effects of COVID-19

In the Industry Benchmark section of the 2021 Security Culture Report, we describe the security culture scores of each industry sector in detail. This section of the report can be used to ...

April 29, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers Warn of EtterSilent Facilitating Risky Malware Delivery

Cybercriminals are using a new malicious document builder dubbed “EtterSilent,” according to researchers at Intel 471. The builder is used to craft Microsoft Office documents with macros ...

April 29, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

Lazarus Group Uses New Technique to Avoid Detection

North Korea’s Lazarus group is using an interesting method to evade security measures, according to researchers at Malwarebytes. The threat actor is sending phishing emails with malicious ...

April 29, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

Evil Corp Tries to Work Around U.S. Treasury Sanctions Using Hades Ransomware

The cybercriminal group linked to over $100 Million in financial damages has pivoted their execution strategy to bypass sanctions that prevent U.S. companies from paying them ransom.

April 29, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

New Ransomware Task Force Shares Actions To Disrupt Ransomware Cyber Crime

The Ransomware Task Force, a public-party coalition of more than 50 experts, has shared a framework of actions to disrupt the ransomware business model.

April 29, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing Campaign Abuses Contact Forms

Attackers are abusing websites’ contact forms to send malicious emails to the websites’ owners, according to researchers at Microsoft. The emails contain bogus copyright claims with a ...

April 29, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

Mobile is a Problem: 97% of Organizations Experienced Mobile Attacks in 2020

Everything from applications, social apps, OS vulnerabilities and even mobile device management acted as initial attack vectors troubling nearly every single organization globally.

April 29, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercriminals Use Job-Specific Social Media Platforms to Target UK Citizens With Fake Accounts

At least 10,000 UK citizens have been targeted by nation-state actors via fake LinkedIn accounts over the past five years, the BBC reports. Ken McCallum, Director-General of MI5, said ...

April 28, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing Tactics Help Legitimate Pension Fund to Secure Meetings with Prospective Customers

Security researchers uncover a marketing campaign that takes a page from the cybercriminal phishing handbook to “trick” pensioners to have an introductory call with their fund expert.

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