Why BEC Punches Above Its Weight

Business email compromise (BEC) attacks are particularly insidious because they don’t use malware payloads or malicious URLs. That’s a reminder from Evan Reiser, CEO and co-founder of ...

May 7, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Fake Zoom Downloader is the Latest Method of Attack on Remote Workers

Riding on the coattails of the massive rise in popularity in the video conference solution, remote workers new to Zoom need to be wary of where they download the installer.

May 6, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Implausible Phishbait, But Someone May Bite

Scammers are impersonating FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, in an attempt to deliver malware or steal SharePoint credentials, Help Net Security reports. FINRA issued an ...

April 20, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

New COVID-19 Malware Variants Render Your Endpoints Useless

Forget cybercriminals out to steal your money and credentials. Security researchers are now finding more malware intent on rewriting master boot records and wiping file systems.

April 20, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Zeus Sphinx Banking Trojan is Revived Under the Guise of COVID-19 Assistance

The 5-year old malware variant has reared its ugly head once again after a three-year hiatus – this time attempting to take advantage of the need for COVID-19 financial assistance.

April 8, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

NASA sees an “exponential” jump in malware attacks as personnel work from home

Ars Technica reports that NASA has experienced an exponential increase in malware attacks and a doubling of agency devices trying to access malicious sites in the past few days as ...

March 14, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Hackers Use Interactive Malicious COVID-19 Map to Spread Malware

Cybercriminals constantly latch on to news items that captivate the public’s attention, but usually they do so by sensationalizing the topic or spreading misinformation about it. ...

March 3, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Racoon: Infostealer Malware Collects Credentials, Financial and Personal Information

Access to a compromised endpoint may no longer be enough. So, enterprising malware authors offer up infostealers to help exfiltrate valuable data from an infected machine.

February 19, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Catphish and Honey Traps

Hundreds of Israeli soldiers had their phones compromised by malware after falling for catfishing attacks purportedly launched by Hamas, Forbes reports. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ...

February 17, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Emotet-Based Sextortion Scams Net 10 Times More than Necurs-Based Scams

The Emotet trojan just won’t die and appears to be gaining steam as sextortion scams are netting cybercriminals a massive return in exchange for their devious efforts.

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